So far today I have learned that the Magsafe connector on Mac laptops, though normally quite cool (and definitely a good thing on the several occasions I've tripped on my power cord) is INCREDIBLY ANNOYING when your laptop battery is dead.
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Gris - May 14, 2010 10:10:33 am PDT #13812 of 25501
Hey. New board.
§ ita § - May 14, 2010 10:12:56 am PDT #13813 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the Magsafe connector on Mac laptops [...] is INCREDIBLY ANNOYING when your laptop battery is dead.
How? Too delicate to stay in place?
Gris - May 14, 2010 10:17:49 am PDT #13814 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Yeah. It's very easy to accidentally remove. I can't really sit on the couch and surf with it, because any significant shift has a good chance of unplugging it.
ETA: The newer Magsafe connectors are quite a bit better about this than the older ones, so I've managed to improve my situation somewhat by switching the adapter with the one that came with my newer laptop.
§ ita § - May 14, 2010 10:20:52 am PDT #13815 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My original Powerbook is primarily busted because the power-cord was too hard to come out. The socket is all wrenched out of place. Battery is dead, so it's very precarious and I can't move it much.
I'm startled by how easily the Magsafe comes out, but since it's not damaging anything, it's for the best. But with a dead battery it'd drive me insane.
javachik - May 14, 2010 11:16:44 am PDT #13816 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
javachick, I'm afraid what you want is never going to happen. Amazon/B&N doesn't own the copyright to those books, remember, they just pass licenses along to you. Publishers are not likely to give you an option like that when they might potentially convince you to buy your favorite books a second time
Yeah, that's my assumption. So it's not really a value to me. If I were still in QA and traveling as much as Meara or ND, then it would be worthwhile.
Gris - May 14, 2010 1:30:11 pm PDT #13817 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Oddly, what I miss most right now about my Kindle is the fact that the Kindle sits very nicely on top of my microwave right above my sink, so I can easily crank up the font size and read while washing dishes. Since I have no dishwasher, I spend a good bit of time washing dishes, and that is kind of awesome.
Liese S. - May 14, 2010 3:39:57 pm PDT #13818 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee. I am too clumsy for that. I bet I would knock it into the dishwater in the first load.
I use Mobi even without a reader of any kind. I use it for my Project Gutenberg books. So it would be nice to have that compatibility going forward 'cause I already have all these files. But I am really ambivalent about it right now.
brenda m - May 14, 2010 4:00:37 pm PDT #13819 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The only thing that seriously drew me toward the iPad was thinking about mounting it on the kitchen wall.
Sean K - May 15, 2010 9:02:59 am PDT #13820 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Fuck. Steaks.
My MacBook Pro is pinwheeling me at startup. It froze up while I was websurfing, giving me a beach ball, I had to force quit and force restart it, and all I've gotten since on startup is a grey apple and a pinwheel, and that's it. No chime, even.
Crap crap crap crap crap.
DCJensen - May 15, 2010 9:32:44 am PDT #13821 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Got a boot disc to run First Aid?