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The Mac Book Error

Posted in Technicalon Jan 15, 2008

Today Apple announced the Mac Book Air and new ultra-slim laptop computer. Weighing only 3 pounds, this notebook is like someone flattened a Mac Book. Here are a couple of deal breakers for me with the Mac Book Air:

  • No user replaceable battery
  • No Firewire
  • No DVD player (or optical drive
  • No built in Ethernet connector
  • $1800 starting price
  • Only one usb port
  • Only 1.6GHz processor speed (the slowest Mac Book is 2 GHz)
  • Only a 4200 RPM hardrive (pretty slow)

On the other hand, it is a cute little computer that would be quite a bit more comfortable hauling around all day in my backpack. I am still. however, exceptionally worried about the built in battery. I’ve had two batteries on my iBook be recalled because of their poof-potential. I would hate to have to go through the trouble of servicing my laptop or watching it explode if ever the battery were to explode.

Things that make me happy

Posted in Lifeon Nov 26, 2005

  • Ice cream
  • Pumpkin Pie
  • Photos
  • My hanging plant Dilbert
  • Sweaters
  • Beanies
  • Google
  • My fun job at the BYU Chemistry Department
  • Cuddling
  • Toblerone chocolate
  • Victory cake
  • Chocolate chip cookies
  • homemake frosting on victory cake
  • Getting messages on my phone
  • Writing in my blog
  • My car, even though it makes noise
  • Friends named Sara with red hair (there is more than one actually)
  • Friends without red hair
  • The Facebook
  • Ham Radio
  • Costco
  • Shopping at Macey’s
  • Stargate
  • Watching movies in the basement
  • Jiffy blueberry muffin mix
  • Hugs
  • Playing bzFlag (and winning)
  • Risk
  • Coloring with crayons
  • butterscotch chips
  • Oregon
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • My Apple iBook
  • Sleeping
  • Fresh drinking water
  • Hot chocolate
  • Happy people
  • Mount Hood
  • The echoing circles in front of the JFSB
  • Astronomy
  • Science
  • Star Wars
  • The Book of Mormon
  • Love
  • Poetry and other writings
  • Families
  • People being nice to each other when they don’t have to be
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Temple
  • My bike
  • Playing croquet late at night in my backyard back home
  • Waffle parties
  • Free music from iTunes
  • Getting mail in the mail that isn’t a bill or credit card application
  • Taking hot showers
  • People who aren’t drunk
  • Transylvania
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Linux
  • Knight Rider
  • A well decorated apartment
  • Going out to restaurants
  • Dancing
  • Hillsboro
  • No sales tax
  • Otter Pops
  • PHP

Using GPG For Signing Messages on a Mac

Posted in Technicalon May 11, 2005

GPG is a way to digitally sign email messages so that other people can know that they came from you. It can also be used to encrypt messages. Getting GPG to work is easy if you know the right way to do it, or difficult if you don’t. Here are some steps for the Mac user to get started with GPG: Read the rest of this entry »

Get a Mac Buddy!

Posted in Funnyon Mar 25, 2005

Some people just need a mac. What are they doing with that big old windows laptop?

I go into one of my classes a few minutes late. Someone had brought a power strip with a long cord and plugged it in to one of the only avaiable outlets in the room, and then the cord went up the isle a couple of rows. At first I thought it might be for something important, but as I looked closer, I found that someone was using it simply to plug in their laptop.

Please, people. If your laptop doesn’t have enough battery power to allow you to get by without hauling your power supply (and a power strip!) around with you, then you really don’t have a laptop, just a portable computer. Buy a mac! 5 hours of battery life. No power strip needed!

Configuring and Running X11 Applications on Mac OS X

Posted in Technicalon Jan 21, 2005

Running X11 on my apple

Configuring and Running X11 Applications on Mac OS X


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