Last week, I plugged in the Dell com­puter I’m build­ing up as a replace­ment server for my-computer. The power sup­ply exploded, com­plete with sparks and smoke. My Alphas­ta­tion (my-computer) has been run­ning just fine for 8 years, but the Dell blows up within a month. Awesome.

A few days ago, the band on my wrist­watch cut loose and fell off. Turns out the clasp is held onto the end of the band with a flap of leather that appears to be stitched, but is actu­ally glued. The glue let go. Any­one know where to buy watch bands that aren’t made in China with fine Chi­nese cost-cutting measures?

Last night, I broke another spoke on the rear wheel of my com­mut­ing bike. That makes for three bro­ken spokes in 2 months. Although I’ve put only about 4,500 miles on it, it seems I’m reach­ing the fatigue lim­its of the mate­r­ial. Time for new wheels. Mean­while, I have to ride to work on my fixed-gear bike.

I demand more reli­a­bil­ity from my stuff.