New Computer

Just as Admiral Adama has accepted the inexorable truth about his dying Battlestar, I too have prepared myself for an upgrade to a kind of Cylon Basestar - pictured here in the form of this massive new laptop:

I've transferred everything I couldn't bear to part with from the reliable heap I've been operating for five years. The last stage involved cracking into the DVD-RW drive to extract a Blackberry installation disc - pictured here as photographed on my Blackberry:


As testament to this old girl's reliability - I spilled coffee on her twice thus far into my seven month tenancy in the House of Fairfax. Believe it or not the coffee mishap wasn't the impetus for purchasing a new laptop. It had no effect on the old PC's performance.

So now I have a fully functioning PC taking up precious leg room, and it begs the question, what can I do with an old computer? I'd like to recycle this machine and put it to good use before it ends up on a Brooklyn sidewalk. MAME-ing it comes to mind, followed by decorative Pac Man table. Perhaps some artistic endeavor. Maybe create a pleasure bot. If any of my chums on google reader can think of something I'm open to suggestions. Comment away.