Very happy with the Support I got from the Applecare reps and the Apple Store at the Summit. I was able to take back the noisy macbook and swap it for a brand spankin’ new one that works perfectly. I was able to use Time Machine to restore my new macbook with all my data [...]

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I have some weird noises coming from my macbook pro.  Here is an mp3 of the sounds recorded in garage band with the internal mic.  To get this noise, I just sit with the MBP in my lap and slowly lift the back left corner up to my right ear while the front right corner [...]

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Oh, yeah! I’ve been waiting for this for several months. My daughter has saved her money and was ready to buy a macbook in September, and I told her to wait because new ones were coming soon. This was just before the big 9/9/08 iPod event was announced as an iPod event and rumors were [...]

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I installed Chrome last night and have spent a few hours trying it out. I like the simplicity of the Wonderbar and the clean interface. The ability to import my bookmarks from Firefox was helpful and the only thing I would have done differently was to have the Firefox bookmark bar populate the Chrome bookmark [...]

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Twitter is over capacity. Too many tweets! Please wait a moment and try again. Maybe they should cut the tweet size down from 140 characters, or get a few more servers? It is a bit frustrating…

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This is being written directly in Word 2007 as a test.  

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In his recent post here Steve Pavlina mentions several ways to make almost daily habits stick. His first point almost perfectly describes my Daily Habit routine for running. I would add that for a habit like running daily, you just give yourself permission to skip a day once in a while without guilt, because you [...]

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I am a computer geek. I have more PC’s, Servers, and laptops around the house than I’d like to admit. Lately, I’ve been very interested in going to a Macbook for my primary laptop. I don’t want to go into debt for a laptop, so I’ve set up a Macbook fund to save my money [...]

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I would rather have the flu than a cold or sinus infection.  When you have the flu, you know for sure that you really are sick.  You are not tempted to come to work and spread your germs, nor do you need to wonder, “am I really sick?”. Having this medically enforced time of reflection [...]

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I have come down with the flu and have been completely out of commission over the past few days. I really can’t remember ever being this sick. Sleep is about all I feel like doing. If anyone has any hints, I’d love to hear them.

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