Quite unusual to find a domesticated baby fox minggling around humans . Found this during the DiGi GeGeRiuh Carnival in Kuala Terengganu recently.
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| Foxy lady |
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
The Powerbook G4
Its good to be able to use it again. At least for the time being while my I book awaits for the logic board and hard drive replacement. Unfortunately the power cable and adapter ran into some kind of problem when plugged in. The cable from the adapter to the mac seems burnt from the electrical heat. This is due to the cable being rolled around the adapter when not in use. In the end the thing conked out.
Time for a new power cable.
The shocker is the orignal would cost you rm390 for a 65W. For a compatible piece it would cost you rm 300.
Solution ImBi Plaza. A shop on the 2nd floor run by some Pakistani, was willing to try and open up the adapter and replace the burnt wire.
WALAH ! problem solved. It took them about one a half hours to open, repair replace the wires, glue and a few rounds of duck tape.
The final thing cost me rm20.
Works just like new.
Another satisfied customer.
Its good to be able to use it again. At least for the time being while my I book awaits for the logic board and hard drive replacement. Unfortunately the power cable and adapter ran into some kind of problem when plugged in. The cable from the adapter to the mac seems burnt from the electrical heat. This is due to the cable being rolled around the adapter when not in use. In the end the thing conked out.
Time for a new power cable.
The shocker is the orignal would cost you rm390 for a 65W. For a compatible piece it would cost you rm 300.
Solution ImBi Plaza. A shop on the 2nd floor run by some Pakistani, was willing to try and open up the adapter and replace the burnt wire.
WALAH ! problem solved. It took them about one a half hours to open, repair replace the wires, glue and a few rounds of duck tape.
The final thing cost me rm20.
Works just like new.
Another satisfied customer.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
My MAC is DEAD
I am compelled to write, after a very, very long time.
Having been an avid Macintosh user since the early 90s, my most trusted Brand of computer has finally turned me down : (
Over the years I have the pleasure of owning the PowerPC 6200/75, PowerPC 7100/66 AV, Macintosh IIfx, 15" Powerbook G4, Apple Stylewriter 2400, 60GB Ipod video and finally the 13" black Ibook 80GB.
Yesterday, 6 Aug 2007 the unthinkable happened. My Ibook crashed at about 1.30pm right after lunch. There was that spinning icon of a curser which doesn't seem to come to a stop. My next reaction would be to press the start up button. The screen went blank for a bit longer than usual, then the unfamiliar little envelope with the question mark appears staring at you.
Oh oh. what happened? Not to worry, its a Mac. nothing can possibly go wrong, and at worst, if everything fails than my friend Zul will know how to deal with it, after all it is still under Warranty.
"Sorry Bro, how I wish I could share with you some good news but unfortunately, your Mac really did crashed on you and there is nothing else we can do" said Zul. He just shook his head and said that the hard disc emits a certain 'clicking' sound at start-up, indicating a 'hardware problem'.
...........the ill fated hard drive
The next reaction, my documents. How do i access them, I was halfway through preparing 3 or 4 proposals and need to submit one of them by tomorrow. Ok, stay cool.
You got to do what you got to do. Lets start all over again.
Actually I had an option of retreiving my files. A shop in Low Yat can do it. For a 80GB it would cost me about rm 1900. And I may have to wait for a month, because they have to send it to Korea. At 70% success rate, I thought maybe its not worth while.
Maybe its worth a lot more than that. The proposal is worth alot more. It's OK, maybe I should be alot more careful in future, and maybe its time I clean house with proper documentation and archiving.
Whats lost. Well family pictures, some important documents, emails, presentations etc and the list goes on.
Nevertheless, lucky thing I had my computer backed-up 6 months ago. So all is not too bad.
Moral of the story is, SHIT do Happen! ....even to Macs.
I am compelled to write, after a very, very long time.
Having been an avid Macintosh user since the early 90s, my most trusted Brand of computer has finally turned me down : (
Over the years I have the pleasure of owning the PowerPC 6200/75, PowerPC 7100/66 AV, Macintosh IIfx, 15" Powerbook G4, Apple Stylewriter 2400, 60GB Ipod video and finally the 13" black Ibook 80GB.
Yesterday, 6 Aug 2007 the unthinkable happened. My Ibook crashed at about 1.30pm right after lunch. There was that spinning icon of a curser which doesn't seem to come to a stop. My next reaction would be to press the start up button. The screen went blank for a bit longer than usual, then the unfamiliar little envelope with the question mark appears staring at you.
Oh oh. what happened? Not to worry, its a Mac. nothing can possibly go wrong, and at worst, if everything fails than my friend Zul will know how to deal with it, after all it is still under Warranty.
"Sorry Bro, how I wish I could share with you some good news but unfortunately, your Mac really did crashed on you and there is nothing else we can do" said Zul. He just shook his head and said that the hard disc emits a certain 'clicking' sound at start-up, indicating a 'hardware problem'.
...........the ill fated hard drive
The next reaction, my documents. How do i access them, I was halfway through preparing 3 or 4 proposals and need to submit one of them by tomorrow. Ok, stay cool.
You got to do what you got to do. Lets start all over again.
Actually I had an option of retreiving my files. A shop in Low Yat can do it. For a 80GB it would cost me about rm 1900. And I may have to wait for a month, because they have to send it to Korea. At 70% success rate, I thought maybe its not worth while.
Maybe its worth a lot more than that. The proposal is worth alot more. It's OK, maybe I should be alot more careful in future, and maybe its time I clean house with proper documentation and archiving.
Whats lost. Well family pictures, some important documents, emails, presentations etc and the list goes on.
Nevertheless, lucky thing I had my computer backed-up 6 months ago. So all is not too bad.
Moral of the story is, SHIT do Happen! ....even to Macs.
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