Letter From Mumbai

My laptop has died, same old garbage, doesn't recognize the AC adapter so the battery just drains completely and it's game over. I called the Dell tech support people. Took two hours (I kid you not), three techs, and a whole lot of exasperation. Like I haven't had enough of that lately. The worst part was when I couldn't divine the exact account information they had in their records so they told me that for security reasons they couldn't help me any more. This for a computer I purchased directly from Dell and had delivered directly to my current address. Yikes. Anyone, once that got all figured out, the verdict is: broken. Thanks, guys. Unfortuantely the fix seems to be a new motherboard. I don't think I'll have lost too much irretrievable information, I've got all those photos elsewhere. I'll keep taking them, but I won't be able to get them on this blog until my computer is returned to me in a couple of weeks. It's quite likely that we'll be completely done with the project by then and that is a lovely amazing thought.