I just freed myself from my desk!  Quite literally a miracle!  For the past 6 months or so, I was resigned to accept that my laptop was dead in the area where you would normally insert a wireless card, that is what the technician said for 29.95, and for all I could figure, it was true.  Insert a wireless card, and the reaction would be nil, no green light, no blip "new hardware detected" balloon, nadda.

Today, I was getting truly frsutrated with my laptop, the darned thing kept freezing up and I would be forced to reboot and start my work all over again.  Finally, out of pure frustration, I started typing "Dear Freakin' People at Microsoft"  I was typing pretty hard and each time I would type an "a" I noticed that my cable connection would flicker.  Hmmm.  I slid the wireless card in and did some heavy typing "qwedsaqwedsaqwedsa".  Sure enough, the connection light on the wireless card was flickering!

Now, I would not normally have taken this risk, but this laptop is on its last legs anyhow, so I gave it a tap (by tap, I mean, a bang) in the area of the wireless card... the light beamed!  Like spanking a new born babes butt, the card started functioning immediately!  WOW!  I am free to type happily from my bedroom, from in front of the fireplce, even at the local coffee shop!  

I realize that this might be a short lived celebration, I am not expecting this laptop to make a full recovery at all, but the freedom feels delicious and I wanted to share it!

For those of you who would like to watch me beat their laptops into submission, I will be performing in Tysons Corner on the 16th and 17th, the off to DuPont Circle on the 18th and 19th.  Diagnosis is free, but the service is 50$ off to VIP members! lol

xoxox
Anik

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