Category Archives: Computers

Tearing Apart The Mac Mini

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Joe_Williams

We interrupt this program so that I can finally get around to upgrading the 2006 Mac Mini of mine. I bought a larger, faster hard drive a while back and I thought the New Year’s weekend would be a good … Continue reading →

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The First Computer I Owned

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Joe_Williams

This is a follow-up to I was a PC Before I Was a Mac which I wrote back in May. It was about the first computer I bought which was a PC and not a Mac. I had used a … Continue reading →

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Replacing the Kid’s eMac

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Back in 2003, I purchased a G4 eMac 1 Ghz new, and I loved it. It was my first OS X machine, and it was the first computer I really enjoyed using. The Macs I used before which I still … Continue reading →

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Passing of a Giant

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Joe_Williams

I never met Steve Jobs, but yesterday as I thought of him, I realized that he has had more of an impact on my career, technique and life than practically anyone else. The computer that he and his partner Steve … Continue reading →

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Monkey & Bird Mini-Comic! It’s Mini-Comic Madness!

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Part I Bill Cucinotta told us about the Philadelphia Alternative Comic Convention a while back, and Tina, Bill and I all planned on attending to see what the other kids are up to as Tina put it in her entry … Continue reading →

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The G5 iMac is DEAD! Long Live the G5 iMac!

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Joe_Williams

This is a followup to last week’s article where I performed an autopsy on a six-year-old iMac that had a number of ruptured capacitors. Like a low-rent Frankenstein movie, I ended up transplanting the brains from one computer into the … Continue reading →

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Bad Caps! Talking ‘Bout Bad Caps!

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Recently I was given the task of hopefully resuscitating a 17″ G5 iMac that is roughly 6 years old, and, in classic fashion, was working just fine until something weird started to happen according to its user. The user is … Continue reading →

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