Today I managed to take apart the iBook and remove the internal hard disk. These things are certainly built to tight specifications, and are somewhat tedious to disassemble. But I’ve done it before, and did it again this last time. After installing the hard drive in an external firewire enclosure, I hooked it up to …
The one perk of where I work is that we’re in the midst of a computer replacement cycle. This means that a lot of older computers are being marked as no longer needed and are being recycled. Fortunately, there are a few older Macs in this mix, and they are fair game. As such, I …
The iBook is still unusable: it still refuses to boot into target disk mode, and thus is in a bit of a coma (to anthropomorphize the situation). It’s very sad, and very frustrating. What I plan on doing is extricating the iBook’s internal hard drive and transplanting it into an external firewire enclosure that will …
It was bound to happen at some point. My old, trusty iBook, bought just prior to the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Games, has finally reached a turning point. Its trackpad and mouse button haven’t worked for some time (save for a brief respite when the ribbon cable mount was soldered back on to the motherboard), …
There’s been a lot of talk about the two digital rights management (DRM) schemes used by Sony BMG on their recent CD releases. Specifically, the talk has centered around the fact that both schemes – XCP and MediaMax – open huge security holes in Windows, and are also auto-installed onto Windows without the PC owner’s …
It’s a crazy world these days, and blogs are a wonderful way of voicing concerns, opinions and ideas in a format where these things can be read and discussed by a great number of people all over the world. The blogosphere has become an essential part of global discourse, and its rapid rise has caught …
More importantly, you need a kayak. Sam reminded me of the wonderful Kayak.com, a cool travel site that beats the old Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz sites hands down. The secret of Kayak is that it’s simply a search engine for the best fares and deals. They don’t answer to the airlines (like Orbitz), and they …
A trip north to do cleanup has resulted in a delay of my CSS Reboot 2005 makeover. It will appear – just not quite yet.
As anybody who knows me is aware, I’m a big fan of Mozilla’s Firefox and Camino web browsers, as well as their Thunderbird email application. I’m also a big fan of blogs and RSS feeds, which are a great way to do a “one-stop” lookup of your friends and favorites. Recently, I’ve become very fond …
Want to file a damage claim with FEMA? Don’t plan on using a Mac to do it. According to myriad reports from Katrina victims, the FEMA online claim service only supports Internet Explorer 6 for Windows, essentially forcing Mac users out into the void. Yes, there are ways around it – namely changing your browsers …
