I have ordered two 1gb sticks of memory for my Mac Mini, to bring it up to 2gb. They arrived today! I was pleasantly surprised and headed over to Lowe’s to get a couple putty knives and then came home and cracked open the little sucker. I pulled off the case, painstakingly enough, and then…
Gearheads, Greasemonkeys, and Fonzies
Yes, I did really just make reference to “the Fonz” in my title. I told you, I’m getting old. Actually, I’m not that old at all. Incidentally, I find it kind of funny that you can order car parts online. It’s a neat combination of two social groups: the geeks, and the mechanics. These two…
No Longer Cool
So for the last few years, I’ve noticed a trend: I’m no longer cool. I wasn’t all that cool to begin with – I preferred to be cool in a different way, by being a geek. Last night I was online trying to finish up an eBay transaction with a customer over the phone, and…
UNC CAUSE – Day 2
We’re back in Asheville on Day Two of the UNC CAUSE conference. We arrived late because there was pretty much zero parking available. We “invented” a space out of a partial space near a grassy median and the median itself. Good thing we were in the state-owned mini-van when we did that. Morning breakfast was…
My First Credit Card
When I got my first credit card, it was to help me purchase a laptop about two years ago. The laptop was $800 and I wasn’t able to qualify for store financing because it was a refurbished item. I don’t entirely regret getting the credit card; it has bailed me out time and again when…
My First eBay Sale!
Congratulations go to big_man_69, who recently purchased one of the Sony PSPs I’m selling on eBay. There are still 9 left of the old 3.52 version, and I have 20 of the new Slim & Lite version of the PSP in Rose and Lavender colors. These are, of course, the Japanese models, because you can’t…
An Open Letter to Thermostat Managers
Alright, this should be pretty simple, but a lot of people just aren’t getting it. I know it’s starting to get cold, but you need to realize, some of us larger folks get warm and stay warm pretty easily. So when all you skinny folks go “but it’s freezing” and your building maintenance manager turns…
The Christmas Wallet Strain
As Christmas fast approaches, everyone everywhere that celebrates Christmas with gift-giving is either preparing or has prepared financially for stretching every dollar. Parents especially feel this burden, because they want every good thing for their children, but often because of advertising and peer pressure, the children often ask for more than their parents can afford.…
UNC CAUSE – Apple Session, Cont.
Several of the Apple fans present at the Apple session have already purchased iPhones, and many of the UNC schools are having issues with the iPhones being incompatible with their current wireless APs on their campuses. One of the Mac geeks present suggested a good justification for purchasing an iPhone and making it work on…
UNC CAUSE – Day 1
We made it to Asheville uneventfully; traffic was mild for a Monday morning. Conference registration was at 10:30am, so we registered, and then made early rounds to see what Vendors had just started setting up their booths. I picked up some nice shwag from Sun, CDW-G, Epson, Gateway, and a few other smaller vendors that…