oh.. just saw this... but if you want to do the tire yourself and don't have any butter knives available I have a manual tire changer... this one: http://www.harborfreight.com/motorcycle-tire-changer-attachment-42927.html
sounds like you need a netbook, E. things have incredibly low storage space though (unless its improved since I last looked), so you're best bet is to save everything online via e-mail servers or just a large flash drive