“The ship wherein Theseus and the youth of Athens returned [from Crete] had thirty oars, and was preserved by the Athenians down even to the time of Demetrius Phalereus, for they took away the old planks as they decayed, putting in new and stronger timber in their place, insomuch that this ship became a standing example among the philosophers, for the logical question of things that grow; one side holding that the ship remained the same, and the other contending that it was not the same.”
– Plutarch

Yesterday afternoon, I picked up my laptop from Tekserve, after it had spent a week at Apple Service Headquarters.

Or rather, I picked up a laptop. Because, while the shell was still original, the logic board, video RAM, left and right fan, hard drive and screen had all been replaced.

Still, mine or not, for the first time in months, at least the damn thing works.