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Digital Books and Sony Reader
I have a pile of stuff to read on my computer's desktop (technical stuff) that I just haven't gotten around to reading. I don't want to print it out and I don't want to read it on my computer. I never considered a dedicated "eBook" reader, but the Sony Reader device announced at CES looks like it could meet my needs.
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Living in hell (must be real hot)
Today on my way to run some errands, I passed by Serra High School and read their fairly new electronic sign. One of the messages on it had the current temperature listed as +266 degrees F. Wow! That is really hot and sure didn't feel like it. My car's thermometer indicated it was about 64 degrees F. I suspect that the 2 was just a mistake and that its thermometer wasn't completely broken.
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Surgery complete!
I managed to replace the hard drive in my PowerBook with a Hitatchi Travelstar 7200 RPM, 80 GB drive. The instructions from www.pbfixit.com were excellent as well as their screw guide which I used to dutifully place and tape all the screws I removed. The drive is now formatted and appears to work. I still have to wait until tomorrow morning to get my backup and restore it. I completely understand the warning "no user serviceable parts inside". Replacing a hard drive in a laptop takes time and patience.
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Fry's - The good, the bad, and the ugly
As I had some time to kill today, I decided to go ahead and get a new hard drive for my PowerBook and replace it without waiting until tomorrow. The choices on a Sunday for getting a laptop hard drive are pretty limited, basically only Fry's Electronics. Fry's is not my favorite store as their service is not great, return lines are long, and sometimes they try to pass returns off as new (I had bought a monitor from them that turns out had been used and when it broke, it was out of warranty even though it was less than 1 year since I had bought it). However, on the plus side, Fry's has decent store hours, good selection, OK prices, and carries parts others don't (where can you find a #6 Torx screwdriver locally?). While I try to avoid shopping at Fry's, sometimes it is unavoidable.