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Because I’m an idiot, I set my iPod on the cowl of the Fiendish Firefly, whereupon it fell down and into my grinder sparks.  Nice.  Really ticked me off.

I bought a new digitizer off eBay, which also came with the tools to do the replacement.

Tips:

• Review a couple of tutorials online.  They all help.
• Take your time popping the screen out.
• Use a hair drier to soften the adhesive to get the digitizer off its wee plastic frame.
• Use Acetone and a Q-tip to dissolve the adhesive residue

If I were to do it all over again, I’d recommend getting a new digitizer that comes with a new plastic frame.  The original had more adhesive around the edges, and without that “extra” adhesive, there are wee gaps around the screen now.  Oh well.

THAT was an ordeal.

For whatever reason, my WordPress installation decided to send all Admin Logins to a 404 error.  I did a WACK of Googling, and was only able to log back in after renaming the .htaccess to .htaccess.old .  Deleting it could work too.

I tried disabling plugins.

I tried restoring a site backup.

I tried restoring a database backup.

I tried earlier versions of both.

I contacted my web host, to no avail.

So, when your wordpress admin login gives a 404 error – delete this .htaccess file.

Of course, this might be the only time I get in, so….

Curse you.  And curse your impossible to get to fan location.  And curse your roofing nail proximity to the skin on my back – good thing my Tetanus shots are up to date.  And curse your impossibly hot Okanagan attic heat.  And curse the vent ducting that couldn’t stay in one piece. And curse the vent duct insulation that cannot be installed over the duct by mortals.  And curse they fact that I didn’t notice you could buy the two already assembled.  Darn it all to heck.  And curse losing tools in the blown insulation. And curse the itchy insulation. And curse the surgical gloves that kept ripping.  And curse the mask that refused to seal against my face. And curse the hose clamp that I forgot to attach to the roof truss before attaching the vent. And curse the duct tape that stuck to everything but where it needed to go.  Curse you, bathroom fan vent, curse you.  You make me sad.