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just call me Mac-Gyver September 3, 2010 No Comments

Today, a friend was reassembling his MacBook Pro after performing a hard drive upgrade, and he inadvertently put a very short screw down a very long shaft. How to get it out? After much shaking and poking, I remembered I had the base from an iSight camera, which is magnetic. We put that over the [...]

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Flash begone, except when you want it April 14, 2010 No Comments

I haven’t actually tried ClickToFlash yet, but it looks useful, and its web page is quite hilarious (scroll down to the text). Let’s just say the author is not a fan of Flash.

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iPad iPad iPad iPad April 3, 2010 No Comments

We just got our iPad from the SoHo Apple Store. The Business team there gave us the VIP treatment — we bypassed the line and then as we entered the store we were literally flanked on both sides by exuberant, blue-t-shirted Apple Store staff, energetically cheering us as we passed through to the glass staircase. [...]

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