Laptop fired up, but then got a warning "something is draining too much power from the USB so turning your usbs off". It powers by USB so the laptop was not charging. Frantically made sure all my work was pushed up to github, all the little things I'd been half working on that were not ready to share yet. . Glad I have been putting all the useful utilities into a "toolbox" app that is shared so I have not lost any of my little productivity tools.
Removed the only other USB thing, the passkey dongle thing, and rebooted, but no joy, still not charging. Spoke to my manager, going into the office to see if I can get a replacement, a fix, or at least a loaner today. Good thing a) Clare is off now so can pick up the pieces this end, and b) it's only £27 return going off peak like this.
Not the most relaxing day. Would have been busy enough without all this! I can attend meetings if I'm there in person without it, but how will I know when a meeting is due??
Suede 22 years ago today in 2002, and Suede at the end of this week too!
Thundery showers and a fresh breeze, 13 - 20℃.
Paul Clarkeʼs weblog - I live in Hythe in Kent. Wed + dad to 2, I'm a full stack web engineer, + I do js / Node, some ruby, other languages etc. I like pubbing, running, eating, home automation and other diy jiggery-pokery, history, genealogy, TV, squirrels, pirates, lego, + TIME TRAVEL.
Yep, deliberately unstyled.