I’ve had a black 2nd gen MacBook since late 2007. When it was new it was a nice machine and I used it as primary machine for months. Soon after it went to being second machine. Later on i found out that a person i know had the hard drive die on his  I was slightly worried since mine was from same batch/era.

Well… it happened the stock included drive died to a painful clicking sound. It turns out both of our machines were part of a bad batch of hard drives and this failure was bound to happen… Thanks Apple for making me have to rebuild machine from scratch. The drive sat around for a few months before I actually did the AppleCare on it (I Used my own 250gb drive and that one is still going strong) and it was sure BS. I had to be driven to another city two times because Apple doesn’t do mail in repair in Canada…. how lame is that? As soon as i got the machine back i pulled the apple drive and put mine back in.

Anyway here is a picture and video of the dead drive.

Tags: click, Death, Failure, Hard Drive, Macbook

Just when I thought the out of wack digitizer on my Palm Zire 31 had sealed the pda’s fate it came back to life…. this video is from when it was declared dead.

Tags: 3.1, Death, Digitizer, life, PalmOne, Zire

Here are the links for: Saturday, February 14th 2009…

10 Ways Microsoft’s Retail Stores Will Differ From Apple Stores
Apple battles EFF, calls iPhone jailbreaking piracy
Apple sued over iPhone screen rendering tech
Is Jumping from XP to Windows 7 too Complicated?
Lego Star Wars Spaceship Carries More Than 100 Minifigs
Linux Version of Chrome To Use Gtk+
Microsoft offers 250K reward to catch worm creator
Moonlight – Run Silverlight on Linux
New Nvidia Video Drivers for Linux Bring OpenGL 3.0 Support
Nokia to start music service
The Death Of “Web 2.0″
Windows 7 Build 7022 Leaks, Packs IE8 and New Enhancements [Windows 7]
Windows Mobile 6.5 Previewed on an HTC Touch HD [Windows Mobile]

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Palm has officially declared Palm OS dead by saying that there will be no more devices powered by Palm OS. I have been a palm user for many years…. as far back as the m125 i used in high school and my zire 31 i used in my last years of high school. When my zire 31’s battery started to decline i got a Z22. It’s not great but it works.

Yes i know that Palm OS has been daad for many years…this time it truely marks its death due to palm killing no longer using the os.

Tags: Death, Emulator, Palm, Palm OS, Simulator

Here are the links for: Thursday, January 29th 2009…

Malware can turn off UAC in Windows 7; “By design” says Microsoft
Meebo Community IM (Finally) Prepares To Open The Floodgates
Rumored iPhone “2,1″ hardware in the wild
With ION, Nvidia Covers the Mobile Market
More Windows Mobile 6.5 Shots Put Internet Explorer On Display [Windows Mobile]
New Kindle coming in February?
Palm’s VP of design shows off Pre features, scoffs at N95
AT&T and Apple Discussing 3G-Ready MacBooks
Google tells you if your ISP is interfering with BitTorrent
OLPC’s XO-2 to be open source hardware
Philips’ 21:9 aspect ratio TV on video
PlayStation division hit hard by global recession
I’ve Got A Bad Feeling About This…Adding YouTube Annotations Just Got Easy
Intel said to be prepping eight-core Xeon for launch next month
Engadget on Apple’s and Palm’s Touchscreen Patents
Why Microsoft Should Give Windows 7 Away
GMail For Domains Gets Updated Look
Expiration of Service Pack Blocker Tool for Windows Vista & Windows XP
A Few More Details about ‘iPhone 2,1′
Flickr Apps for iPhone
Gmail and Google Reader now “wicked fast”
Apple’s Bloodiest Patent and Copyright Clashes [Palm Beware]
Micael Arington to Leave TechCrunch Due to Death Threats, Abuse
The Mac at 25: Apple TV commercials
SongSmith: Flawed music software produces comedy gold
AOL to Lay Off 10% to Consolidate During Recession
New LED light bulb: Inexpensive, long lasting & environmentally friendly
UK.gov backs ISPs on charging content providers, throttling P2P
News: iTunes now offering track-by-track iTunes Plus upgrades
Sony’s 4th quarter net profit dropped 95 percent, 95 percent!!!
What To Know About iPhoto ‘09 Face Detection and Recognition [Apple]
Major storage vendors agree to disk encryption standards
Windows 7: Action Center Utility
Next-gen iPhone revealed deep in latest firmware?
You Need To See This Video (1981 TV Report On Birth Of Internet News)

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