Laptop upgrade
by Tim Faircloth on Nov 25, 2008, 2:25 pm
So… I bought this 320 GB hard drive for my MacBook Pro.
iFixit rocks. Their instructions for replacing parts are awesome… though I think along the way they should have notes like “this screw is tiny as hell and acts like it’s spring-loaded. If you’re not careful you may be putting searching for this one damned screw.” Luckily I was very careful, though I did have some close calls.
The annoying part is, after I put this 320 GB drive in and started installing the OS, it shows up as a 296 GB drive. Seriously, what the fuck? Do advertisers still not know how to properly calculate hard drive space?
For those of you that don’t understand, 1 GB = 2^10 MB, or 1024 MB, which makes a sizeable difference when you’re talking about large drives. Furthermore, 1 MB = 1024 KB and 1 KB = 1024, which means 1 GB should be 1,073,741,824 bytes… but to the advertising world, 1 GB is 1,000,000,000 bytes.
320 advertized GB = 320,000,000,000 actual bytes = 298 actual GB
That’s 22 GB I’m missing. At the very least they could be honest and tell me it’s a 300 GB drive.
iPod Update 2.2
by Tim Faircloth on Nov 25, 2008, 10:44 am
I haven’t updated my iPod with the newest firmware yet, but I’m willing to put down money that they haven’t put in compilation support yet.
They have, however, taken care of at least one very important issue that has been plaguing iPod Touch / iPhone users for a long time. Thank God they took care of that “I can’t take a screencap of my lock screen” bug. Where would we be without you, crack Apple development team?
Oh well… at least the update is free this time.
Updated Christmas List
by Tim Faircloth on Nov 11, 2008, 1:21 pm
Here’s an updated list of demands wish list items.
My original list is at the bottom of this post. This is just a list of other things I’ve thought about.
- Too Human for XBox 360 - Love my 360. I just need more games.
- Henly shirts - …and various other long sleeve shirts, not just “henly” style, to keep me warm during the winter. While I’m at it, I’ll satisfy the requests I’ve had to post my sizes
- 32 waist
- 31 inseam
- Large shirt (of any kind)
- 11.5 Men’s shoe (socks are a good gift too)
- Tools - When I bought my house, my dad took me to the pawn shop to get some cheap tools. We bought a shoe box full of random wrenches, screwdrivers, and drill bits for a grand total of $5. Most of those tools are broken by now (or they were broken to begin with). I’ve bought most of the “must have” tools (drill, hammer, socket set, wrenches), but I’m missing a few key players like a level or a square.
I’m sure I’ll think of more as time passes.
I'm sorry, Ronny
by Tim Faircloth on Nov 5, 2008, 11:26 am
Don’t be so sad, I voted for you. We’ll get ‘em in 2012.
The above image was ruthlessly pilfered from a page on BayIMG.
I think the reason Obama won is because he became the champion of the internet after our boy Ronny was knocked out of contention.
That’s all I have to say about that.
Remember
by Tim Faircloth on Nov 5, 2008, 9:42 am
Strange that the day before today we elected a new leader here in the U.S.
Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I can think of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent
To blow up the King and Parli’ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England’s overthrow;
By God’s providence he was catch’d
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!