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October 09, 2006
Instant Karma
Yesterday I had to return my little Powerbook to it's maker. Apparently it's in need of some serious repair with it's PMU flaking out, the hard drive SMART tags saying it's death to the drive, and the external video connector momentairly flaking out enough to cause a black out on the external monitor. In the process of dropping off the PB, another couple next to me has their TiBook in for repairs and are complaining of it being slow to boot.
The Apple rep is pushing the purchase of new RAM in the form of one 512 or 2 256 sticks. Having had one of these machines in the past I know that little things make a huge difference with it, like matching the RAM provided a noticable speed change. More importantly though, as the couple was trying to figure out if they could afford upgrading it, I remembered I've got a 256 MB module at home. I offer it to them free of charge with a little convincing that I really don't need it. In exchange they're to do something nice for someone else.
Later that night at the Los Straitjackets concert, I was given two tickets free of charge by someone outside the venue. Apparently he bought a bunch of tickets and wasn't able to attend the show, and just gave me the tickets. Very cool. I enjoyed the show.
Posted by Dan at October 9, 2006 04:18 PM