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By comprookie2000 at 2006-12-03 19:21
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I pat myself on the back that I'm not doing what I did in my 20's and 30's, chasing ladys, hanging out in bars, gambling etc. that I have a clean hobby. But when I look closer I am doing what I did when I was 5 or 6. Taking apart radios and model cars and not getting them back together. I have never grown up. I made it to the 30's or 40's but now at 51 I have reverted to an earlier age.
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By comprookie2000 at 2006-12-03 18:49
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My day job is a golf course superintendent in south florida. I repair and rebuild laptops for fun and not much profit. I am running out of room here in my little garage apartment. Here is how it works. I buy something, most times laptops, buy the parts to fix them and try to sell them for more than I have in it. You know how some people like to save dogs or cats, I like to bring back to life non working laptops. I have even been known to rescue desktop motherboards and hard drives also. My latest find is amd64 mobile processers. Seems like they were just too hot or something because the seemed to burn up laptop motherboards alot. I get them cheap on ebay then try and find a cheap 754 motherboard for them. Then you need to take the heatsink retention bracket and remove the tabs on the bottom because the mobile processer is thiner than desktop cpu's and the heatsink will not touch it otherwise. I take a solder gun and heat up the plastic then remove the material with a razer knife. They work great. But have I saved much money. 25 for the cpu another 25 for the board (if it is good, get burned sometimes) 100 for 1 gig of good ram, another 50 or 75 for a sata drive, video card dvd/cdrw case, by the time I am done I could have bought a new one at walmart. But not as much fun and I *THINK* I am getting a great deal and am soooo smart.
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By comprookie2000 at 2006-03-11 21:48
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If you don't mind a p-111 with 1 GHz and 512 of sdram, have I got a deal for you. Buy the way the wifi works with the drivers in the kernel (WOW) Here it is hold your hat, toshiba tecra 8200. I always stay about 3 years behind times but hay they are new to me.
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By comprookie2000 at 2005-12-28 18:34
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I am starting to pile up alot of computer stuff. I just can't stay away.
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By comprookie2000 at 2005-12-03 12:13
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Wow I have my own blog. I had to reset my password to log in.I wish the would have just left things alone but hope I am wrong.
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