A friend of mine tweeted that at me this morning, that when she heard the news about Steve Jobs dying she immediately thought of me. Because he was my Elvis. I’d been trying all night to think of the best way to explain why he was important to me, and she nailed it. Yesterday afternoon [...]
Victory is mine: I successfully replaced the PowerBook’s hard drive!
I think in all of my research and preparation for the job, I psyched myself up for it to be way scarier than it actually was. Don’t get me wrong: This was an intense project. Most previous Apple laptops and current MacBooks/MacBook Pros require you to turn the machine over and remove the bottom of [...]
DIY heart attack
Last week, Ian tripped (accidentally! not his fault!) over the power cord to my beloved PowerBook (G4 12″ 1.5Ghz) that he’s been using as his machine for the past couple of years. The computer fell on its side about a foot down onto the laminate floor, but didn’t turn off or make any weird noises. [...]
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO
This day was inevitable, even if he hadn’t been sick for years with pancreatic cancer, liver issues and god knows what else. It’s inevitable that a man as brilliant (and anal) as Steve Jobs has left a succession plan and I can’t imagine that the last several years weren’t dotted with hush-hush meetings where “what [...]
New MacBook Pro!
After six years, the last couple filled with numerous frustrating sessions wrestling with the slowness of my 2005 iMac, I finally bought a new computer. And it’s badass, too: The high-end 15-inch MacBook Pro. After never having owned a laptop bigger than 13 inches, I decided to go with the 15-inch model since I won’t [...]