Comments on: Taking It Too Far

By: Dave Myers

Dave Myers — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:33:08 +0000

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.

By: Sean O'Donnell

Sean O'Donnell — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:38:42 +0000

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.

By: Andrew Swihart

Andrew Swihart — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:33:07 +0000

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.

By: the8thsign » Down and Out for a bit

the8thsign » Down and Out for a bit — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:09:49 +0000

[...] I’ll be bringing in my Macbook to repair my RSD problem today. I hope its only a week but Paul Stamatiou just got his back after 4 weeks. Christ. Since this is my only computer at the moment, I’m not really sure what I’m going to do if it takes 4 weeks. I have everything backed up on a firewire drive so If i need to pick up a $599 Mac Mini, so be it. [...]

By: J Phill

J Phill — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:51:08 +0000

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

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 06:01:45 +0000

@Jordan: Nope, no loaner. =/

By: Jordan Arentsen

Jordan Arentsen — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:47:41 +0000

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.

By: shorty114

shorty114 — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:14:38 +0000

Wow…

That’s all I can say. Wow…

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

By: Justin Ruckman

Justin Ruckman — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:08:53 +0000

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.

By: Ronald Heft

Ronald Heft — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:38:14 +0000

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.

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:36:34 +0000

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

By: Ronald Heft

Ronald Heft — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:34:41 +0000

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.