Erik Marshall

A few months ago, my PC died. Bad motherboard. I haven’t had the money or time to fix it, plus I use my iBook for most everything these days anyway. Two weeks ago I dropped the Treo into a pint of Guinness, rendering it pretty much useless. I have finally borrowed an old flip phone, so I’m back in action, but in a somewhat limited way. Now, the iBook is dead. Turned it on the other day and the fans wurr loudly, but nothing else. Same problem as before, I imagine – the video chip on the mainboard has become unseated, a common problem on the G4, but not common enough that Apple will admit it’s a problem and issue a recall. So, all the computing I can do in the near future will be on borrowed machines. I will have to write longhand, and type things out when I can get to a computer. It will be a challenge, but maybe it will change some of my work habits for the better, like more writing and reading and less facebook and myspace. Who knows?