Daniel Bergey Commotion

Posts Tagged ‘macbook’

Seriously, go plug in your computer.

In Code, Mac on 1 November 2009 tagged applescript, Code, launchd, macbook, power, ruby with 1 comment

This happens a lot: I’ll be programming along, in the zone, so much that even the low-power alert doesn’t dissuade me from my task:

That’s bad. Because inevitably, I’ll be just in the middle of a thought when the computer shuts off, ten minutes later. I don’t actually *lose* anything, of course, because MacBooks are usually […]

Three-way Computer Surgery

In Life, Mac on 1 August 2009 tagged everymac, ibook, istat pro, macbook, powerbook, superduper with no comments

Spent most of today replacing the Power/Sound board in an old PowerBook for my brother Tim. As it happens, that’s the most involved sort of repair one can make on an Aluminum 1.5 Ghz, since you have to remove almost every other piece from the case before you can get to it.
Tim’s previous Mac, an […]