From the heart of a Prius 6.

[reddragdiva]

I haven't worked out why it gets so hot, but ktemperature is just the thing to keep an eye on my CPU temperature so the laptop doesn't switch itself off. I am also considering an upgrade to Edgy for added l33tcandy value, but would prefer someone else (not me) shows my weirdarse wifi will in fact work as yet.

Domestic life is really quite lovely at present, modulo house hunting. We have a tentative verbal arrangement to take an extra week or two here if we need it, and there should be more stuff for the girls to look at soon. arkady went to Camden and got Whitby tix for redcountess, txxxpxx and Mr Pop and myself. SO BLOODY MUCH NEEDED HOLIDAY. I should even have my licence back by then. And this evening I grabbed drpete and mmcpoland's old hifi cassette deck, all ready for me to have something to plug it into.

I will be at B-Movie Friday because I will explode from stircrazy otherwise. I plan to go straight from work, so expect to see me there from doors opening until just after midnight. SHOW UP EARLY so I can see you.

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[shamus9999.livejournal.com]

If your battery explodes I demand pictures.

[reddragdiva]

My battery life has dropped from an hour to 20 minutes, which is the suxx0r.

[oxentwins.livejournal.com]

Do you leave it plugged in all the time?

I have a very good notebook cooler, its called NotePal from Cooler Master, all aluminium with 2 fans.

[reddragdiva]

Actually, no I don't! I think it's just an old battery (a few years old) getting clapped out.

I think the problem is not inherent lack of cooling ability in the laptop (although I may open it up to clean out dust etc preemptively) - it's that ACPI won't switch on the fans when it should. I'm tempted to write a script that will monitor the temperature itself and force the fans on if needed, since the kernel isn't. (And in this regard I'm blaming the weird-arse orinoco_usb wifi driver, since it gets its tentacles into every damned thing and fouls up all it touches. Vile thing.)

[oxentwins.livejournal.com]

Ah, I hate it when programs and stuff like that starts messing too much in the system

[pndc.livejournal.com]

Actually, no I don't! I think it's just an old battery (a few years old) getting clapped out.

Hah, now if it was a PowerBook, you'd be wasting £55 every three months replacing the shite PSU that comes with it. My two year old battery still holds about three hours of charge - assuming I'm able to charge it in the first place.

Somewhat scarily, the recommendation appears to be to buy a clone PSU from Craplins for about £20, which is allegedly better than the Apple one.

[reddragdiva]

Our shite PowerBook PSU's plug died after 13 months, showing the excellent engineering in the warranty timer. I still have the old one and now seek a replacement plug for it.

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

See you there then :)

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

Oh and let me know how edgy goes. I don't have the bandwidth to try it yet. I'll probably upgrade with RC1 or actually on release. My wireless support should be better as I bug reported the ancientness of the driver in dapper and it's now listed as "fix committed" (although I've no idea if it's actually in there..)

[seph-hazard.livejournal.com]

What actually happens in those scary hours before half ten?

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

Cheaper drink I think..

[reddragdiva]

People hang out in an empty space, Heidi dances on an empty floor, you can talk to everyone, you can get to the bar ... see you there ;-*

[wendolen.livejournal.com]

I like your subject line here. :)

[siani-hedgehog.livejournal.com]

woo! yous are coming to whitby! can i make a preliminary booking to have dinner with you and redcountess one night, since i never got to last time i planned to? and also, because we decided Spa tickets were a waste, and therefore may hardly see you?

[reddragdiva]

Of course!

We're basically getting Spa tickets because the Damned are playing and Tina and Tony ain't missing that for nothing.