Not really fried, but it gets your attention, doesn't it? About a month ago, Alex chewed up the power cord for Homestar, my laptop. Amazingly, she wasn't injured, even though it was plugged in at the time.

I finally got annoyed enough at looking at it just sitting there to try and repair the cord myself. I still don't have the money to pick up another power supply for $65-$75.

Twenty minutes and about two feet of electrical tape later, I have a working power supply again. It's not a long term solution, since I didn't feel like looking for the soldering iron, but it works for now. And there's enough tape on it to hold it together, unless you really want to break it again.

What's the first thing I do with it after getting it running again? Reformat and try to install the lastest Vista build. We'll see how that goes.