MacBook heating
Posted on May 19, 2006
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I’ve seen some posts, on some blogs, about the SMC firmware upgrade that Apple released this week. I installed it, so whatever has been written about it, I should be able to check. TUAW and others write that the upgrade causes the MacBook Pro to run cooler.
Well, I still think it’s a bit hot at times, but yes, it is cooler. Not very much, but I think it’s just enough to make it slightly more comfortable. So thanks, Apple, for the upgrade.
Auto-ping SYO
Posted on May 14, 2006
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Dave Winer: “I’ve written code that allows you to set up NewsRiver to automatically ping SYO when your subscriptions change.”
That’s great. I’m developing an aggregator myself, and I was thinking about auto-exporting the subscription list to SYO in some way. I hope Dave’s feature will have an API, so aggregators can all connect and contribute.
Flickr Friendliness
Posted on May 9, 2006
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A List Apart: “When you visit the site, it welcomes you with a random language. Hola! Salut! Shalom! When you log in, the button says “Get in there” instead of “Submit.” When you upload a photo, join a group, add a contact…all of the associated text is open, encouraging, happy, and excited. And it has a significant impact on the overall user experience.”
I was thinking about this a few days ago. A big part of the feeling you get when visiting Flickr, is the way they address the user. It’s always happy, cool and easy. Servers are never down, they have massages. They have ‘Interestingness’ as the name for a feature. It’s just cool.
More websites should communicate like that. It makes me like them.
Share Your OPML
Posted on May 8, 2006
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Dave Winer has released a reincarnation of the Share Your OPML site. You can, well, share your OPML there, and the site will build all kinds of statistics for you. I have some notes here.
TechCrunch has a review.
Guess what? No whine!
Posted on May 3, 2006
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Allright, the MacBook Pro arrived yesterday, and like a kid at Christmas, I was very happy to be able to start using it. What a great machine. It’s thin, light-weight, looks great and is really fast. Also, Mac OSX is quite nice to work with, although I still need some getting used to.
The problems I was afraid of? Almost none. Really! There’s no noise. Not from the screen, not from the CPU, fans, harddrive, etcetera. It’s silent, and I like it. There’s only one thing: it’s hot. The left-hand side of the body gets considerably hotter than the right hand side, and when resting my hand on it for a while, it gets irritated a bit. I don’t know if that’s just getting used to, or really a manufacturing mistake. I’ll see how it works out for me the next couple of days.
All in all: I’m very happy. It’s a cool machine, nice to work with, fast, easy… I love it!
Links for tuesday the 2nd
Posted on May 2, 2006
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Metadata as a ‘filing system’ - about using Spotlight and tags on your Mac.
Fixing AJAX: XMLHttpRequest Considered Harmful
Yahoo! Tech - Nerdy, gadgets, stuff, cool! (but damn, the site is slow)
Apparently, the MacBook Pro is too hot.
Google Importer - search Google with Spotlight
Linux for human beings - Yet Another Ubuntu Blog?
MacBook in transit
Posted on May 1, 2006
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I’ve been looking at a TNT tracking page for the past few days. My MacBook is paid for, assembled and on its way to me. Today it arrived in Amsterdam:
02 May 13:18 Rotterdam Delivered 02 May 09:57 Rotterdam Out For Delivery 02 May 05:52 Rotterdam Import Received 01 May 19:38 Arnhem Hub Consignment Received At Transit Point 01 May 19:35 Arnhem Hub Consignment Passed Through Transit Point 01 May 14:21 Amsterdam Consignment Received At Transit Point 30 Apr 14:32 Shanghai Shipped From Originating Depot 29 Apr 10:06 Shanghai Consignment Received At Transit Point
Now, I live in Rotterdam, and I assume that all TNT has to do is bring the thing to me. So I might have it tomorrow, unless for some reason it doesn’t get picked up from Amsterdam. To save myself from dissappointment, I won’t get my hopes up too high, but I’m getting really excited now…
Update: okay, it’s in Arnhem now. That’s not closer to where I live, but hey, if that’s the way it works, fine. Google searches on the phrases in the tracking table make me believe I’ll receive it tomorrow. Will I?
Update 2: and now it’s in Rotterdam. Unless something weird happens, it will be delivered today.
Update 3: out for delivery. That’s right. Give it to me baby. 
Update 4: it’s here. Time to have some fun.
