Archive for August, 2006

Do we need one of these?

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

zojirushiAllen urges us to come into the full tea geek realm and acquire a Zojirushi digital temp controlled hot water dispenser. $135 from New Egg. It features an Easy-touch electric dispensing system; easy-to-see large wraparound panorama window water level gauge; easy-to-read wide LCD; three temperature settings (208°F/195°F/175°F); displays actual water temperature at all times; seven hours timer mode; dechlorinate mode; reboil mode; descaling mode; safety auto shut-off. Capacity: 101 oz./3.0 liters.

Fill it up, set the temp for green, oolong, or black tea, and fill up whenever you need.

Mac battery recall

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

12″ iBook G4, 12″ & 15″ PowerBook G4
https://depot.info.apple.com/batteryexchange/

15″ MacBook Pro
https://support.apple.com/macbookpro15/batteryexchange/

Workin’

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Dell battery recall

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

NYTimes article

Dell is recalling 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they could erupt in flames, the company said today. This will be the largest safety recall in the history of the consumer electronics industry, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

Dell Battery Exchange Program

ZingNet Picnic pictures

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

http://zsn-it.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1

Using Coppermine Photo gallery. Not too happy with it. Took me half an hour to get the pictures on there. 29 minutes too long is what I say.

The Travails of Entourage Tasks and Exchange in a Dashboard Widget

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

Here are some insights into Entourage, Webdav and iCal among other things: Link

Elph in an Outline

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006