It might be a matter of opinion as to whether or not I have totally wasted this day.
I have bopped from one thing to another, not finishing anything, but accomplishing a little on each thing.
I take that back; I did finish one thing. Almost.
Here's a word of advice for you: don't pop the keys off your keyboard, especially the "irregular" ones, if you can help it. Getting them back on will drive you mad. Ask me how I know.
The thing I finished was an experiment. I guess it's still in progress, in a way; I'm in the data-collecting stage now. My laptop battery has been acting a fool. It'll charge fairly quickly, but poop out even faster. I used to keep it plugged up all the time (lately I've been reading that's not such a great thing to do). Maybe I overwhelmed it with juice. In any case, not only is it not charging properly, it sometimes gets HOT - I assume it's the battery. In researching the problem, somewhere along the way I read that it might do some good to just take the battery out of the laptop, leave it out for a while, then put it back in. I've been meaning to try that. I tried it today.
The jury is still out. It seems to be holding a charge better, and the bottom of the computer doesn't feel too warm, so maybe it worked. But since I re-charged the battery, I haven't used it enough to know whether it's going to suddenly drain. We'll know before the day is over. If it keeps acting goofy, I'll order a new battery, now that I know I can put it in, myself. As for the keyboard, let's just say all is not quite well.
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