Well my baby is back from MacResQ sporting a brand new 80gb hard drive. I must say, I’m quite pleased with the service from MacResQ. I opted to pay $99 for 24 hour service; which, when you think you’ll be shipping your Mac back and forth to Kansas, it is quite a good deal. Within…
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Missing You.
mac working Originally uploaded by Campin’ Guy. My wife says I care about my Mac more than I care about her. What? Just because this shot is the wall paper on my phone?
...Read MoreMaybe You Oughta Read This
I guess there’s a lot more to it than people think. Philip Greenspun’s Weblog: Maybe women wouldn’t want to get married if they knew how time-consuming it was. A 40ish friend he told me about life with his twentysomething girlfriend: “I plan the dinner, shop for all the ingredients, choose and buy the wine, cook…
...Read MoreWill the real Alton Brown please stand up?
Alton Brown: Warning: if you’ve received an email from me…you probably didn’t.
...Read MoreSome Photos You’ve Gotta See to Believe
Going Places Originally uploaded by Mr Lunatic Fringe. I’m not quite sure how I first found his site but when I first started blogging, several years back now, one of the sites I tended to visit frequently belonged to Phil Ackley. I’d found Phil’s stuff on Photo.net and was already familiar with his work. Wonderful,…
...Read MoreS.M.A.R.T Disks
CreativeBits: OS X: Be warned before your hard disk fails There is nothing more frustrating than a hard disk failure. And every HD fails at one point. It’s sure as death. However, there is a technology called S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) that is built into most modern hard drives and it can give…
...Read MoreBreakfast A Necessity for Women
Kevin, M.D.: Researchers at the University of Nottingham, U.K., have released a study showing that normal weight women who skip breakfast have higher fasting levels of total and LDL cholesterol, and have impaired insulin sensitivity to a test meal – which raises serum glucose levels. The implications of this study are that women may not…
...Read MoreDVD-CD Ring Unearthed in Modesto
I never heard about this. KCBS.com: Investigators in Modesto say a drug investigation has ended in the arrest of 14 people involved in selling pirated DVDs and CDs. Stanislaus County authorities say while a detective was working undercover on a drug case, he uncovered information that pirated D-V-Ds and C-Ds were being sold in parking…
...Read MoreAnd then coffee.
And then coffee. Originally uploaded by Scrubber. Now THIS is the way coffee SHOULD be done. Take note people. Your neighbors won’t care too much about the fire in your backyard every morning if you just invite them over for a cup.
...Read MoreWHO?…
In far away China a World Health Organization doctor goes door to door looking for anyone infected with SARS. Doctor (at door of house): (Knock knock)Man (opening door coughing): what you want?Doctor: I’m from the World Health Organization.Man: WHO?Doctor: World Health Organization.Man: WHO?Doctor: The World….Health….Organization.Man: WHO?Doctor: Look I’ve already told you. I’m from the World…
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