{"id":113,"date":"2011-01-07T23:28:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T23:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=113"},"modified":"2011-01-07T23:28:24","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T23:28:24","slug":"at-xmas-a-computer-repair-man-saved-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2011\/01\/at-xmas-a-computer-repair-man-saved-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"At Xmas a Computer Repair Man Saved My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or rather my computer.<br \/>\nThe power supply on my home server failed. I was quoted over \u00a3200 +&#8230;+ by Dell. Luckily I found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olympus-electronics.co.uk\/\">a power supply repair specialist<\/a> and they repaired it for less than half the price. I am very grateful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or rather my computer. The power supply on my home server failed. I was quoted over \u00a3200 +&#8230;+ by Dell. Luckily I found a power supply repair specialist and they repaired it for less than half the price. I am &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2011\/01\/at-xmas-a-computer-repair-man-saved-my-life\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-1P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":869,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/11\/nightmare-with-three-mobile\/","url_meta":{"origin":113,"position":0},"title":"Nightmare With Three Mobile UK","author":"taxicle","date":"November 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"When I ordered my HTC Desire, it took three mobile three weeks to send me the phone. 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