If you have been following my blog, you would know that yesterday I posted about my plans to replace the cracked screen on my Microsoft Surface Pro 3. I ordered the parts and tools on Amazon Prime, and they were scheduled to be delivered today. This is what I woke up to.
Not too bad, right? A little dusting of snow. Shortly after packing the kids off to school however, it turned into this.
Throughout the morning it got steadily worse. Yet according to Amazon, my deliveries would still land today. Shortly after lunch the school contacted us to say we could collect our children earlier than usual, as the weather was forecast to get worse. It did.
Mid afternoon I checked the delivery on my screen and I was told this:
From UPS at 4PM today;
Delay in delivery due to weather or natural disaster
Strangely, the van from Amazon itself managed to reach me with my tools and double sided tape to fix the new screen in place. UPS seemingly couldn't manage it.
One would think that Britain has never seen snow, or that we were wading through feet of the stuff. News reports from across my region cited numerous traffic problems and gridlocked roads. They had warning, the roads should have been gritted. Alas, this was not to be.
Determined to crack on (pun intended) with fixing my Surface Pro screen, I set about removing the old one. I began at the top center, where the crack originated from, heating the glass around the outer edge.
It was very slow going as the glass kept shattering, tiny shards flying across my office as I worked. Eventually I made it across the top and down the sides, being careful not to cut myself.
Finally, I heated up the bottom edge and slowly lifted the screen off. A little cleanup later to remove the sticky residue from the original screen installation, and this is what a naked Surface Pro 3 looks like. Not a lot to it once you ignore the big black batteries on the left of the unit.
I have decided that, as the screen has not arrived today, and since I now have access to do so, I am going to spend some of my over inflated SBDs and fit a larger capacity drive. I used to struggle for room on a 128Gb drive, and the Hynix is not exactly the fastest out there.
I'm thinking a 250Gb Samsung 850 EVO. I have it's larger brother in my main PC and I love these drives: reliable and super fast. With a bit of luck it will arrive before my screen does.
uhm... ya call that snow? snorts best of luck getting your gadget to function.
Good point, "Let's shut it down people, we see white stuff".
Lol
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
:-) sorry @gmuxx could help myself... Sucks about the shipment. Have to move here... A wee bit of snow doesn't halt much. Watch that glass it shards like a mudder-tucker.
On the bright side, the extra few days waiting for the screen a new faster and bigger drive will hopefully arrive.
I still find it hilarious that a little bit of snow is considered a natural disaster.
An that ridiculous stance - We do not have winters, because they're economically detrimental to us.
Yeah, I guess it's better to have a natural disaster every year then. xD
The fact that UK seems to come to a standstill every time it snows still makes me laugh. It happens every year!
You would think we would get used to it...
Winter has struck us as well.
7-12 cm of snow predicted over the next 24 hours with some areas getting up to 20 cm, on top of the 12 we got yesterday.
The only bad thing is that clearing snow isn't as easy to ignore as mowing the grass.
I yearn for warmer climates.
Muxxy, I blame you! You make me miss Wisconsin!
Nice post, maybe next time you won't break your stuff.
I will certainly try not to.
You better try; and don't blame the kids!
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Would the ssd be better than the computers one I thought it already had one....
Does it not snow in the UK? 3 years ago here in Massachusetts it snowed over 122 inches by the time the winter was over.
Yup I would call that a little bit of snow!
UPS was probably looking for excuse. Glad you didn't hurt yourself with all those glass bits!
You are a good photographer