Author: Mark Boszko

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Mark Boszko

Film & Video Editor, Voiceover Artist, macOS IT Engineer, and Maker

  • MacBook Pro Back in Action

    Well, it looks like it was just the power adapter after all, thankfully. The guys at MBS left the MacBook connected to a known good power supply overnight, and eventually it charged up. Plus, I got my new power supply via Airborne this morning— and surprisingly enough, they actually rang the doorbell and handed it to my wife, instead of just throwing it at the door and running like they usually do. So, good news all around.

  • ICBM

    Even better than Macintel, I am enjoying the new acronym ICBM— in this case meaning Intel Chip Based Mac.

    Which begs the question: Is it really an acronym if you can’t actually pronounce it, or is it then just an abbreviation?  If so, is there another special term for those? (rummage). Well, looks like Merriam and Webster will allow it. Acronym it is.

  • WP2

    So, yay! —upgraded to WordPress 2.0. Expecting the minions of hell to overrun my system any time now, but for the moment, it feels good, it feels clean. I hope the spammers aren’t drawn to its scent. Colophon’s screwed up, but… Meh. I’ll fix it at some point. It’s probably not even accurate anymore.

  • Well, that was short-lived.

    Soon after I had plugged in my brand new MacBook Pro, it died. Sorta. Film at 11.

    UPDATE

    As best we can piece it together, what happened was this: Thursday morning, when I first plugged in the MagSafe connector from the power adapter, it went from green to red, not amber like I thought. I […]

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