fail

01 Apr

The Wrong Tomorrow

in economy, fail, politics

Maciej Cegłowski ( the erudite writer / painter / web hacker behind my favorite blog ever, 'idle words' ) made this cute site called 'The Wrong Tomorrow' where he posts predictions by pundits and tracks when, er, if they are wrong:

http://wrongtomorrow.com/

Should be fun to track as time goes on; I note with some glee that Scoble is the first failure. Mind you, Scoble was hardle making predictions about economic recovery, was he?

07 Mar

The Macbook chip repair fiasco, in detail

in apple, fail, macbook
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So I have chips missing from the edge near the mouse pad, and as I have AppleCare coverage I can get this fixed for free. I took it into Mac Station and they said the following:

  • they need my macBook to order the part, because
  • they need to order the part from Apple