For the past couple of months, every time I opened my laptop, the hinge would go CLUNK!
I chose to ignore it.
'Tis only a clicky hinge.. How bad could that possibly be? bit.ly/1bKn91S
Ah, I see...
Taking a peek at the underside, it seems that my Lappy has been shitting screws, and a quick hunt online suggests that it's a pretty fucking common issue. A design flaw. Well, that's just great :/
Wanting to fix it myself, I asked lenovo on twitter what the correct size of screw was.. ... They didn't answer..
I found a few answers online, and randomly took a stab in the dark that a set of laptop screws of specific size, might very well do the job.
They arrived on Wednesday, got plopped into place, and.. So far.. Have done the job.
Good stuff.
... With no thanks to Lenovo.
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; Petit Computer
It isn't properly explained, within the thread, exactly what Petit Computer is, so I'll take the time, here, to do that..
Petit Computer is an App for the DSi or 3DS systems, which features an absolutely fantastic reproduction of old-skool BASIC.
Everything is in there, from Print to Input, Data with Reads, Gotos and Gosubs, as well as everything modern and DS-like, like sprite rotation, background layers, and button inputs.
It is, for all intents and purposes, like converting your DS into a tiny little 8bit computer, with a fantastically powerful little language, in which you can design your games.
It even includes tools for doodling sprites and things, too.
Within just a few hours of buying it, I'd managed to whip up a rudimentary edition of SpikeDislike, which is pretty damn impressive given it was the first thing I attempted in the language.
Spinal's posted a neat little Snake game, too.
The language is great, the way it works is awesome, and...
Aww, it's just brilliant!!
If you're a lover of coding, and you have a DSi/3DS, go grab the thing. socoder.net/?topic=3595
One of those nasty "rip-off" copycat apps. They take the original, make a mindlessly shit clone of it, then stick half a dozen adverts all over it, IAP the bugger to oblivion, then slap it up on the AppStore.
*sigh*
Imagination is lost on these people.
Twitter misuse abound..
Surely they'd at least have IP addresses and stuff, wouldn't they?!
Hell, if I can vaguely track Socoder users to their towns using only the stats that Google Analytics provides, I'm sure Twitter has the ability to locate where tweets come from!? bit.ly/1bL4Vgv
Do you ever get the feeling that someone's stumbled across someone's computer, which is logged into Socoder, and that the person's randomly decided to post to the Shoutbox?
I might be going crazy, but I got that feeling when Blanko suddenly said HELLO for no apparent reason! socoder.net/?topic=3597
; PMC-WW : 001
The first PlayMyCode Wednesday Workshop seems to have gone without being totally crap, which is a sign.
.. It's not a great sign, nor is it a bad sign. It's just a sign.
Both me and Shroom_Monk tackled the Scrolling Text challenge, which is roughly a 200% improvement on the last Wednesday Workshop!
Week two's challenge is about Fruit. pmcworkshop.tumblr.com
; Monthly Worklog
The monthly roundup topic, where you let everyone know what you've been up to over the past few weeks.
Anything goes, here.. Life, health, coding, reading, picking your nose, whatever!! socoder.net/?topic=3598
; Blowing a Fuse
The topic where Jay finally loses his rag, as DNA continues his whining about the Poll.
Had to happen eventually! socoder.net/?topic=3599
Ever wanted to know how shit 2012s music was, but didn't have time to actually listen to any of it? youtu.be/tBlTQz4Dh00
.. There's not been a lot happening on the Tube's, this week. All my regular suppliers of awesome seem to have taken the week off, with only Ashens and EmmaBlackery sticking to their regular posting schedules.
Even Sesame Street's not posted anything for a whole week! What's up with that!?
*shrugs*
Hopefully there's more random shite, next week!
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