| 10:50p |
Faking out my father...
My father is so hell bent on me having my computer off when I am sleeping or when I am not using it, he has the key to my room and he comes in in the middle of the night and shuts it off. This usually wakes me up. I keep it on because I am usually downloading something. Here is what I tried so far to fake him out
1. Turning off the monitor - Didn't work, he can always turn it back it to see if the computer is on
2. Unplugging the monitor - Sometimes works. He usually just checks to see if the lights on the computer are on.
3. Unplugging the VGA cable from the computer - Sometimes works. However it is too much of a hassle to plug it back in. Plus he can see the lights on in the computer.
Nothing has worked so far. Now he said two more times he finds the computer on, he is going to make me take off the router. So I got desperate. I rigged up a solution. Tell me if this isn't fucking genius! I cut up some paper into small squares. I took two squares and painted them black with a sharpie marker. I then took two pieces of clear tape, cut those into slightly larger squares. Then I took the black squares and layed them down on the tape with the black side facing out. Then I stuck the tape and the squares over the lights on the front of the computer. Now it looks like the computer is off. I originally thought I can just take a marker and color over the lights but it got kind of messy. The squares work perfect! But I also have to keep the monitor unplugged. Also it probably won't work during the day, since the black sharpie is blacker than my case. But with the lights off at night you don't even notice. |