Exploding laptop
Some creature illustrations I knocked up yesterday lunchtime in flash, trying out a slightly different style. People must like them as well as it was in the top 100 Interesting (see Flickr Explore)pictures on Flickr.
I got my first laptop from Dell a few days ago, have to say their customer service was excellent, took 3 days from ordering to delivery, works great, great price and also delivery turned up on time. This one has that wifi thing built in, which is really handy as this morning I am stuck in a hotel reception and am uploading this blog from a somewhere in the middle of no where just outside Oxford (Upper Heyford I think was the place).
I am on battery though which is cool as I haven’t checked if mine is an exploding variety. Actually if it isn’t I may ask for my money back, I quite fancy an explosion this morning to liven things up. Also this exploding battery thing kind of links in with the plane security yesterday. Dell has recalled 4.1 million batteries as there is a chance they can explode and on the same day the security at airports is relaxed to allow laptops on.
There’s some kind of irony there 
August 17th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
Those are just awesome and quite adorable!
PS - you might know me as R.E.’s better half
I underwent a bit of a change.
August 18th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
We also have a Dell laptop, and I was a bit disappointed to examine my battery and learn it is NOT included in the recall. I was hoping for a free new battery. But you simultaneous explosion idea is a good one. Maybe, if you start dreaming again, the “C” can arrange something like that.
John
August 19th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
RE: Your comment. I’m told that the TWIC card in the US will cost between $130 and $150, which puts your 76 pounds cost square in the middle. I’m betting that over here, if you already have a job that now requires the card, your employer will pay for it. But in the future I can see employers refusing to hire someone without a card, and then they’ll have to buy it out of beer money.