His hair gave him away
A few weeks ago, I came back home to the “The password is invalid. Please enter…” message box. Either someone tried to login to my laptop or the keyboard misbehaved during the day. Since then, I’ve discovered that [$&(*FHAF&*($%] is not a valid user account and that a string of 55 characters does not, magically, grant you access to my account.
Unfortunately, I need the computer to be ON during the day. Sadly, even with almost no CPU activity, the AMD Turion processor in the laptop generates enough heat that the fan is always running, the room cozy and the keyboard toasty. Correct… I can’t close the lid and have the laptop running at the same time. The laptop is just too hot for the screen.
All of this would be ok if this portable stove wasn’t so beckoning to small heat seeking mammals. Is “kiddy pillow” a supported scenario for laptops? Does Acer hire cats to test its keyboards?
Sigh… Look at him!!! Look at those eyes… Not an ounce of remorse or of shame.
February 12th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
Ah, Kitties and Laptops, a convergence of thangs I like to talk about (being a stay-at-home-on-line-crazy-cat-lady)
Kitties love sitting on warm computers: http://spaces.msn.com/thewendyhouse/blog/cns!9BD8182714EFE199!543.entry
SOME Laptops overheat even when the lid isnt closed: http://spaces.msn.com/thewendyhouse/blog/cns!9BD8182714EFE199!2265.entry
Kitty-fur can seriously mess with your keyboard behaviour.
Your kitty does look completely innocent though. Maybe you should get her her-own laptop:
::W::
February 12th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Him, sorry, HIM. No wonder he looks innocent, mine are both girls, look guilty… its the way of things….