It Really Is A Strange Fruit

As readers now, the Pod is firmly in Mac-land.  But that’s no excuse to pretend that Apple is some sort of paradise where everything is perfect.  We have a long-ish, proud tradition of exposing the bizarre and stupid aspects of our favorite computer/media device/telephone manufacturer.  This year’s Macworld expo certainly provides us with yet another [...]

Battery Saga (part 2)

After cluing the readership in to my battery woes yesterday, I recieved an e-mail today from fastmac, the company that I had chosen to replace my faulty Apple battery with one of their own.
Regrettably, I was informed, fastmac is running short on my chosen replacement product and does not expect more in stock for at [...]

I Hate Batteries

Especially expensive laptop ones. My lovely and fantastic macbook pro is only slightly more than a year old and the battery is royally fucked. When we got down to visit the relatives-in-law, it was holding a charge for about two hours. In the past three days, that sub-optimal amount has since dwindled to about twenty-five [...]

A Different Kind of Crazy

It’s no secret that I live in a “mac house.”  After years of heavy lifting with PC’s, it’s just easier for most everything.  But that’s not to say that I am “full kool-aid” for the company.  I mean, they really are just as fucked up as Microsoft.  It’s just a different kind of fucked up.
…still, [...]

Scenes From Within The Glass Prison

While I would never deign to endorse one computing platform over another (and if I did, I’d probably go with something free, like linux), we use macs around here.  I have grown steadily more lazy in my older age and it’s just easiest.
It’s a sexy time to be a mac user and one could easily [...]