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NVIDIA GeForce 8600M and 2007-08 MacBook Pro Saga: Part 3

September 15th, 2009 View Comments

Sending MacBook off to Apple

So, Saturday night I was prepping my MacBook Pro for shipment to Apple for repair, transferring important files and allowing Time Machine to backup the hard drive. I decided to do any necessary software updates too, and that’s where things got interesting. After the update finished the computer restarted and *cue choir of angels* my screen came back on and I was shocked, but happy. I immediately figured, “Okay, perhaps the issue isn’t based in the hardware (GPU) but it’s maybe a firmware issue. (For a little backstory on this read Part 1 of this “saga” lol)

I checked the box that Apple sent to me to see what my deadline was for shipping my computer and it was Tuesday September 15. Perfect! I went for all of Sunday and Monday to see what would happen, until later last night it happened again…black screen. I was very disappointed but at the same time relieved that I can still send it to Apple and get a diagnostic done to see if the problem is what I concluded it may be or otherwise. I am really, really, really hoping that my conclusion is the issue because that means the fix is free of charge. Otherwise, I will be one of the people standing on the corner of the street with a sign begging for money, only in this case a working MacBook Pro.

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But as I said before, here’s hoping for the best!

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A Week with David 3

March 16th, 2009 View Comments

This is super late which means that A Week with David 4 will end up being late as well. This is only due, however, to obligations at work. But enough with the excuses.

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I popped over to a used CD/Vinyl music store to see if I could maybe find a nice copy of Imogen Heap’s album “Speak for Yourself” and I didn’t. I was hoping that I could find it for less than $9 bucks, and eventually ended up purchasing a copy of the album off of iTunes. There is still some sentimentality left in actually have a physical copy of an album. …You know what I mean?

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My former high school drama teacher invited me to come see a show of her students performing Lil’ Abner. It was pretty good and I enjoyed it. The students were really great and really talented. I was hesitant to go in the beginning because I was bobbing for apples on my way there. I mean I was going to turn the car around for home and apologize later but it was definitely worth staying awake for.

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Every now and then I take a trip to my favorite comic book store, and funny enough I don’t visit the comic book store for comics at all. I am not into comics, and probably never will be. I usually go to raid their Asian Cinema section–which is huge–and find some cool new Japanese stuff and Japanese treats. One thing that I saw though and totally took me by surprise was a whole long row of comics devoted or including President Barack Obama. I was surprised and thought it was way awesome! See for yourself.

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Given the kind of great personality that President Obama has this doesn’t really seem far-fetched to me. Now that I think about it, there is Ronald Reagan who was an actor befor his time as president, and second to him there is Arnold Schwartzenegger who is now governor of the state of California. Listen at me, I say this like folks don’t already know this.

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I saw these treats and had to try them and boy were they good. So I have a new treat that I love now. :)

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However, I have had this Japanese soda before. The first time I bought it I failed to read the clear instructions on the cap for how to open the stupid bottle. So I unnecessarily struggled in the car with getting it opened until I resigned to eventually glance at the directions. Let me tell you now that I think this is the coolest soda to open now. LOL

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I hate that I am admitting this but I struggled with my Javascript class (which was titled Introduction to Scripting), and the instructor’s method of teaching didn’t help me. I was really frightened of scripting because I sucked at it. I got a C- in the course, but I am willing to admit that I am not good at it, but I am determined to nip my fears in the butt and really dig into this stuff. PHP appears to be what dynamic sites are created with apart from using Flash. So I will spend from now through this summer teaching my self PHP and polishing up my Javascript skills. Finally, the only reason I’ll be teaching myself is because I’m completing an Associate of Science Degree in Web Design & Interactive media, which means I won’t be receiving course instruction on PHP.

Alright, so there you have it, week 3 in a nutshell, as far as things that are semi-interesting in my life.