The Tingler

Well, I obviously haven't been doing much writing as of late.  Kind of took a little time off.  Still dealing with the loss of my canine friend.  It's not easy, dealing with a loss.  And he had been with us right at 17 years.  Not easy.

I had an odd little occurrence this evening.  I dug out my my MacBook Pro, as I hadn't used it since my last road trip.  So, I've been playing in OS X Mountain Lion all day.  Kind of like a homecoming, in a sense.

Anyway, it's late, and I just retreated to my bedroom to do some late night email checks and browsing.  I'd been using it off battery for a while before, so I went ahead and plugged the MagSafe back in.  Plunked down on the bed and started to work.  I went to pull the system towards me...

And damn...  It was like holding onto a joy buzzer.  I got a quite a good shock.  I jerked my hand away from the case.  A quick look showed that I had had my hands on tiny screws on both sides of the case.   I touched the case...Nothing.  So I went to push the release button...  And got the joy buzzer again...

Not good.  Obviously not thinking, I unplugged the MagSafe.

Hmmm...  No shock.

Plug it back up...  Shock...

I'm getting a bit worried at this point.  (And obviously not thinking still.)

Rather than think this through, I do what any good modern soul does, I hit Google...  And there it is, "Electric Shocks on MacBook Pros"...   I remember the odd vibrations I've felt on the metal palm rests...

And then I looked at the postings...  And I suddenly feel the need for a solid faceplant...

It's rather warm here, so I'm sitting barefoot in my room, my foot on the floor...

Yeah...

Sitting cross-legged on the bed now, breaking the circuit...  No shocks, no vibrations...

This does irk me, though.  Guess it's common with metal cased laptops, etc.  I've noticed the "odd vibrations" when I run my fingers across the brushed aluminum palm rests on the Dell XPS.  I'd never given it much thought till tonight.  Which makes me want to kick myself...

So much for basic science.

Cue eery music...  Here comes "The Tingler"!