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4-Trackin’ Thru Time

Mad Francis — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:26:35 +0000

I’m sitting around listening to all of my old recordings that are taking up space on my hdd 4-track. Some of these recordings are amazing. I can’t believe that they’ve been collecting dust for so long. I have hours and hours of music stored on this thing. This could be a long night.

It’s Friday and I’m drinking.

Mad Francis — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:08:06 +0000

It’s Friday and I still am without a car. I’m getting used to the fact that I can’t drive anywhere. I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing. Either way, it’s Friday and the week has concluded. I dropped my Latin class today because I’m going to be taking four semesters of Latin over the summer. I’ll write more about that later. For now, I’m pre-drinking before I head down to the Heorot to get a pizza with the GF. If you’re even remotely cool, you should head over to the heorot. I’ll probably be there for a few hours before going to the Fickle Peach.

Dry-Erase Documentation #001

Mad Francis — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:11:37 +0000

Random Wall Posters

Mad Francis — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:39:05 +0000

Shaw got a printer and we’ve been printing black and white photos like crazy. Here’s what I’ve managed to decorate my office with. I plan on adding more pictures as I find them. They have to be funny, ridiculous, or gross in order to make the wall though.

Asus A8Jr Repair

Mad Francis — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:22:13 +0000

I handle a lot of computer repairs… It’s what I do. There are some tasks that are more stressful than others. I would have to say that my least favorite type of repair is specific to laptops. Laptop repairs are so inconsistent. Depending on the manufacturer and the engineers that designed them a laptop can range from simple to extremely difficult to repair. Johnny Blaze and I have been working on an Asus AJ8r laptop that had a malfunctioning LCD hinge that caused a slew of other problems to occur (other parts breaking because the hinge was stuck). This hinge was SUPER STUCK. John and I tried moving it with two pairs of pliers and it was still tough. Either something was spilled on it or whatever lubricant was there is now gone. Anyway, SUPER STUCK.

The broken hinge was causing a lot of stress on a number of other components in the case. We will have to replace the following:

Bottom and Top Case Assembly
Left and Right Hinges
LCD Bezel
LCD Brackets

Oh did I mention that this particular laptop has 60+ screws? It does… They are all over my workbench organized in various steps and sizes. We also discovered that in order to detach the display from the board we either had to completely disassemble the LCD or the entire bottom case assembly. Needless to say it’s a headache. This wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t so damn hard to find a service manual or a disassembly guide. We googled long and hard for one but came up empty handed. It seems that ASUS keeps a watchful eye on such things.