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http://technolust.multiply.com/journal/item/6

I bought a backpack style bookbag with a laptop pocket in it when I first moved to ATL over a year ago. I take it with me almost everywhere. It carries my Toshiba Laptop that I purchased at the same time and all sorts of connector cables. I also keep some documents, memory cards, the TV out cable for my cell phone, pens, paper, Leatherman tool, Q-tips and Piercing Aftercare spray (when I have a new piercing), Cologne, breath strips/gum, nail kit, and my Epi-Pen. It's like my Urban Survival Kit.

When I bought it, I didn't realize it had a bag of Silica Gel (Do NOT Eat!) in the bottom of the padded compartment. I realized this later, but it's been in there all this time and laptops don't like moisture, so if it's still able to absorb moisture, that's good. Besides, what'll it hurt? Well about a week ago, it ruptured and spilled little pink balls of Silica Gel all in the bag. Apparently some of them got INSIDE the laptop. This morning I used it, and when I was putting it in the bag, the fan hadn't shut off yet. As I turned it on it's side to slide it into the padded compartment, I heard something rattling around and then it hit the fan. (Not the shit, the silica gel.)

When I got to work, I put on a static guard bracelet, grounded myself, and took it apart to get all those little things out of it. They take computers apart all the time in the helpdesk, but I'm near legal, and in a high traffic area. Someone walking by looked in and saw me with an opened laptop and she stopped by. She was amazed that I would "brave" taking apart a laptop. I took out 12 screws, lifted the cover and turned it upside down so the little things could fall out. What's so amazing about that? She acted like it was amazing. So apparently writing a scalable enterprise purchasing webApp is ho-hum, but removing 12 screws and turning something upside down is a miracle.

I wish they have a messages page like tha dot. But without the slowness and deleting them after 30 messages or 14 days.