Boyd's Own Paper

Boyd's Own Paper

Bamboozled, befuddled, and broken. And not even midday

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Nick Boyd
Nov 28, 2025
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Yesterday, the replacement refurbished second-hand computer arrived. After about six hours of reloading programmes and endlessly having to go back to my tablet or smartphone to get authenticated with a special code to load the next step, a blue flash arced from my new PC and the power went.

This, in turn, killed the old backup PC,

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