and sometimes, the timing chooses you...

I'd been hoping to stretch my computer out to 2010 or 2011 if I'm really lucky. However, it decided to die this morning. Conveniently, it did so after I backed up everything that I really cared about. However, I think the problem is with the cooling system (or perhaps lack thereof). If I power the computer on, it sounds like an airplane taking off. (You would think that this is a sign that the cooling system is working. However, there's a separate liquid cooling system. On the plus side, I do not see any liquid leaking.)

My data is probably safe and sound. (Everything I can't easily reproduce is stored in two places. My fiction is stored in four.)

Like I said, I'd been planning on buying a new computer eventually. I bought this one in 2004. Its death wasn't exactly unexpected. *sigh*

[For the record, I'm writing this on the 5 year old laptop that I almost never use. It actually ought to be on the brink of failure too, except I've replaced parts of it as time has gone on. Its problem of the moment is that the space bar does not work reliably.]