| <CAPS-LOCK> | And now for some good news... Remember that HD I was whining about? I managed to get the drive up and running long enough to get the data off of it. |
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<CAPS-LOCK> | I did so by stuffing paperclips down the hollow stubs of the power pins, removing a power connector block and exposing the wires, and using alligator clips to connect the power wires to the ends of the paperclips |
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<CAPS-LOCK> | o/ |
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<Pliong> | that's impressively ghetto |
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