What to do when a mere machine has made a good attempt at destroying your evening’s zen?

I speak of my laptop’s near-death experience just now, thanks to some well-known software which caused multiple seizures (both for me and the unfortunate laptop). The laptop required some serious emergency tinkering to bring it back from the brink, while afterwards, I think I was the one who required a little post-operative care! I really should have installed myself in the kitchen for the evening instead. That’s what I did yesterday and I’m up 4 jars of green tomato chutney, which is what I would call a result. Not that the kitchen is without its potential for disasters – I mean, the occasional batch of yoghurt may refuse to set – but the results are generally pretty satisfactory (more than can be said for a lot of software!) and leave a much better taste in the mouth…