I placed an order for Apple laptop, iTouch for my daughter and Apple protection for the laptop. I added 3 day shipping so I could get my laptop in the hope it might arrive before the weekend. Here is what went right and wrong with Apple’s shipping. June 17, Tuesday, order was placed late in the evening so statistical purposes the order should start on the 18th. June 18, Wednesday, The clock starts. Credit card company called to authorize large…
Following is an e-mail sent to us from Sirusblk. “Alright here’s the videos… An early promotional piece (a lot of stuff has changed since then): http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=931&cc=US Meet the Heavy (first look at the extremely cool facial animation system): http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=960&cc=US Meet the Soldier: http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=985&cc=US Meet the Engineer: http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=987&cc=US Meet the Demoman (My Favorite): http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=997&cc=US Meet the Scout (The latest one): http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=5032&cc=US As you can see they all have a distinct cartoon look, and everything you see is actually in games stuff…
One of the major pains for me is to find an external storage solution for my Mac Power PC G4. This model limits its USB port power to the 500ma specified in the standards for this type of port. Problem is that hard drives will draw a lot more than 500ma, especially for start up. You will find that most all manufacturers that sell portable hard drives fail to include the USB Y cable to draw power from two USB…
This is an RF mouse, not Blue Tooth. It requires a USB dongle be inserted into the computer which I think is somewhat dangerous as it protrudes just over two inches. The specifications give this mouse a two foot range, I believe. I found that it was often times less than one foot. When playing World of Warcraft the mouse would loose contact causing numerous drop outs. I was embarrassed when I could not help other characters on quests and…
I will attempt to outline some of the devices, and methods that are used to construct my web sites, of which there are four. Also I have included some recommendations, some training aids. Please keep in mind that I am a Macintosh person. “If you want to get it done, do it on a Mac”. Thus, the advice below will refer to Macintosh solutions. Sites: There are five sites I am involved in as follows: Site 1: This blog site…
Product review Date 9/30/07 Manufacturer: Western Digital Model: WD Passport 160 GB/Go Computer used for test: 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4 Macintosh laptop running 10.4.10 system. Review summary: Not recommended for computers that cannot support 500 ma or more of power on the USB bus. As soon as I purchased this hard drive from COSTCO, I plugged this hard drive unit into my iMac laptop USB 2 connector and the hard drive would not mount. It made a clicking noise over…
