So when else would my notebook’s backlighting choose to crap out than, say, when I’m off in a strange office, at an important career-advancing meeting?<\/p>\n
Feh.<\/p>\n
So, I’m sitting there at the conference table, with a humongous 17″ VDT next to me. And I’m sitting here in the hotel room, with another one next to me (borrowed from the office, lugged into the hotel room).<\/p>\n
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