All it takes is one wire…
December 26, 2005Well, it certainly was an interesting Christmas this year. We went for our annual barbecue with the Yong family, and as usual we all had a bit too much food to eat than was good for us. My mother came down with food poisoning the next day.
As for me, I visited a friends place for a few LAN games - more specifically, Warcraft 3. I was pretty nervous, as it was my first time playing against other human players. Much to my surprise, I actually did rather well. I didn’t win any games, but I did acquit myself rather admirably against everyone else. I did even better while playing Flat Out, and came third in most races, and first in one demolition derby.
Unfortunately, I made the mistake of bringing along my desktop PC instead of using my father’s laptop (a very fast Pentium IV). After I brought the PC home, a stray wire stopped the CPU fan from rotating - and the CPU overheated and burned out.
The end result? My computer blew up.
On a negative note, it’s bad because I no longer have my PC.
On a positive note, it means that I’ll be able to upgrade my PC to an even faster model.
I’m going to visit two computer shops over the next few days. We’ll see whether I can build the PC of my dreams. Interesting times.
