The screen latch of DOOOM

My first laptop: I was a freshman in high school, I got some 80mhz juggernaught from a friend for $15.00. It ran windows 3.1 and had a battery life rivaling StrongBads. I broke the latch that kept the screen secured, which led me on a disassembly spiral - which reminds me, you're going to want to keep hardware away from me when I am watching the first Mission Impossible.

My senior year I was given the church laptop to use and improve for awhile, and well... I snapped the latch off when I was moving one time...

When I got to college I got a new ibook g4, 800mhz and with wifi and bluetooth... it was teh roxor. First thing I noticed and appreciated was the retracting hinge latch that kept it from being snapped off.

Two years later, I am walking to my office in my uncomfortable and ugly button up shirt I dropped my laptop bag, thank goodness for my Targus backpack. and went through my night preparing myself to secure my network and machines (just wait until Heather finds out I'm throwing our network on to the EFF anonymous network to keep the man from keeping me down (she could care less, so I won't lie and say "keeping us down") and enjoying a very good podcast, Security Now.

As I was packing up I noticed that my laptop wasn't closing properly...
I inspected the metal latch, and discovered my friends, my dear caring souls close to my heart....
IT BROKE, THE GODDAMN PIECE OF SHIT BROKE....
um, yes... so now I gotta figure out how to fix it.

... I can just say, I'll fix the sad ibook when I find the stupid part.


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PS: I wasn't kidding when I said my first laptop rivaled strong bads.