Replacing a MacBook display and a little hacking

Last week, Anne dropped her bag with her MacBook in it on the floor. She didn’t think anything of it until hours later when she went to turn on her computer and the LCD display was cracked inside. Lots of scary broken lines appeared with only a small section on the left actually working. I …

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I have used an iPad and you still shouldn’t buy one

Soon after the iPad was released, I wrote about how I thought Apple missed the mark with this product. Not everyone agreed. Today I got to play with one for a few hours and I stand by my initial impressions. Reviewing my original comments: 10. It doesn’t replace your laptop or phone. Definitely true. There’s …

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Today’s Nonsensical Google Voice Transcription

We have our home phone forwarding to a Google Voice number on no answer. It replaces the crappy Verizon voicemail service we used before. Best of all, Verizon set up the call forwarding for free. While it’s convenient to be able to check our voicemail via email, the transcriptions are not always helpful. Today’s example: …

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