Mom got a new laptop a while back because her old one would no longer run an operating system from the Dark Empire. The old laptop ended up sitting on her desk until she was recently taken with the idea of letting Corwin have it, because it could still run Linux, and you all know how we have failed in our duty to provide computational resources to the children. Perhaps a laptop might, in some small way, make up for that dearth of computer access. Moreover, Corwin has been needing to use the InterTubes for parts of his homework for a while.
Mom therefore set up the laptop for Corwin, who received it in his normal enthusiasm for parental largess, until he discovered that it could run a few games. That brought a smile to his face. Still, he does sometimes use it for school. It apparently works better for that out on the roof.
