T+14 days: the disaster is over

[pyesetz]

I am writing to you using my CF-Y5 laptop with internal display!  The huge dent in the lid has been reduced to a barely-detectable bump.

Friday 9:50 AM: Head out to Toronto.

11:15 AM: Arrive at Laptop Centre.  Hand in broken laptop, plus a variety of other broken laptops, spare power cables, old hard drives, etc.

12:25 PM: Arrive at Medieval Times, only 25 minutes late.  Meet up with other homeschoolers who got there early.

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Medieval edutainment show.

3:45 PM: Arrive back at Laptop Centre.  CF-Y5 repair not yet completed.

4:45 PM: Laptop finally done.  Also buy a used Dell Lattitude D610 for Kid #2.

6:15 PM: Arrive at Low Carb Grocery.  Pick up a few things.

8:00 PM: Arrive home.

It is WORKING!  But, the 1400×1050 display resolution is now reduced to 1024×768.  That's okay—I was going to suggest that they reduce the resolution to cut the parts price, if possible.  At 1400×1050 I have to use 150% zoom to make DailyKos readable.  But I told them that it needed part number LTD141ENDP and they quoted me $185+$65 on that basis, as if they were actually going to install manufacturer's recommended parts.

So, has anyone written any good posts on LJ recently?  I haven't been watching...
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Comments

[aethwolf.livejournal.com]

No option for server? Mine has become the main workhorse here at the house.

[pyesetz]

I should have said "Big iron/server", although these days desktops and servers are basically the same hardware, while the traditional class called "big iron" is obsolete (it used to be at least an entire rack taken up by a single computer, before that an entire room, before that an entire building).

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite sure if an iPhone counts as "palmtop", but it seemed close enough. Mostly I still use Hyzenthlay for browsing, but sometimes it's just more comfortable, using the wonderslab - less hassle in the bath, or if I just feel like lying on my back. (Computers should conform to the whims of their owners, not vice versa, what?)

[pyesetz]

iPhone = wonderslab?  Google finds only three hits for the query "iphone wonderslab".

Computers should conform to the whims of their owners, not vice versa, what?
Absolutely!  Which is why Microsoft is eeeeevil...

[avenginglioness.livejournal.com]

Wow! Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament is spawning everywhere now? This is major lulz to me. I didn't know there needed to be more than the one. Honestly, I didn't even know we needed the one. I guess Canada needs their... "edutainment" (as you like to call it), too?

[pyesetz]

The original one is in Majorca Spain, which is why all the knights in the show hail from Spanish districts.  Medieval Times is operated by a private company which is presumably making lots of money at this "No. 1 dinner attraction in North America".

The Canadian version seemed to have more educational content.  All of the actors would break character to explain how things were 1,000 years ago.  I wonder whether this is in order to make the show eligible for Canadian school field trips.

The word "edutainment" is at least 36 years old.