So who are you?

My name is Anna.  I'm just your average 24 year-old electronics enthusiast.  I'm also a freelance IT professional and hold several certifications in server management, network technology, and OS administration.

Where are you from?

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA.  Famous for floods, Sanitary-Dairy, and Slapshot: The Movie.  A relatively small city nestled in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania, it is home to around 24,000 people.  I currently live in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Why did you name your site "Annachronism" and do you know how to spell?

I named the site "Annachronism" because it explains how I feel a lot of times.  It's almost as though I was unwittingly pushed through time to end up in the present day.  I find most things fascinating, but ancient and aging technology is nearly unavoidably intriguing to me.  I can spend hours looking over the board of an old Zenith tube radio or pulling apart a switch panel.  Because I like to surround myself with these older items from a bygone era, I am by definition an anachronist.  As for the "Anna" part of it...well, you're here, aren't you?

I also like to think that I really am a time traveler.  Wouldn't that be pretty cool?

How long have you been doing IT Work?

I have been working on computers and networks for close to a decade.  My mother and father cleaned out the garage back in early 1995 and I began working with anything my neighbors could bring me.  When I turned 15, I was given a work permit and went to work for the local school district, fixing their computers.

What are some of your hobbies?

I love to fly my RC helicopter, a Blade CX2.  In addition to that, I collect old videogames, ranging from a Magnavox Odyssey (still in the box) to the modern day Playstation 3 and 360.  I also urban explore and used to box as an amateur in a small league.

You act like nobody has ever replaced a laptop LCD before.  Why do you make these blog posts?

1. I enjoy making these posts as sort of a timepoint.  If I make a post of something, it's usually quirky or I've enjoyed the journey from discovery to fixing.  Sometimes an item comes to me with an interesting story and sometimes I just like to document things.  I realize that while something may seem mundane to you, a lot of this stuff is fun to me.  I could spend hours taking pictures of motherboards, to be frank.
2. A lot of people use the site as a jumping-off point to becoming electronic or computing enthusiasts too.  I like to thoroughly document things for these folks, too.
3. Part of the purpose of this site is to be interesting and fun to everyone.
4. I use this site as part of my CV.

I want to contact you.  How do I do that?

My email address is annaks13 @t gmail.com.  Replace the '@t' with the at symbol.

Can you fix my _____?  It isn't working.  When I turn it on, it _____.

Absolutely.  Click on the sidebar link for "consulting".  I'm usually very inexpensive and friendly.

Do you have a CV?

Yes.  For now, if you contact me, I can furnish it at your request.

I know an Anna Hegedus!  Are you the one that _____?

 Probably not.  There are three of us in my city!  I don't have a Facebook, Myspace, or any of those other things.  Believe it or not, I actually keep a paper journal in this day and age. :)

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• |72.95.128.xxx |2010-03-28 11:58:10 Sue H.  - Our MacBook Broke
  Our late 2006 model MacBook, which we bought used in Dec 2008, won't turn on.
  The battery is dead, but it still won't turn on when we plug it in. It might
  be the RAM, since when we were able to turn it on, the standby light was
  flashing. The on button doesn't work consistently, although once we got it to
  work by putting a screw driver into it.
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