Dear undertow,

I don’t know if there’s a laptop heaven, but I think there must be because if there wasn’t that just wouldn’t be fair.  You’ve done so much for me over the years – so many late nights, so many trips together.  Our relationship came before all others, when you cried, I would be there for you, day or night, weekday or weekend.  You’ve done so well… just look at how you’ve grown!  New system board, new hard drive, new wireless, new WWAN, new RAM (2x)… you survived coffee, red bull, too many drops, three operating systems, and even a 35mph collision with a Jeep Grand Cherokee.  But now, now your system board has decided to fry all your internals.  undertow, I took you everywhere I went… I just don’t know what I’ll do without you.

Except replace you, with a better you!  HAH!  0wn3d.

Yours,

root

Update: By (popular) demand, if you’d like to help get me hacking again, you can donate.  All donated funds will go directly to getting me a brand spank’n new sup’d up laptop.

Like many other thousands, if there’s any one name out there that I associate with helping me join the cycling community – it’s Sheldon Brown. Thank you Sheldon. Rest in Peace.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/02/08/homespun_wisdom/

http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2008-02/sheldon-brown-webs-foremost-diy-bike-guru-passes-away