Paste and Autumn
Recently, I decided to change the thermal paste on my processor because I was fed up with my computer heating up like an oven. The fans were whirring, the temperature was like in a sauna, and I couldn't tell whether it was a computer or a radiator. I always put it off because it was still working, but you know how it is, until finally the day came when I couldn't take it anymore. I opened the case, dust everywhere, the heat sink was completely grey, and the paste looked like dried chalk. So I got some new stuff, Savio Glacier TG-02, supposedly good, 8.5 W/mK, it looked professional on the packaging, so I thought it would be fine. I struggled with it a bit because, as usual, one screw was missing, another wouldn't come out, and the third was bent, but somehow I managed. I sanded off the old paste, cleaned everything and applied a new layer. I turned on the computer and, seriously, it was like night and day. Quiet, cool, everything working as it should, it even put me in a better mood. At moments like this, you feel satisfied that you did it yourself and didn't have to pay anyone for something you can do at home with good music and coffee. I'm looking at this tube of paste now and I think it will last for a few more times, because they give you half a kilo of it, and you only need a drop. It reminds you that even small things can make a big difference.
Besides, autumn has begun, and honestly, I hate this time of year. It's freezing cold, damp, and when you go outside in the morning, it feels like someone has thrown a bucket of cold water over you. Everything is wet, leaves stick to your shoes, and the sky is gray as ash. It's not winter yet, but it's not summer either, it's just something in between that gets you down. In autumn, I always feel like an old cat that doesn't want to get out of bed. It's warm at home, but if you sit down for a moment, your hands get cold. And when I think that this is only the beginning, that winter, snow, and frost are coming soon and everything will freeze, I get the shivers. Winter is a real drama, because you come home from work with stiff fingers and a red nose, and if the stove isn't lit yet, you can freeze before the water in the kettle starts boiling. I seriously wonder how people can like winter, it's pure evil. Autumn is a sign that everything is about to slow down, the days are shorter, you're constantly tired, and outside it's blowing as if the world were ending. But what can you do, you have to survive it somehow, tea, a warm blanket, a computer already cooled down with new paste so at least it doesn't heat up the room. Maybe it will be okay for a few more days, but I feel that soon it will be that time of year when you leave the house and immediately regret not staying in bed.
