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#13
Apart from trying to do my final essay for NIE, I was trying to experiment with this whole Transparent screen thing. It's a terrible effort but my first effort nevertheless. One day, when I have more time, I shall perfect it. :)
Snow Leopard Black Screen not showing up any more
Since I upgraded to the latest Snow Leopard update, I seem to have been liberated from that black screen that showed up at least once a day on my MacBook OSX. It seems that the new update solved many issues and my MacBook is running smooth!
So if you haven't updated, I highly recommend that you do. It is a MUST DO update unless you are running a Hackintosh and in that case you should know that if you update you will not be able to run OSX any more on your Intel Atom computer.
#8
This picture was taken just a few minutes ago, right after I arrived 45 minutes early for my class and set up my stuff. I trudged through my essay on Tourette's Syndrome for this class and finally managed to finish it. I just printed in the school library. So, here you can see my empty classroom, my computer, a paper fan (that I've started to carry around because of the truly ridiculous heat & humidity) and my Jane Austen. I had planned to read Murakami's "Blind Willow Sleeping Woman" earlier this morning but decided to bring Austen along. For a self-proclaimed bibliophile, I've to shamefully admit that I've not sat through an entire Austen. Ever. So, this is going to be my first. I read a few chapters from a non-print version on my iPod and got hooked. Nothing much else is planned for later. Perhaps, I should start work on my next essay. Ack.
NEW MACBOOKGAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!
annnnnnnnndiwannit.
Objectified - Full Documentary Film - 2009 - A look at the creativity at work behind everything...
Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability.
http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/about/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1241325/
Below a snippet from the docu featuring Jonathan Ive, as he talks about the Mac, and specifically the Unibody design of the MacBook/MacBook Air & MacBook Pro.
MacBook Pro keyboard / trackpad fix
Lewis Barclay saved my @rse today. The keyboard and trackpad on my Macbook Pro recently just quit, and I'm flying to India- Pune in fact in a few hours, for the week. Problems seem to have a sense of timing, don't they? The Power button still worked and is part of the same assembly, so I was confused and messed around with software updates and 'hacks' to no avail. The 'fix'? Press down on this little flimsy cable (it's usually a little bit bubbled up and outwards) that I've circled in the shot below (which is an iPhone app - goSnap creation.)
You can access this little bubbled out cable just by removing your battery. As it happens I'd already disassembled the Macbook Pro by the time I found Lewis' short and handy little article (which is here). Here's my summary;
- flip the battery out (after shutdown)
- make a little ball of sticky tape, or something similar (not too big!)
- attach it to the little bubbled cable you see here
- gently reinsert your battery - don't force it. if it won't go, downsize the ball
- Enjoy your now working keyboard assembly, until you can get it replaced
Thanks Lewis! Hope this helps others too.
Sent from my iPhone
MacBook Hand Rest Cracked.
I forgot to mention in the video that this is the 2nd time that this has happened. Initially it cracked I would say a month after I purchased my MacBook in Nov 2006.
I didn't have it replaced until sometime 2008 and now yet again. Gotta get it in before my Apple Care runs out! I'm gonna be sad without my lovely friend but maybe this will give me to opportunity to do 'other' things :)
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