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AquaBook PowerBook Works!

  • 4 Apr, 2006

It’s freaking amazing! The Powerbook survived getting soaked with no issues. I got a call yesterday asking when I was coming home. It seems that there was a large glass of water to close to the laptop. The cat jumped up and spilled it on the keyboard and though the computer. When I got home […]

Get AppZapper Free!

  • 3 Apr, 2006

A truly great offer! Ok so it’s PR, link bait, scheme or whatever you wanna call it but MacZOT asked for 259 bloggers to mention AppZapper in their blog, with a link to MacZOT.com, and then they’d discount the price of the application by 5 cents. If they got 259 posts, the application will be […]

Replacing a Powerbook Hard Drive

  • 27 Mar, 2006

The new hard drive for our Powerbook 667 arrived Saturday along with a few special tools. In no time I had the Powerbook back up and running. It wasn’t that hard actually. Especially after watching one of Other World Computing’s videos. I just had to remove a few screws (with a special Torx Screwdriver) and […]

Our Powerbook is in a Coma

  • 21 Mar, 2006

It happened Sunday night around 7:45pm. My My wife’s Powerbook 667 slipped into a coma. It will start up a little, but stops at a blue screen. Never loading the desktop. Even disk utility can’t help. I was able to hook it up to life support though. Via target disk mode, my iMac was able […]

Playing with Apple’s Photo Booth

  • 17 Mar, 2006

One of my new applications is Photo Booth from Apple. It’s a simple application that ties into my iSight web camera and takes still pictures. You can also select filters and take pictures that look interesting. 🙂 Below is some of my fun with Photo Booth this morning. Granted, I think I need better lighting. […]

My First Dashboard Widget

  • 14 Mar, 2006

I’ve created my first Dashboard Widget 🙂 Thanks to a nice tutorial from Josh Nimoy I was able to walk though the steps and see how easy it is to create a simple, yet pointless, Dashboard Widget. You never know, this could be the first steps towards something amazing! If you want, and I don’t […]

Target Disk Mode Rocks

  • 10 Mar, 2006

You gotta love target disk mode. It’s a wonderful feature from Apple that lets you boot a machine as a firewire hard drive on another. This then allows you to quickly copy off files and folders. This morning I hooked up my PowerBook to my new iMac via a firewire cable, held down the T […]

Blank DVDs Are Cheap

  • 8 Mar, 2006

Since my new iMac has a DVD burner I just had to play with it.  I went to Target to get a few and was pleasantly surprised.  Last time I bought blank DVD’s it was $15 for 5.  Boy has a lot changed.  I got 50 for $15 this time!!! I’m very excited as I […]

Google Calendar works with iCal

  • 8 Mar, 2006

No, it’s not official, but there are strong rumors that Google Calendar (code name CL2) will work with iCal as they use the same file format. CL2 is closely, very closely, integrated with Gmail. It includes now-standard web 2.0 features – Ajax, suscription feeds for integration with iCal and other desktop calendars, event creation, search, […]

iMac First Impressions

  • 7 Mar, 2006

It’s been a few days and I’ve had a little time to play. Overall I’m very happy with my new iMac. It’s so sweet. New features that I acquired: iSight Web Cam Mighty Mouse DVD Burner Bluetooth Front Row (with remote) All iLife 06 Applications and so much power! I’ve only just began to play […]