We’ll be going back to this one.
Another site to keep track of
Virginia Beach Restaurants Guide, an independent, unbiased review of the restaurants serving tourists in the resort areas of Virginia Beach VA. Seems to be pretty close to dead on in the reviews, though there are ample warnings that some of the restaurants don’t get updated very often and may no longer exist.
Now here’s a resource I don’t want to forget
The optical drive on my iBook G4 is shot. That doesn’t render it unusable, but it does render it annoying.
So I went internet-hunting for a quote and discovered this nifty site. iFixit will not only sell you the parts (and tools) you need to fix your ailing out-of-warranty Mac hardware, but also provides guides for gutting said ailing Mac so you can install the part. Very niiiice. Especially considering how far I had to dig to find the guide the last time I needed to replace something.
On the other hand, Apple just quoted me $99 to replace the drive, and considering that the part is running at least that on most 3rd party websites and this includes labor, I’m tending toward that. I’m not sure the guy I was talking to really understood what I was asking though, because the price seems REALLY low. But $99 sure as heck beats not having a laptop.
We’ll see….
Steven Poole: Free your mind
Steven Poole: Free your mind
is an article on digital publishing to free and whether it’s working for him. It goes hand in hand with a number of music and movie arguments I’ve heard about strking a good balance between drm and distribution. Credit to David Pogue’s Circuits column on the NY Times for the link. (google him - the iPhone doesn’t have cut and paste.)
More ruins
For those of you who like these things (and I know you’re out there) here are 20 Abandoned Cities and Towns from Around the World, as also presented on User Friendly.
Speaking of comics and ruins, I plan to get to a Saturday comic done, but my travel plans have temporarily delayed it until we reach the beach.
