burning down the ... um, office

[mckitterick]

Something in my room is burning or melting down. Smelly burnt-electronics stench fills the office. This is making me nervous, because I can't identify what's self-destructing.

Turned off some lights, but it's still smelly. Perhaps this is my monitor saying that it's about time to be replaced.

Comments

[verminiusrex.livejournal.com]

Check standing lamps. When the halogen torche lamps were popular I'd get a burning smell when a fly got roasted by the bulb. On the up side, it doubled as a bug zapper.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... maybe, but I've replaced the bulbs with low-energy fluorescent ones.

[verminiusrex.livejournal.com]

Check for a moth fried in the coils of the bulb, I've gotten those several times.

[themitigator.livejournal.com]

Um, that's sort of disconcerting. Perhaps the UV-protectant covering on the flourescent lights is melting...? Happened once when I worked in Watson. Most god-awful stench I've ever encountered.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I only use lamps in my office, not those horried overheads....

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Er, "horrid."

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Don't burn down the office. Or at least get all your stuff out first.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

That's my goal. I think it's time to do another big backup of my files, too....

[pointoforigin.livejournal.com]

This is like an serialized short story! I can hardly wait for the next episode in which our intrepid young academic discovers the source of the mystery aroma . . . hopefully, to be published here in a couple of days, rather than in the "exciting but scary local news" section of the paper.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Heeee. I'll try to keep the story from getting too interesting.