Blizzcon Day -2

Where: In the air, care of Southwest
Listening to: The Slip, Nine Inch Nails

Nothing like the need for a rant to motivate one to blog. -And a few hours to kill without an Internet connection. (Thank you WordPress app for offline composition!)

I barely use my MacBook these days except on weekends when the local gang gets together to play on Saturdays. I pulled it out last night to charge the battery and update a few things and found that it didn’t think that there was a battery. WTF? (LOL at the iPhone automagically making those uppercase.) Restarting, cold boot, zap pram, resetting the power management… Nothing helped. As is often the case for computer trouble, a quick google search confirmed that I am not alone. This is apparently not an uncommon occurance. These ’smart’ batteries apparently aren’t so smart. They go into a low power mode once they run too low on juice and sometimes they won’t come back out. Awesome. Seriously, who designs a laptop battery that can brick itself when it runs out of juice. It’s a (:$&;)-$:;!! battery for ;@)”)&$/&;@@ sales! Running out of power is part of the operational parameters, don’t ya think? Jerks. Hopefully Anthony and I can find an Apple store nearby so I can get it exchanged.

Blizzcon opens on Friday. We’ll pick up our badges and goodie bags tomorrow early to beat the crowds and see what else presents itself. I’m unsure how many people from my Dalaran guild might be there, though I know several people from my new guild on Draka will. Hopefully we can meet up to put faces to the toon/voice. -Always a fun surpise.

Hopefully this flight to Sacramento is continuing on to LAX or I screwed up…

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-Whew, it is.

2:50p: Hello LA!

iPhonified at Last!

I finally have rid myself of the bondage of my Treo 600, which was purchased oh so long ago together with Jen. I limped along for much longer than perhaps I should have, even uncharacteristically foregoing the original iPhone in favor of the eventual 2nd generation.

Even better is the free WordPress app, which makes posting to the blog terribly simple and ultra convenient. Look for more posts in the future. -Especially now that I’m getting out for fun things like the kayaking this past weekend. (What a blast!)

To the left is a quick screenshot of my current page 1 of apps. Couple of winners there, in my opinion. The real fun stuff is on page 2, however.

Hey Jen, check out my snazzy CSS wizadry!

Of Lemon-flavored Computers

One of the perks of my workplace is that I have been able to have the use of a PowerBook. I have at times worked from a local coffee shop and almost always had it with me on trips that I have taken. Back in 2002, when Anthony and I trekked to San Francisco for MacWorld, I ordered one of the new white iBooks. I loved that computer. It was the right size, had a good feel, and it was mine. Unfortunately, it had its issues (display and the disc drive eject mechanism) and had to be repaired. After sending it in for repair one time, I was quite happy with my iBook. Eventually work provided us with updated PowerBooks (the Titanium 867) and I couldn’t justify keeping the iBook when I was carrying around the new Titanium. -Who wouldn’t!? I was fortunate in finding a buyer for my iBook through a coworker and my iBook went off to a new home.

It’s interesting to me how things happen in cycles. I had been itching for one of the more recent aluminum PowerBooks and when Apple released the updated PowerBook with the ‘high definition’ display I couldn’t not do it. Besides, this was, in all likelihood, going to be the last of the PowerPC-based ‘books, and generally it’s wise to avoid the first revision or two of a new product line, such as the new MacBook. It only made sense to buy into something that is ‘tried and true.’