Arrrrrrrr

[jwgh]

I kind of wish I knew how snow is getting in my bedroom window, but it seems to be pretty mysterious, apart from the general principle that my apartment is about as airtight as a screen door.

I actually have a theory or two, but they seem to violate physics.

A strategically placed towel will, I hope, prevent any additional snow from getting blown onto me as I sleep. I guess I should add 'talk to landlord about windows' to my list of things to do tomorrow.

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ARRRR also

[vardissakheli.livejournal.com]

I managed to take apart my camera and sand the contacts so it can tell it has batteries in, but I still have no SmartMedia card to make it work and take snow pictures! And I'm too lazy to lug the laptop around to make the Traveller (which I forgot about in my REPLACE MY STUFF post) work. Oh, but wait! The Traveller also has built-in memory; I just haven't tried taking it apart to sand its contacts yet! New, low-energy project! START THE HOT CHOCOLATE!

Traveller fixed, but no hot chocolate

[vardissakheli.livejournal.com]

I got too busy fretting about phone calls to remember to make hot chocolate, but I did get the Traveller fixed. Its problem was not sea water at all, but designed-in breakage. The battery connection is held together by two screws that go into the plastic case and eventually work their way loose. I spent a couple hours on and off fiddling with sandpaper and glue, and eventually gave up and fixed it the sensible way: by cramming aluminum foil in the gaps.

Now I have blurry pix, not yet online, of the wind sculpture around the tree with hopping-squirrel prints in the snow (our squirrels, too fat to walk, leave tracks that look just like rabbit tracks) and of my bewildered niece who showed up at our door this morning while her daddy deals with the furnace people.