Ruchira Shah was just your average young woman with a severe addiction to cute purses and high-end kitchen tools she never used, when one fine day, she decided to quit buying anything new. For a year. After twelve months of personal environmental experiments, Ruchi felt like she wanted to make a larger positive impact, so she decided to back to school, and is currently pursuing a masters degree at...
Prolonging life-spans
Okay, I admit it. I want a new laptop. Badly. My current laptop is four years old, and it is barely holding up. In fact, if I had the cash, I'd probably buy a new computer, non-consumerism be damned! But instead, I try to stay patient while my computer takes forever to load, or when programs crash more than usual. I back up my files more often. I shrug my shoulders and accept it when my CD/DVD drive stops working so I can no longer watch movies on my computer.
Every day, I just try to eke more life out of this computer. Just a little longer. Just a little bit longer.If I can make it another six months or so, I will have done well. And then I'll probably buy a spiffy new computer, but I won't feel guilty about it.
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Fabrice Hansé 03am May 19 I love computers, especially Macs, and I don't think keeping the same computer for years is the solution (even if I admire you !), especiall...
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