Antics with super-glue

Let this be a warning to you all. Do not, ever, try to repair a pressurized plastic container with superglue. It sounds stupid now, but when that power washer / airsoft gun or in my case, super soaker explodes, you’ll probably want to fix it, and super glue will probably be one of the first things that comes to mind.

This was my first mistake.

The second was being impatient, and waiting 2.4 minutes to test it rather than 24 hours.

I blame most of this on the super glue fumes, as i’m still slightly woozy (no, really) and need some kind of scape goat.

well anyway, I filled the tank, and proceeded to pump my water rifle. The first pump went well. The second, I heard a hissing noise. By the third pump, water was streaking out from the cracks in the superglue and from behind the tape. This wouldn’t have been so bad if I had waited for the glue to fully dry, but no. I just got sprayed in the face and arms with diluted superglue, and it burns. Rather a lot. My fingers all have that horrible rough crusty feeling you get when you glue them together. Parts of my arm are bright red, and one eye is intensely uncomfortable (but thankfully, not glued).

so yeah…superglue is a vivious, deadly force to be reckoned with, and should be treated with the respect and fear that it deserves (as well as patience).

I was lucky this time, but who knows. it might not spare you…

another one bites the dust

I know i said i’d put something up soon…I was getting into the swing of something left half done. went to bed, woke up this morning. My processor had cooked itself during the night. I normally keep my window open of a night time, for both me and the machine, but i was feeling unusually cold last night. I had the window closed and the heater on low. I don’t think it liked it. By some strange coincidence, it decided not to lock up and sit there as normal, but it actually managed to force a restart when the cpu hit boiling point, something I’ve never seen it do before. As a result, it looped this overheat-restart until it died completely.

Damages? no idea as to extent. might just be the processor, might be the motherboard too. I’ve seen  AMD Athlon 3200+ 2.2GHz 512kbit 754socket go for between £20 and £140 including shipping. The upper range labelling them as ‘rare’ and ‘historic’. This is of course, laughable bullshit.

With the holiday coming up after exams (trip around europe with the uni peoples) I’m in a dillema. Do I buy a  new processor risking that the motherboard may have gone too? Do I go for a whole new machine, wasting the potential of rather a large amount of the still-good components in my current box? The 2GB of DDR set me back £60-70, not that long back.  The graphics card is AGP, but it’s top of its class (bioshock on full settings and resolution, smooth as anything). My components may not be the newest out there, but they certainly hold their own, and I don’t want any of that to go to waste.

It only takes a second to ask!

So I’m back after a lengthy break. Had the easter holidays (and the three parties that came with it) and have been back in Portsmouth for a week now. A few days with Dan and Katie, and an entire week with Chelle. It’s been fantastic, for the most part. I’ve done so much, spent so much time with people, it feels like I’ve been back for a month. I’m pretty much exhausted. But, as always, there is one thing thats tainted it, and one thing I have to pick at.

This is NOT a call for attention

This is NOT a generalisation of all my friends

This is NOT just happening to me.

I have a person living next door to me, who is a friend of mine. We’ve been good all week, fine today so far, it was all good. And yet, it seems, the second the Essex friends are gone, suddenly it becomes too difficult to knock next door. It’s not just him either, and it’s not a one off thing. If any single one of you people has ANY problem with inviting me out to join the rest of you, ANY reason why I keep getting left behind, then say it so I can forget the whole thing, because I’m sick and tired of waiting for friends who are nothing but no-shows and dissapointment.

I know that most of the time this isn’t intentional, and I have some amazing people I know I can turn to when the going gets rough, any time. But I want anyone reading this to do something. The next time you go somewhere with your friends, stop and think for just one minute, and make sure you’re not leaving anyone behind.

It doesn’t matter how many wonderfull friends you have nearby, if one person who means anything to you leaves you behind, it feels awfull frigging lonely.