Had a major panic yesterday.

Recently I got bored of moving files around from this machine to the other.. so I put everything on my laptop. I've also been using my laptop on the journey to work and back (on the tram), an easy way to gain 2 useful hours, which would otherwise be spent licking the window.

However, when I tried to check my mails yesterday evening I found my laptop completely unresponsive - the standard 'flash' screen displayed when it was turned on, but that was it; it wasn't possible even to enter the BIOS. As the warenty expired some time ago - I started undoing screws and removing bits to see if I could isolate what the problem was. Nope - seemed as if something fundamental was on the blink.

The pope has been in town this weekend, and like most locals, we took the opportunitiy to escape to the hills.