Archive for November, 2008

Thoughts on old printers, and boondock wireless

Friday, November 28th, 2008

I’m currently on the first leg of a roundabout run to Eugene for the holiday. As much as I might have hoped for a nice, non-technical few days, it’s become a busman’s holiday. Warning - geeky bits ahead.
There is one problem with the holiday plan. Just as doctors at cocktail parties are sometimes buttonholed by [...]

Another fake “video codec” threatens Macs

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

According to Intego, a new version of an existing Trojan poses a new threat to Mac users. The net result of installing this trojan is that some web requests are hijacked, thus a request for bankofamerica.com, for instance, might be redirected to a site somewhere else which could then gather whatever data a user is [...]

DC Power Jack Repairs

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

I am quite pleased to announce that we now have the ability to repair loose DC power jacks for most laptops (sadly, this does not include Apple laptops at this time). Pricing is reasonable, and turnaround is generally 3-5 days.
While it is a rather involved repair, requiring disassembly, desoldering and resoldering without toasting the [...]