Posts for March 2008
- Bye Bye Battery
My MacBook Pro is now on its 3rd battery. I bought the computer in November 2006 and this past summer, I brought it into the Genius Bar at Eaton Centre because my battery was lasting barely 2 hours. It had gone past 150 charge cycles and was less than 2500 mAh. So the Genius gave me a new battery. Today, my computer is out of warranty, but I decided to bring it into the Genius Bar anyway. I kind of expect a laptop battery to last at least a year (preferably two). But my replacement was on its last legs. It was at 1800 mAh at full capacity and my computer could barely operate for 40 minutes on battery power.
... - Sweet MacBook Cases
Surfing the web today looking for a new credit card and business card case, I happened to stumble upon the website (and blog) of Calder Originals, a maker of high quality notebook (as well as guitar and violin) cases. Their designs are sophisticated and make the "design" of typical notebook case bags look downright kitschy. I'm sure these will be a hit among well-heeled executives. The prices are just a bit out of my budget right now. But hey, some things are totally worth saving up for. The case depicted below was purpose-built for the new MacBook Air. But as these are custom built-to-order, it appears they can accommodate all types of notebooks.
... - Always Do The Opposite Of What This Guy Says
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- The Apple Human Interface Guidelines
It was created in 1992, has been continually updated the past 16 years and is now 402 pages in length. Apple's HIG, short for Human Interface Guidelines, is unique amongst technical documents in that it is seemingly referenced equally as often by application developers on the Mac OS platform as by regular users. Ask a Windows user if the application they're currently using, say FireFox, adheres to basic Windows application design guidelines and you'll be met with a blank stare. Ask a Mac user the same question, and a significant many will sound off about just how poorly (in the case of FireFox) the application adheres to the Mac HIG. But don't take my word for it. Googling for the terms "FireFox Mac look and feel" yields many articles discussing the issue. FireFox developers have even gone out of their way with the latest version of the application to address Mac user's look and feel concerns specifically.
... - News Anchor And Reporter Fight On Air
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- Do The Test
A short link-and-run for today's post. Check out this ad from the United Kingdom. I'm impressed!
... - The Website Of A Company Whose Stock Price Is $139,000 Per Share
Yes, you read that correctly. Berkshire Hathaway's current share price is $139,000. And this is Berkshire Hathaway's website. If you view source on some of the pages, then you will see that, yes, it appears to have been created with Frontpage 3.0! Let's hope that this is one practice people don't look up to Warren Buffett for, or people like me will soon be out of work.
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