Forgot to turn off Zen before leaving for lab. Returned in the afternoon to use it and had it crash on me. Current report is that RAM overheated and only 20% is usable, with 64% of harddrive being still accessible. Have no access to any program besides Firefox & Windows explorer. Lost all files that were not backed up (including all my recent sketches and art projects but thankfully nothing academic). All the software / OS checked out intact as far as I am able to see. Short of reformatting everything there is nothing to be done at this point. Despite of the fact that I have gotten an "okay" from PI I still have not sorted out the paperwork with the funds manager and the VAIO that I have my eyes on is already on backorder to April 26th (it really is very shiny).

Yes, Ivy is still suffering from occasional glitches.

Yes, that means my most reliable comp power right now is Daemon.

Dammit. This is spectacularly bad timing.