I replaced Pam’s Macbook keyboard recently. It had an accident involving Xavi and some yogurt. A few of the keys on the left-hand side of the keyboard wouldn’t work. Also, after numerous yogurt and spaghetti-sauce spills, the whole thing was starting to look a bit yellow.
Xavi helped with the keyboard swap, and we followed the ifixit guide for the upper case replacement. He was more interested in the magnetic screwdriver and the bubblewrap than the actual keyboard, though.
Here’s a photo comparing the old and the new keyboards. I think they’re actually made from a different kind of plastic as well. The top case including keyboard and trackpad were about $50 on eBay, and it took maybe 10 minutes to swap them. Would have been quicker if Xavier didn’t keep picking up all the screws with his magnet.
Trying out the multiple video chat thing with Dustin and Jason. If
you have iChat, add me to your buddie list — AIM username “dozefrogs.” We gotta try having 5 or 6 people in a video conference.
I think the sleek and smooth way this really easy app works is a killer-app of sorts. Show this in action to your average person, and their reaction will be “wow, I gotta have it.”
1UP has an interview with Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan detailing the upcoming 1.10 patch for World of Warcraft. They have movies and pictures of the highly awaited Weather Effects-system!
Neat little windows program that can take the best portions of a bunch of groups shots and automagically make a composite for you: Microsoft Research Group Shot
Also, I’m really liking this youtube stuff for posting videos. Sure, they’re not great quality, but they’re in Flash, so they play on almost every browser/computer.
