Taking It Too Far

October 5, 2006 · 12 comments

Apple finally called and let me know that my MacBook had been repaired. I had given Apple my MacBook for 3-4 weeks to fix the random shutdown issue. It seems like they fixed it; they also replaced my discolored keyboard, trackpad and top housing for free. Getting to the point, this mini-rant is about what happened on the drive back from the Apple store.

I heard a song on the radio entitled “MySpace Freak” and yes it was a rap song about the online social networking giant, MySpace. Needless to say, I can’t believe a song like that was able to get so popular. Well at least I now know that rappers are taking note of the web, so it’s only a matter of time before I hear a 9rules or WordPress song on the radio. For those curious, I did a bit of searching and found the song. Enjoy (or not).

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the8thsign » Down and Out for a bit
October 6, 2006 at 1:09 pm

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1 Ronald Heft October 5, 2006 at 10:34 pm

How long did it take Apple to repair the issue? I need to send mine in for some issues with my logic board. So far I’ve been RSD-free, but I’m going to ask Apple to replace my heatsink when it goes in so I don’t run into RSDs later down the road.

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2 Paul Stamatiou October 5, 2006 at 10:36 pm

3-4 weeks. They had to ship it off somewhere. =/

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3 Ronald Heft October 5, 2006 at 10:38 pm

That’s why I’m waiting. I should be able to hold off until at least November as long as my MacBook doesn’t start seeing RSDs.

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4 Justin Ruckman October 5, 2006 at 11:08 pm

HA! That song is the shit.

Have you heard John B’s “Stalking U On MySpace”? You can hear it on (surprise) his MySpace page, or his EP via iTunes.

I’m going to see him and Edison Gem in CLT this Saturday.

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5 shorty114 October 6, 2006 at 12:14 am

Wow…

That’s all I can say. Wow…

I completely agree that this is “taking it too far.”

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6 Jordan Arentsen October 6, 2006 at 1:47 am

Argh!! 3-4 weeks is a long time. I was kinda scared it would be a long time. Did they give you a loaner or anything? The Random Shutdown issue is really bothering me, but I’m not sure I could give up my computer for that long. I need it for work/school.

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7 Paul Stamatiou October 6, 2006 at 2:01 am

@Jordan: Nope, no loaner. =/

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8 J Phill October 6, 2006 at 8:51 am

That song is just pathetic…..just shows how crappy the radio is these days.

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9 Andrew Swihart October 6, 2006 at 8:33 pm

Dontcha just love Apple? What a great company, I think all their products are sooo cool, like the Black Macbook, god people will think I’m so hot when I get that. The hardware is waay better than Windows PC’s.

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10 Sean O'Donnell October 9, 2006 at 5:38 pm

That reminds me of the series of rap compilations (by IRC users) entitled ‘IRC Bitches’.

This type of geekory has been going on for years, really.

I’m surprised there isn’t a Country song about yahoo!, yet.

Then of coarse, there is ‘nerdcore‘ rap.

I’m willing to bet that soon there will be a nigerian Ubuntu rap song, promoting Linux to Africans.

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11 Dave Myers March 30, 2008 at 8:33 pm

I know this is an old post, I found it while searching for your Word Press post about making a header image clickable, and it caught my eye.

I worked in a repair shop the other year when the MBP came out. The random shutdown issue is related to – get this – the excess heat sink thermal paste ran down and got onto the contacts for the memory, and cleaning them off with rubbing alcohol on a non-static cloth completely resolves the issue.

Otherwise, I really like Apples.

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