Tales Of Brave Ulysses
Archive for September, 2008
09 30th, 2008
09 29th, 2008
09 27th, 2008
09 26th, 2008
09 25th, 2008
09 25th, 2008
I finally got around to taking my iMac G5 into the local Apple dealer here on Guam yesterday. Everything I had done at home pointed towards a power supply failure. But the tech took one look at my motherboard and told me I basically had a rather large, expensive, four year old paper weight on my hands. The power supply was shot, but the motherboard was also fried, with at least fix blown capacitors on the circuit board. It would cost more to fix than a new machine basically and that really pisses me off.
I’m pissed because it is a perfectly good 20 inch LCD monitor I can no longer use, a 250 gigabyte hard drive I will have to pull out and repurpose, and 2 gigabytes of RAM that I am betting will not be compatible with any other computer I might replace this machine with. This all ticks me off to no end. Definitely my last iMac purchase. I will probably get a new Macintosh, but it will be one with a seperate monitor I can reuse further on down the line.
It just irritates me that I cannot use that fantastic monitor for anything else. On the other hand, I won’t have to listen to the constant jet engine whine of the myriad fans inside the iMac G5. So I guess something small and fanless will be my next Mac, like a Mac Mini.
I’m already pricing them on the online store right now…
09 24th, 2008
09 23rd, 2008
09 20th, 2008
09 19th, 2008
09 17th, 2008
09 16th, 2008
09 13th, 2008
09 12th, 2008
09 11th, 2008
09 9th, 2008
09 6th, 2008
09 4th, 2008
09 3rd, 2008
09 2nd, 2008
I got married on August 23, 2008.
Oh happy day.
Pictures to follow.
My Visitors
- Baby Jupiter's huge weight gain
- US vows 'huge' marine protection
- Milky Way 'bigger than thought'
- Holes give edge to new MoD armour
- Stethoscope 'hears' heart disease
- Rules on killing ravens relaxed
- Japanese whaler reported missing
- Mars rovers roll on to five years
- Darwin would have been tickled pink by Galapagos iguana find
- Why good green food isn't just for Christmas
- The Ultimate Flying Machine: Sexy as a Sports Car, Portable as a Jet Ski
- Mr. Know-It-All: Human Guinea Pigs, Cremains in Orbit, Surveillance Video
- Jan. 7, 1851: Foucault's Pendulum Experiment
- Twitter Hacker Says Admin Password Was 'Happiness'
- Air Force Releases 'Counter-Blog' Marching Orders
- Finally, No DRM in iTunes — What the New Deal Means
- Bright Flash in Space Has No Earthly Explanation
- Macworld Already a Bummer, With or Without Apple
- A Who's Who of Doctor Who
- Online Video-Sharing Sites Score Copyright Victory
- Wrestling: 5:10 p.m. ? All-Island Wrestlers
- WATER UPDATE 3:30 p.m. ? Outage scheduled for Agana Heights, Sinajana tomorrow
- 4:45 p.m. ? 2009 Junior Pan Pacific Championships start tomorrow
- 2:30 p.m. ? Funeral for Candelaria T. Rios set for Jan. 14
- AUDITIONS 2:25 p.m. - Spots open for roles in "Roosters" play
- 2:15 p.m. ? Christmas trees for mulching
- EDUCATION 2:10 p.m. - McScholar Club rewards this month
- PHOTO GALLERY: See photos of arrest in memorial vandalism case
- MUSIC 2 p.m. - Musicians wanted
- CONCERT 1:55 p.m. - Sonicflood band to perform Jan. 24
- What's the plan for next year's Islanders?
- Camacho sits down with Bice
- CLTC behind in processing applications
- Motorsport enthusiasts organization gives toys to Salvation Army
- Air Guard recognize local heroes
- Governor appoints two to education board
- Legislature passes Bill 402
- Educational efforts underway to conserve, preserve coral reefs
- Annual Charity Tree Contest returns to GPO
- Bill speeds funding to GMH
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