Loose Connections

Yesterday it was a door with failed hinges.

This afternoon I spent thirty minutes flummoxed because the lighted cover for my (elderly) Kindle was no longer lighting. Spouse listens to me for a minute, insists that the problem must be fixable, and gives a diagnosis of a wobbly coupler. Somehow manages to make it all work. (I guess I can't justify a new Kindle...)

Meanwhile my netbook is driving me nuts--the original power cord died years ago, and the connection on this replacement is, again, wobbly.  At the moment it is looped on with some packing tape.

But these things only come in three, right?

Hopefully I'll feel more connected (and charged?) tomorrow.