Available with 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM. Sweet.

There are a couple electronics/computer recycling events coming up in the Ann Arbor area. The first is Saturday, April 26 at Best Buy. Best Buy is teaming up with Great Lakes Electronics to recycle used electronics at no charge. Drop off will be in the Best Buy Parking lot on Lohr Road. They ARE accepting computers, monitors, printers, fax machines, TVs, audio equipment, VCRs, DVD players (items up to 100 lbs each).

The next event begins Thursday, May 8. Ann Arbor Public Schools and Climate Savers Computing Initiative at U-M are working together to recycle electronics. Schools and businesses can drop off items Thursday and Friday, the general public can drop off on Saturday, May 10 at the Pioneer High School Parking lot. (Thanks to Nicole & Diddy for the tip!)

photo from IT NYC 2006

Just in time for the Ann Arbor Commuter Challenge, Google has enhanced their maps of Ann Arbor to now integrate the AATA bus schedules and routes.  I’ve had mixed results with it so far–plugging in the Deli to Bakehouse yields a pretty interesting route, but I see a huge potential, especially if the UM buses and proposed commuter rail and AMTRAK train schedules were also integrated.  Give it a whirl:  Google Transit Ann Arbor.

Winston’s Lego Computer is one geek’s log of creating a Lego case for a functioning computer. The specs on the machine aren’t bad: 933MHz processor, a DVD drive, 1GB RAM, wireless network adapter, and a ton of input/output choices. Not sure what the OS is, but I bet it’s Linux.

Non-nerd Lego enthusiasts (that’s an oxymoron, right?) might enjoy these 32 other things built from Legos, like this giraffe:

Overdue post…

I’ve been using 10.5 since it came out in November. In that time there have been 2 major (10.5.x) updates and handfuls of software, firmware, and security updates, all of which have steadied the ship (sorry to mix metaphors). Some have criticized, some are still complaining. But guess what? *ding!* It’s ready. Serve it up! For the masses, consume!