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PowerBook stuck on an endless loop

2008-03-19T16:32:00.003-03:00

Yesterday I applied the latest updates available from Apple to my PowerBook, and for some reason or another something went awfully wrong.. The updates that killed (temporarily) my PowerBook were: Security Update 2008-002 and the Safari 3.1 Update. After the combine 100MB+ download, Leopard asked to restart, like it always does. Thinking not much of it, I said go ahead and thats when everything

Remove that warning message within MSN Messenger on OSX

2008-03-10T11:46:00.005-02:00

Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation. To help prevent infection by a computer virus or worm, never accept or open any file or link in an instant message until you verify its authenticity with the sender.The first time I saw that warning message while trying to IM somebody, I thought to myself: "Awww how thoughtful of you Microsoft, looking out for

When will Apple say "Goodbye" to the Combodrive?

2008-02-26T21:59:00.005-02:00

Today Apple released the long awaited updates to the MacBook Pro, and tagging along we also got an updated "non-Pro" MacBook. Looking at what's new with these updates, one can quickly point: Penryn-based Intel processors17" LED-Backlit display optionBluetooth 2.1 on the MacBook Pro lineMultitouch trackpad on the the MacBook Pro line Better video cards on the MacBook Pro lineMore storage accross

10.5.2 is Out! - Quick Impressions thus far

2008-02-12T20:25:00.000-02:00

Going against my speculations of when it would be out ( I said a week ago), Apple finally released the long awaited 10.5.2 update to the masses of Mac users anxiously awaiting yesterday. Weighting in at a hefty 353 MBs (for the combo updater), it sure brought some fixing goodness for the Leopard. So how was it? The delta updater was around 180 MBs on my 12 in. PowerBook running 10.5.1 with every

Tooble - Save YouTube Vids to Your iPod

2008-02-08T09:47:00.000-02:00

They are plenty of alternatives to the popular question in many people's mind: "How can I get YouTube videos into my iPod?" PodTube, TubeSock, Ares Tube on the PC, something-Pod, or something-Tube, there's plenty to choose from. Problem is, some of them are payware, some are limited-demos, and some just plain suck. Meet Tooble. Developed by a pair of high school kids, Tooble offers the ability

Photo Booth - The Turtle App from 10.5

2008-02-04T18:24:00.000-02:00

With the release of Leopard, many of us that have old macs finally got access to features that the newer Macs are shipping with for quite some time now, namely Front Row and Photo Booth. One of the first things I did after I installed 10.5 was to test out these "new" apps and see how they performed on my PowerBook.Front Row runs amazingly well. All the features from the current Apple TV software

Unleashing Leopard on a 12 in. PowerBook

2008-02-01T00:54:00.000-02:00

Earlier this week, after pondering about it for some time, I installed 10.5 on one of Macs. The victim? My trusty 12 in. PowerBook. How does Leopard behave on this old Mac notebook? Surprisingly well, I must admit.My PowerBook has a 1.33 Ghz PowerPC G4 processor and just 768 of RAM. Far from what you may call a "great performer" when compared to the intel Macs these days. Despite my lacking

10.5.2 Will Make Everything Right

2008-01-24T11:30:00.000-02:00

Labeling Apple's Leopard as the Vista for Mac users may sound a bit extreme to some. But for many Mac users, 10.5 feels like a bad joke coded by Microsoft inhabiting their Macs. Apple's own support forums, as well as other Mac forums, are filled with issues regarding Airport reception, keyboard freezes even after patch-fix, Spotlight indexing going crazy, etc. All these issues point to Leopard as

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

2008-01-20T10:47:00.000-02:00

I must say that I have been an avid follower of the Terminator trilogy for quite a while now. I remember watching Terminator 2 countless of times (more than 1o times, mind you) when I was little, the movie was that good. The special effects were mind breaking stuff for that time, the whole simulation of how liquid acted and the whole deformation process was just crazy for CG work (thank you ILM)

Apple announces MacBook Air, HD movie rentals, Apple TV Take 2 at Macworld 2008

2008-01-16T10:59:00.000-02:00

Steve Jobs took finally took the stage at Macworld San Francisco yesterday, and announced the rumored MacBook Air, the expected movie rental feature on the iTunes Store (in high-definition), and a new Apple TV labeled as "Take 2" The iPhone and iPod touch are also got some new features (but in the iPod touch's case for a price).So after a slew of rumors, a suppose Keynote leak, Steve came gave

Where to Follow the Stevenote 2008

2008-01-15T11:16:00.000-02:00

With just mere hours to go and the anticipation building up, here's a list of all the places that will be giving live updates on Steve's keynote @ 9 AM PST. You know what to do, open tab all of them and keep your finger on the refresh button! Enjoy.Engadget:http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/live-from-macworld-2008-steve-jobs-keynote/Gizmodo:http://live.gizmodo.com/MacRumors:http://

Macworld 2008 Recap

2008-01-14T13:22:00.000-02:00

With just mere hours prior to the big Steve-note, it's a good idea to recap the rumors that seem to running around the Internet. Everybody has a different take on what Steve will be finally showing off tomorrow. It's always that way, people love to speculate on Apple's next big thing. Shifting through all the rumors, here's my take on what we most likely will be seeing tomorrow:The Banner: "2008.

Explosion in Traffic!

2008-01-12T18:22:00.000-02:00

So after I decided to mirror the suppose MacWorld Keynote leak content here, the traffic to this blog spiked like crazy! The story was immediately picked up by a share of fellow Tumblers and then made its way across the Interwebs.The story appeared on several Tumblr blogs, like this one, and this one. Shortly afterwards it made its way to other blogs, like UK's The Digital Content Blog from The

Macworld 2008 Keynote Leaked?

2008-01-10T13:43:00.000-02:00

Gotta love the days prior to Macworld. It happens every year and the internet is buzzing with rumors and leaks. Today, as to continue with the tradition, we got a suppose leak of Steve's Keynote for Macworld. The source? Wikipedia(??). Odd, I know. In case the page gets taken out, I have mirrored the goodies here. Enjoy.MacWorld January 2008 KeynoteRough Outline; draft 5Greetings! Welcome to

Tips on Setting up Your Wireless Network Securely

2008-01-07T17:20:00.001-02:00

Ahhhh the joys of wireless networking.. If it weren't for wireless networking I wouldn't be typing this from the comfort of my own bed, PowerBook on my lap, life is good.Although Wireless networking is extremely convenient, it can be a (huge) security risk if set up improperly. Now I am not saying that there's some crazy Hax0r outside your house stealing your wireless bits, but hey it's always

I Am Legend - A Quick Review

2008-01-05T17:28:00.000-02:00

As a birthday gift yesterday, I decided to treat myself to a good movie. I decided for Will Smith's latest flick "I Am Legend" and here's my .02 cents. I should say that this small review does not contain any spoilers, so I won't ruin the fun for you. Go ahead read away..I am Legend is based on the 1954 novel from Richard Matheson by the same name. The premise of the film is pretty straight

Useful Dashboard Widgets

2008-01-02T12:20:00.000-02:00

The Dashboard was introduced with Tiger (10.4) more than a year ago. The whole premise of the Dashboard is to hold small html/java applications (widgets) that do one silly little thing. These silly things may prove useful to some, but truth be told the usability of the Dashboard is questionable.On my PowerBook I currently have four widgets inhabiting the Dashboard. Rank from most useful to not so

Zweitausend Acht

2007-12-31T17:35:00.000-02:00

It's that time of the year once again when I sit here and wish you all a happy new years. So yea here we go again, another year another chance to make things right, or to finally switch things around.That's all, happy 2008 and I will see you all next year (never get tired of that lame joke, I know)..

Daft Punk's Alive

2007-12-29T10:57:00.000-03:00

After touring the whole world with their seizure inducing pyramid our French house-mixing cyborg overlords (commonly know as Daft Punk) have released a CD/DVD of their antics. Alive is snapshot of Daft's live performances in small easy to carry package (seizure inducing pyramid not included, sadly).The album opens up Robot Rock into Oh Yeah a great starter track and sets the ground nicely for

Korn's Creep Cover

2007-12-27T21:55:00.000-03:00

Let me prephase this by saying that Korn was a good band circa "Follow the leader" album. Matter of fact, I have that album and I listened to it a couple of times (skipping the pointless first 13 tracks). Again, not bad for those times.So bringing it back to present day now, the other day I was TV zapping when I stumbled across this gem. Korn doing an unplugged session, to join the ranks of

A Closer Look Into This..

2007-12-26T10:46:00.000-03:00

When I started to look into a new look for Void, I took a look at the many of themes out there for Blogger first. As you may know (or not) because Blogger decided to change how it does things, many of the old themes don't work any more. Blame it on XML, blame on the satellite that beams me home.So after lot of shuffling through, I stumble across this awesome , minimalistic theme which now is

Welcome Back! - Part III

2007-12-25T23:56:00.000-03:00

Let me just say, Man it has been a quite a while since I step around these places. More than four months to be exact. Funny how time flies.In this gigantic (unannounced) hiatus period lot of crap went down. On the real world, I got done with my first year of University. Still gotta take some finals, but that's something to dive into another time. On the internet side of things, I started a Tumblr

The PowerPC is on Death Row..

2007-08-17T16:20:00.000-03:00

.. And by Death Row I don't mean the famous label that once upon a time was home of 2Pac, Snoop, and Dr. Dre. I'm talking about the one that leads to a better life. Now, it should come as no surprise that when Apple decided to move to the x86 platform the days of the PowerPC chip were numbered. Well those days are getting closer and closer apparently. Let's start preparing the farewell messages..

EnragedAmigos(.com)

2007-08-09T11:50:00.000-03:00

It all started as a good idea between my partner in crime, Tony and I. A collabo-effort on a single blog. Thus, EnragedAmigos.com was born. A place were we talk about whatever pops in our minds from games to random rants, its all there. So far we have a nice quantity of posts under our belts. Again, a little of bit everything. It may not be rated-G content, but you wont find any naked chicks

Let It Snow, let it snow

2007-08-01T23:18:00.000-03:00

So today was the second time in short period of time that we have gotten snow around here. To say the least it has been cold as hell lately. Cold as hell..Oxymoron statement of the year, but you get the point. I can only wish the heat comes soon. One week of cold weather is ok. Two, I can handle. A freaking month of cold weather? C'mon maann..While I sit around awaiting the sunny days. I leave