Showing posts with label Improvising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Improvising. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Computer Repair

Isaac has worked over Marc’s old computer, and he has gotten it to work. The computer kept shutting down, and there appeared to be no space available on it. Isaac was able to wipe it clean. The computer was divided into thirds. Part of it was nearly empty, and the computer was not using this portion. Isaac eliminated that empty portion, and expanded the usable area. I am most likely not explaining this correctly, but the end result is Isaac now has the use of his own laptop computer. Now he is trying to resurrect my old computer for Paige. I hope he is successful.

Friday, July 30, 2010

Another Repair

My computer tends to run hot, so I use a chill pad to cool it down. I have gone through many different chill pads. The most current one just died. The problem is with the connection from the chill pad to the computer. It becomes loose and won’t maintain the connection. Paige used rubber bands and ingenuity to make it work. I told Paige she did another MacGyver job. Do you remember the TV show MacGyver? He could fix anything with whatever junk was near at hand, and he could do it in a few minutes. Paige must be channeling MacGyver.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Recycled Cart

During the school year I use a cart to take things to and from my classroom. I write most of my reports at home, so I need to bring files home to research for the reports. These files can be very heavy. I am very hard on these carts. I have gone through about six in the last two years. My most recent cart had a broken handle. Paige decided to fix my cart. Even though I had replaced them, I had not thrown out two of the previous carts. Paige worked them over, and now I have two working carts. Luckily different things had been broken on the carts, so Paige was able to piece together two carts from the three carts. This will save money since each cart costs about $20. Thank you, Paige!