LadyM: explain that you can't be a proper boyfriend/girlfriend until you are good friends for a long time.
Dee: About your laptop computer with the bad fan, if you put it on a slab of cast aluminum (for instance an upside down t-fal frying pan) the metal works as a heat sink and your computer won't heat up as fast. Of course, this works best when you have an external keyboard because otherwise the computer slides around while typing.
I came up with that idea on my own when dh's fan was going. If you recall there were these 'miracle defrost stands' which were just a slab of aluminum. I didn't want to pay $20 for one even if they were 'seen on TV' so I started using my frying pan. When his computer started to act up, I figured if the frypan would quickly pull the cold from the frozen food, it could also pull the heat. Within moments his computer fan stopped squealing because it could slow down since the heat was being drawn by the pan instead.
Speaking of files off computers:
We just came from a very interesting and surprisingly thought provoking presentation on digital assets.
Those range from your email account to your paypal and google play accounts, to your media (books, movies, songs you've downloaded) to your social media accounts.
The bank now recommends you add the rights to access your digital assets and manage (in case you are incapacitated, the POA can stop your monthly google music subscription) and instructions to your executor to distribute them as part of the estate.
For instance, dh and I have over 200,000 miles that can convert to $2000 of gift cards or $$5-10K of travel. If we die, those would die with us.
We thought we were covered - the kids have a way to get access to all our accounts and passwords. But legally, even if we specifically name this in the power of attorney or will, the user agreements for the companies take precedence and many will not let executors transfer these assets to others. Apple is the worst example, they will reset the phone to factory reset but will not give the executor access to the Apple ID so all the photos, and videos, email information and apps (that might show the executor which places a person banks or has accounts) is not accessible without a court order.
So this is a warning to people to download backups of everything they own to somewhere other than their cloud accounts (and is an example of why I don't want to use cloud computing.)
It was a sobering information evening. It also highlighted why it is important to have a list of current bank accounts. If you access your account through online only and only get online statements, how does your executor know you have an account at that bank? If they don't have access to your computer, they won't know unless it is listed somewhere that they will find.
I'm stilling think about how we had to restart the SHE boards because all the account information was on Indiana's computer and her family couldn't get access to the account name and password for us to keep them up (btw, more than one administrator has the information to keep these SHE boards up, plus my dd has access to my accounts with our hosting company.)