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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more