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Another few days, another update.

Although I can read the update summary as well as anyone else, I’m still not sure what this update actually does.

I’m sure it’s important though.

I’m sure you’ve all heard of “beer goggles” but here comes something really cool and really necessary for a few folks. (I used to need this but since I don’t really even drink an occasional adult beverage anymore, it doesn’t apply to me.)

If you have Google Mail or GMail, this option can be turned on inside of your preference settings. It’s under “Labs.”

The idea is that before you are allowed to send an email, you must first answer a few math questions. Obviously, if you’ve had too much to drink you will not be able to answer them and can avoid sending an email that you possibly shouldn’t.

Here’s Tekzilla’s Patrick Norton explaining the feature.

Get er done!

Ha!

Mac Heads. Run Software Update for the latest. Hopefully, they’ve fixed all of the buggy crap.

There is also an HP Driver update that shows up after you do the Java update.

I’m just sayin’

I have (and love) my MacBook Pro laptop and use it for everything from podcasting to video production to…

…writing.

Right after I got the laptop on the very same day, in fact, the “N” key popped off. One of the plastic pieces that are used to keep it in place broke leaving me with an “N” key that is hanging on to the rest of the keyboard for dear life. After a few keystrokes, it would come loose and I’d have to push it back in place again.

Well, during the week the key popped off and this time, it refused to semi-click back into place. In essence, it is now no longer even semi-secured to the keyboard.

During this whole thing, my father offered to call Apple and see if they could send me a replacement “N” key to simply snap back into place. Apple’s response was…

…”ahh, no.” We’ll replace your entire keyboard but the “N” key by itself is simply out of the question. This exchange between Apple and my father went on for about a week. My father lost the battle. Apple will not send out an “N” key by itself. If anything happens to your keyboard at all, Apple will replace the whole thing.

I just didn’t want to be without my laptop for any length of time. The compromise will be waiting while a local technician makes the repairs and changes out the keyboard with me watching him/her.

I haven’t made the reservations or called the technicians yet. In the meantime, I bought a HP USB 2.0 keyboard at Wal-Mart to hold me over. Of all of the keys on your keyboard, the “N” key is one of the most pressed.

At least, when you don’t have it you think it’s the most pressed!

I’ll let everyone know how the repair goes. It should happen sometime this week.

I’m not making this up. This site exists. Go here.

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry.

You’ll laugh mostly.

I found this article during my morning read. I can’t say that I agree with everything 100% because of speculation on the part of the author or the “so-called” scientific expert.

Here’s a small blurb about alcoholism…

Even in alcoholics, alcohol use doesn’t actually result in the death of brain cells. It can, however, damage the ends of neurons, which are called dendrites. This results in problems conveying messages between the neurons. The cell itself isn’t damaged, but the way that it communicates with others is altered. According to researchers such as Roberta J. Pentney, professor of anatomy and cell biology at the University at Buffalo, this damage is mostly reversible.

I’ve been posting over at stuckatmydesk.com, my personal website.

The tech stuff is probably going to be posted over there.

If I can cross-post, I’ll do that as well. I’d like to keep both sites but I work so much these days that I can’t keep up with all of my websites.

I’ll keep everyone posted on what the future will be.

Sorry. I’ve been working on my personal stuff lately.

Will post stuff soon.

I predict that CNET will become CBSNET after the dust settles from the CBS acquisition of CNET.

I just wanted to get my prediction on proverbial paper before they change the name.

In other words tech people, no body cares about your political views on anything. They watch you, listen to you, and or tolerate you because of your technical savvy and electrical goodness.

If anyone that I follow on Twitter because of their technical background starts talking about politics, I’m going to have to stop following them.

I can’t take it anymore.

Apple has released update 4.0.1…

I’ll be doing at least a couple of shows this week as time permits.

Big schedule this week. Huge!

I’m working to make the website better.

Please be patient.

Thanks.

I logged into my PayPal account using Firefox 3.0+. I simply logged in, checked the balance, and logged out.

After I logged out, I sat in my chair trying to remember something else I wanted to do. While sitting there, my iSight camera came on for a second and then turned off. I was sitting in the dark. Otherwise, I may never have noticed it.

Anytime your MacBook Pro camera comes on without your knowledge is a serious problem in my view.

There is also the “creeps you out” factor.

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