And now for something totally different: I installed an Electric Vehicle switch into my Toyota Prius! For some reason, even though this ability to switch one’s Prius into a mode where only the electric motor is used is a standard feature in the Japanese and European edition of the car, it was removed from the […]
Tag Archives: Gear
Goodbye, Canon G2
I think my faithful Canon Powershot G2 digital camera of 2.5 years, courtesy of Academic Computing, has finally bit the dust. =[ It wouldn’t turn on this morning. The LEDs and LCD don’t respond at all when I turn the ring to Camera or Play mode. I wrote to Canon in my distress and asked […]
Mobiblu DAH-1500 MP3 Player
Just got my 1GB Mobiblu DAH-1500! Wahoo! I got the white one. The smaller one. Thanks for modeling, Jayme and Laura (who maintains that an MP3 player of this size is “ridiculous”)!
Dell replaces my motherboard
Dell came out and replaced my motherboard in 10 minutes flat. And all I had to do was write one email to them. No sweat! =] It was neat to get a closer look at the leaking capacitors too before he hauled the old motherboard away. Thanks, Dell! Of course, I’m sure I would’ve much more […]
Dell bulging capacitors
My at-least-1-year-old computer at work was identified last week as one in a batch of Dell GX270 towers that possessed a critical defect with the capacitors in the motherboard. Like clockwork, it started exhibiting serious problems last Friday, and after 5 random shutdowns while I was just typing a document, I just gave up on […]