How many Apple iPods are in for repairs?
My iPod (10GB - the non-click wheel model), after a year of pretty hard use, is starting to show its age. It experiences sporadic freezes, for which the only cure is letting the battery drain...
View ArticleReturn of the iPod - the Service Saga ends happily
Whew! Today, March 14, a courier arrived with my replacement (new, reconditioned or remanufactured) iPod. Yay! I hope that this concludes the iPod Service Saga. I have to say I'm impressed with the...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 1425SC Experiences
My 6 year old server has been suffering in recent months from spontaeous 'freezes' - somewhat mysterious, and related to a disk, I think. After trooping off to reboot the beast one too many times, I...
View ArticleA Usability moment
Yesterday I watched a woman answering her cell phone as she got off the bus. She was carrying a bunch of bags and had to open the flip cover of the phone with her teeth, while clinging to the phone...
View ArticleBlack MacBook
I've been using my new 2Ghz 13.3" Black MacBook for about a week now, figured it's time to write a few first impressions. Case: The case is almost 2 inches wider than my 12" PowerBook G4, only a smidge...
View ArticleMacBook update
The Video glitches I talked about in my previous posting have completely disappeared since I re-installed a fresh copy of Windows XP SP2. This time I have not been tempted to mess with the hardware...
View ArticleSweet sweet drives
So, the MacBook is back from repairs, the USB system has mysteriously fixed itself, and I've replaced the stock 80GB 5400 RPM Toshiba drive with a Seagate Momentus 7200 RPM, 160GB drive. I was worried...
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Site migrated to Mac Mini server
After the usual amount of sys admin fiddling, I've moved most of my Drupal sites onto a new server: an Apple 1.66 GHz Core Duo Mac Mini. Over the coming weeks I'll be doing some performance tuning and...
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Apple notebook power adaptor hack
This has got to be one of the simplest little hardware hacks I've done, but perhaps also one of the most effective.The problem:I've owned four generations of Mac notebooks, and several other Apple...
View ArticleMacbook Battery
I bought a new battery for my 13" Black Macbook yesterday from BattDepot. The Apple replacement part goes for $159, I've seen third party replacements in stores for $129, but BattDepot lists theirs for...
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