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Picked up Sexy Beast from computer hospital yesterday, all shiny and freshly repaired. The previous day Susan (aka Pipocas) had dropped off an extra printer she had at home and won’t be taking back to the US when she moves next month. The printer on my 3-in-1 machine had been broken for ages but the scanner still works, so now both are set up on the bookshelf unit. Compared to the old “blogging space” things are a bit more cluttered, but also much more functional. A few more shots below…

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When not on my lap Shadow now “resides” on that little moveable end table, which is usually either next to the comfy chair or beside my bed. And now SB is also hooked up to a flat screen monitor that Susan gave me a couple of months ago. It has a lot more contrast than SB’s monitor and this will help me when editing photos for Sevilla Tapas.

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Back shot of SB … I thought they were going to replace the whole screen but in the end they were able to just stick a new lid on. They also loosened the left hinge a bit. Anyhow, she’s good as new. I’d been hoping to add more RAM and HD to bring her up to speed with Shadow, but it was going to cost 85 euros. Maybe some other time.

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Here’s a shot of Shadow with his new technogel feet.
And below at the comfy stair station.

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And an extra bonus – I now have two fish tanks! 🙂

It’s good having the old girl home again. And this week (once I can stay out of bed for more than a couple of hours) I’m going to start printing up biz cards, more brochures for the Restaurant English courses, level tests, etc.  It’ll be great having a working printer at home after so long – thanks again, Pip.