I'm having exceedingly bad luck with computers lately.  Not only does IE consistently crash when I'm updating the website (and don't even bother telling me to use a different browser, I know this already and were I someplace else, I would be doing so), the other day I couldn't upload ANYTHING to youtube without crashing any of my browsers at home (Firefox, Chrome), and last night my production laptop (where I edit all of my videos) fried another power adapter.

What the fuck?

This is the second time this has happened ... the first time the adapter ended up working periodically, but I finally picked up a universal laptop power adapter (which was $70 right there) and thought I solved the problem once and for all.

Obviously, I was wrong.

It worked well for about a month, and then last night--pfft!  No more.  And this universal power adapter (unlike the one that came with the laptop) as a little blue LED indicator light on it that tells me when it's working.  No such light anymore.

I think it has something to do with the battery and my hypothesis is that if I leave the battery disconnected from the laptop, I should be able to keep this from happening again.

Until then, I'm off to find a third laptop power adapter because I've got a popular and fast-growing internet show to edit.

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