The PC wasn't in the shop the entire week - I didn't bring it in to Algorithm Computer Services until Wednesday afternoon. The problem involved the power supply. I suppose the frequent lose of power, due to brown-outs while the PC was running, was finally too much. The power supply was replaced. Total cost - including labor - was 1,170 pesos (about $22 at today's exchange rate).
The tech at Algorithm managed to save my files - documents and photos etc. However, I lost the saved passwords on my web browser. Fortunately, I had most of the passwords saved elsewhere. There's a minor glitch with the Kindle for PC, but I can live with it. The worst part of the whole thing is that I've lost the Spotify app I had on my PC. I can't download another onto my PC because my operating system is prehistoric. I can listen to Spotify on my phone but it is inferior to the old PC app I once had. I could improve my Spotify experience on my phone if I were willing to go "premium", which I'm not at this point.
While I was without my computer, I made use of my Kindle. A week or so ago, I came across "The Gracie Allen Murder Case" online and I enjoyed the film so much that I looked into the entire Philo Vance series. The 12 crime novels in the series are in the public domain in Canada and are available for download at Fadedpage.com. I had uploaded the first in the series, The Benson Murder Case to my Kindle with plans to put the other eleven in as well. After reading the first novel, I decided to wait before reading any more. I just wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be.
When I had finished reading The Benson Murder Case, I started on two others I had also downloaded from Fadedpage - Wise Blood and The Violent Bear it Away both by Flannery O'Connor.
I'll speak more about those two novels in another blog post.
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