I’d been meaning to upgrade my computer for an embarrassingly long time now. Specifically, I needed a new video card. I finally found a good deal on one online, ordered it, but found that it was too big for my itt-bitty computer case.
Seriously. My computer is apparently the yapping purse-dog of PCs.
I sold off the too-big video card and vowed to do better research next time. But “better” still wasn’t good enough: the second card itself was skinny enough to pose for American Eagle, but the little bracket that slots into the back — the part with the plug in it — was still too wide.
Argh!
I would not be defeated! I tried relocating the whole PC into a bigger case, but when I realized that wasn’t going to work, I got frustrated.
I got desperate.
I got my hands on a hacksaw and a pair of pliers.
And broke that little bracket clean off.
It works. And it’s beautiful. And I didn’t even need the duct tape.
