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ultraviolet catastrophe
Tuesday, 5 February 2013 12:31
- In dissertation news: sent the first draft of my findings chapter to my supervisor. GULP. I'm slightly behind where my plan says I should be, but said plan was deliberately a bit overambitious so I wouldn't panic when I fell behind, so I'm only panicking a little bit. Just a tiny little bit.
- My laptop is slowly dying. (Back up ALL the things!) Does anyone have any advice for speeding up an old laptop? I already have CCleaner and my defragmenter runs regularly. (Could I reformat the hard drive? Would that help?) Failing that, does anyone have any advice for choosing a new laptop? I want it for internets, word processing, image editing, watching TV and vidding, but I have no idea how powerful is the right amount of powerful for all that. I'm planning to get another Dell, as I've had my current one since May 2008 without any major problems, and that's as good a way as any to narrow down my choice. Also, student discount.
- From the department of potentially awesome things, here is the kickstarter for Nine Worlds Geekfest, pan fandom London con like all those massive ones they have in the US, hoping to run this August. I haven't backed it yet, but I'm definitely thinking about it.
- My laptop is slowly dying. (Back up ALL the things!) Does anyone have any advice for speeding up an old laptop? I already have CCleaner and my defragmenter runs regularly. (Could I reformat the hard drive? Would that help?) Failing that, does anyone have any advice for choosing a new laptop? I want it for internets, word processing, image editing, watching TV and vidding, but I have no idea how powerful is the right amount of powerful for all that. I'm planning to get another Dell, as I've had my current one since May 2008 without any major problems, and that's as good a way as any to narrow down my choice. Also, student discount.
- From the department of potentially awesome things, here is the kickstarter for Nine Worlds Geekfest, pan fandom London con like all those massive ones they have in the US, hoping to run this August. I haven't backed it yet, but I'm definitely thinking about it.