Forget the virus, worry about the dust

Well i had a near frightening moment today. SO i was carrying my computer into the living room to print my assignment out so i could work on it, and while carrying it im like man its dusty. so istart blowing where the fans are and some dust comes out so im thinking im doinging good. then i bow on a slot on the side, and then i notice that one of my fans stopped. i look closer and there is a huge ball of dust now stuck in the fan stopping it from moving, not good. [note: my laptop gets hot enough right now will all the fans working so losing one is not good, and i just thought of another funny laptop story] so i turn off my computer (so if i dislodge the dust, the fan wont start with whatever i was using to dislodge still in the fan) and grab a pin. the pin is working ok to get the dust out but its not working really well or fast, so I grab a little screw driver. this sorta works, but then the dust starts running away [note: by runing i mean i was kinda pushing it away rather than pulling it out of the computer]. so after not too long, i can no longer see the dust ball thing so i think to myself self, if you can see the fan, and you cant see the dust ball, then it would make sence that the dust ball is no longer in the way of the fan (we do learn something in engineering). so i fire up the computer, nothing. crap. so i talk to my computer expert aka best friend on messanger and ask him what i should do. his suggestion (i always start that word (suggestion) sudje- and then i cant figure out what comes after that, then i (sometimes) remember the 'correct' of spelling it), a can of air. now, i may have been born in the night, but i wasnt born last night. im not falling for buying a "can of air". i say that and turns out that the air is compressed (you get tons of bonus air, but you use it up faster), but before you all laugh at my stupidity, i did accually know that. but i thouhgt it was funny cuz my computer 'nery' friend suggested (got it quicker that time) a can of air, my thought, air compressor. thats what a farm does to you. why buy air what you can get it free and compress it with a little electricity and noise? so anyway i decide to go so my comp doesnt get too hot. so i do and later i turn it back on, this time it makes noises like the fan is trying to start then no noise, repeat a couple times. than nothing. no moving, no cooling air, crap. so i d ostuff whatever, then i turn it off to do some homework (i accually did) now i turned it on again. this time it made a bit of a noise then the fan started YAY!! so now my comp is working "good" again, but i got to scrub it cuz now im starting to get virus warnings again, crap. well thats my story and the moral?
Moral let a professional dust your computer.
ok now for the funny story, so my old high school (private) was having a visit inspection thing from the BC school thing. this was a bit of a big deal and stuff. so the lady is sitting in one of the classrooms with her laptop on her lap typing stuff or whatever. so this one student, who is known for interesting things such as getting a finger stuck in a hole, ha ha, came up to her and said something like "you should be careful where you put that laptop, if you have it on your lap it can make you sterile" [note: you may not want to know this but
'Could using a laptop make you sterile?

BUSINESSMEN and teenage boys could be risking their fertility by using laptop computers, research suggests.

The combination of heat generated by the computers and the posture needed to balance the equipment on the lap leads to raised temperatures around the scrotum, a study has found. Past research shows that higher scrotal temperatures can damage sperm and affect fertility. And the introduction of new technology such as Bluetooth and infrared connections - which provide wireless links to the internet - has resulted in a growing number of men using the machines on their thighs rather than at a desk.'. that is sorta good to know, but im really not sure it works the same on women, but who knows]. so after this comment the teacher is just horrified. i think it woulda been great to be there and see the awkward silence following. would been great. but apparently the lady didnt freak or anything so it all turned out good. i think its a pretty good story and thanks to my sources for getting me that. that would be all for now, happy computing and parenting,
Ian