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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Fri/elsewhere.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Fri/elsewhere.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1a2a801 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Fri/elsewhere.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Elsewhere on Wired: + +* Cult of Mac's Pete Mortensen dares to dig into [the differences between Mac and PC color rendering][1]. I'm a afraid I gave up on this one long ago, my first move on any new Mac system is to set the gamma to 2.2. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/02/good_intentions.html "Good Intentions Make Macs Display Web Photos Wonkily" + +* Autopia [reports][3] that Volvo will soon begin manufacturing hybrid electric garbage trucks that use 30 percent less fuel. Gothenburg and Stockholm will serve as the test cities for the project. + +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/cars/2007/02/coming_from_vol.html "Coming From Volvo: Hybrid-Electric Garbage Trucks" + +* Table of Malcontents' John Brownlee has a suggestion for those trying to learn a foreign tongue, [read a familiar novel][4] in that language. My friend who speaks seven languages swears by this technique, though she also admits that having a strong background in Latin helps. + +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/02/je_suis_voldemo.html "Je Suis Voldemort" + +* Listening Post tells you [how to explain DRM to your dad][5]. + +[5]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/02/how_to_explain_.html "How to Explain DRM to Your Dad" + +* Bodyhack has the best headline today: [This Just In: Pot Makes You Cough][2]. You don't say, + +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2007/02/this_just_in_po.html "This Just In: Pot Makes You Cough"
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Fri/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Fri/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc6ee74 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Fri/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* Apple has released a [new security update][1] that patches four of the flaws found by the Month of Apple Bugs project. The update is recommended for all users of 10.4 and can be downloaded from Apple or by using Software Update. + +[1]: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/security_updates/securityupdate2007002universal.html "Security Update 2007-002 (Universal)" + +* According to a new report broadband users will [finally crest over the 50 percent mark][2] later this year, making high speed internet access more common than dial-up for the first time. + +[2]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070215/tc_zd/201301 "Report: Broadband Users Now the Majority in U.S." + +* Google has agreed to [purchase video game ad service Adscape][3] for $23 million. Adscape gives Google access to some patents and opens the potential for partnerships with game companies like Electronic Arts, but many analysts don't expect any deals in the near future. + +[3]: http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=21323 "Google Agrees to Buy Adscape" + +* Speaking of Google, the Google Code Blog has kicked off [Summer of Code 2007][4] and will begin accepting application next month. Last year Google funded over 600 students in 93 countries to work with 100 open source groups. + +[4]: http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/02/speaking-of-summer.html "Google Summer of Code"
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The new Flash Lite 3.0 will be available "in the first half of 2007." + +[5]: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070211005079&newsLang=en "Adobe Flash Lite To Support Video for Mobile Handsets" + +* Vista is barely out the door and Microsoft is already [talking about a follow up][1] as early as 2009. The new system will reportedly bring some the features rumored to have been included in Vista, but which didn't make the cut. + +[1]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070209/tc_pcworld/128888 "Microsoft: Vista Follow-up Likely in 2009" + +* The Associated Press is [partnering with you][2], well actually a citizen journalism site, NowPublic.com, to integrate user-generated content into the wires. Citizens start your Blackberries. + +[2]: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/004043.php "AP partners with citizen journalism site" + +* Firefox 3 will apparently [support offline applications][3], which means you'll be able to use web apps, like Google Docs & Spreadsheets, etc, in the browser even when offline. This is exactly what the whole software-as-a-service industry has been waiting for -- eliminating the offline issues of web based applications. + +[3]: http://www.drury.net.nz/2007/02/03/firefox3-web-apps-game-changer/ "Firefox3: Web Apps Game changer" + +* A new European law that will go into effect later this year will make fake blogs, reviews and other false promotional schemes illegal. Companies that post glowing reviews of themselves under false identities [could face criminal prosecution][4]. No word on how the Europeans plan to enforce the new law. + +[4]: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1361968.ece "Fake bloggers soon to be named and shamed" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/tweakvista.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/tweakvista.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..663d545 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/tweakvista.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vista-lock.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vista-lock.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e3d510c --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vista-lock.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vistadrm.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vistadrm.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0441012 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Mon/vistadrm.txt @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +<img alt="Vistalock" title="Vistalock" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/vistalock.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />Despite some software snafu's, notably [iTunes][6] and [Camera Raw data mangling][5], we've been cautiously optimistic about Windows Vista. However there is one white elephant in the room that we haven't addressed -- DRM. As it ships Windows Vista has support for DRM built into very low-level areas of the OS. + +The question is, are consumers concerned about Vista's DRM mechanisms enough to hold off on upgrading? One one hand Vista offers compelling new features, added security and performance gains, but at the same time these benefits come with the cost of DRM. + +Vista only allows, what Microsoft docs on the subject refer to as "Premium Content," to be played back through interfaces that have DRM mechanisms built in. But what is "Premium Content?" The most common example and on that's most likely to effect consumers in the immediate future are HD-DVD or Blu-Ray discs, which both feature various DRM controls. Here's a real world example: if you have a high end video card that doesn't offer DRM support you would have to disable that card before playing back a new Blu-Ray disc. + +Many have excused Microsoft's decision to build DRM controls into Vista by arguing that Microsoft is bowing to Hollywood pressure -- which is the same argument Steve Jobs has used to explain iTunes DRM -- but as security guru Bruce Schneier [rightly points out][1]: + +>It's all complete nonsense. Microsoft could have easily told the entertainment industry that it was not going to deliberately cripple its operating system, take it or leave it. With 95% of the operating system market, where else would Hollywood go? + + +An article posted earlier this month by Peter Gutmann provides a thorough, geeky and technical, [breakdown of Vista's DRM controls][2]. Gutmann claims that Vista's DRM protection "incurs considerable costs in terms of system performance, system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and software cost." + +Microsoft responded by posting a twenty questions [article on the Windows Vista Blog][4] that attempted to allay consumer concerns. Microsoft points out that many of these features already exist in XP and even on other consumer devices like DVD players. But even within the detailed explanations, Microsoft admits that Windows Vista's content protection features will increase CPU resource consumption. + +There's also a couple of market-speak twists of logic in Microsoft's defense of DRM, including the notion that because the hardware requirement specs are available there will be no difficulty in writing open source drivers, which neatly sidesteps the point that open source drivers that don't implement Vista's DRM simply won't work for premium content. + +Clearly DRM is something to think about if you're planning to upgrade and it raises the question: is Microsoft trying to create a new monopoly on content distribution? The music labels are already realizing that iTunes DRM ties them to Apple and Schneier seems to think Vista's DRM will do the same for Hollywood content producers. + +Schneier thinks that Microsoft is aiming to create a lock-in not just for Hollywood content producers but also peripheral manufacturers. "It's another war for control of the computer market," he writes. + +However with Steve Jobs publicly decrying DRM and some major labels contemplating DRM free downloads, it seems possible that Vista's DRM could end up being a hinderance to Microsoft. What happens when major studios decide to deliver non-DRM downloads? + +For all those that dismiss Vista entirely and vow to stick to their XP/Mac/Linux machines, consider this tidbit from Gutmann's aforementioned *Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection*: + +>These issues affect not only users of Vista but the entire PC industry, since the effects of the protection measures extend to cover all hardware and software that will ever come into contact with Vista, even if it's not used directly with Vista (for example hardware in a Macintosh computer or on a Linux server). + +I'm curious how many of you are putting off upgrading to Vista because of DRM concerns? Is this just something the paranoid are concerned about or are general consumers concerned about DRM lock-in? Do the benefits of Vista outweigh DRM concerns? Let us know what you think. + +[photo credit][3] + +[<b>Update:</b> This post was heavily re-written after I first published it to give a more detailed explaination of Vista DRM.] + +[1]: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows.html "DRM in Windows Vista" +[2]: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html "A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection" +[3]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordcuauhtli/218948748/ "Lock and key" +[4]: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/01/20/windows-vista-content-protection-twenty-questions-and-answers.aspx "Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions" +[5]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/vista_issues_fo.html "Vista Issues For Pro Photographers" +[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/vista_day_three.html "Vista Day Three: What's Broken?"
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In fact the only one interested in having OOXML declared an ISO standard is, predictably, Microsoft. + +IBM has refused to comment on the Microsoft letter saying they've addressed the same issues enough in the past. + +Ironically, while attempting to point out the benefits of OOXML, Microsoft blows its own cover in the first sentence: "Over the past year, Microsoft has stepped up efforts to identify and meet the interoperability needs of **our customers**" (emphasis mine). The debate is not about what's best for users at large but rather the important thing is that Microsoft retain its customer base -- even when sowing FUD Microsoft can't hide its real agenda. + +What follows that telling opening sentence is less an impassioned appeal than a whining plea. Former Microsoft Business Development Manager [turned blogger][1], Stephen Walli, calls Microsoft's letter "professionally embarrassing." + +The doublespeak and hypocrisy is thick over at Redmond. Microsoft seems to have already forgotten the anti-ODF smear campaign it launched back when Massachusetts introduced a bill to mandate ODF for government documents. + +First there was the Wiki editing snafu and now this, just how much lower is Microsoft going to sink in its misguided attempt to ramrod OOXML through the ISO process? + +It's a shame Microsoft has chosen the low road because Office 2007 is a great product, its functionality and ease-of-use blow OpenOffice out of the water. What would be ideal would be for Microsoft to embrace the existing standard, ODF, and compete in the market on the the merits of their software rather than the entrapment-through-format approach they seem to be dedicated to today. + + +[1]: http://stephesblog.blogs.com/my_weblog/2007/02/microsoft_whini.html "Microsoft Whining for Sympathy about OOXML" +[2]: http://www.microsoft.com/interop/letters/choice.mspx "Interoperability, Choice and Open XML" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/ecma_approves_o.html "Ecma Approves OpenXML Standard" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/more_questons_s.html "More Questions Surround Microsoft's OOXML Format" +[5]: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/software/0,72403-0.html?tw=rss "MS Fights to Own Your Office Docs" + diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d1fd951 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* Poor Ted Stevens should really think about retiring. The infamous senator-that-thinks-the-internet-is-a-series-of-tubes is now, according to Computer World, [calling on Congress][1] to "ban access to Wikipedia, MySpace, and social networking sites from schools and libraries." The things is that's not quite true, Stevens is supporting a bill whose wording is so poor that it could end up banning Wikipedia, but it doesn't directly go after Wikipedia. However, you can expect every headline on this story to be something along the lines of "Stevens to Ban Wikipedia," since most of the press doesn't really understand the internet any better than Stevens. + +[1]: http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/4598 " U.S. senator: It's time to ban Wikipedia in schools, libraries" + +* Speaking MySpace, a U.S. District Court judge has [dismissed a lawsuit][3] brought against the site by the parents of a girl who was sexually assaulted by someone she met on MySpace. The parents plan to appeal the decision. + +[3]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-02-15T043644Z_01_WEN4320_RTRUKOC_0_US-NEWSCORP-LAWSUIT.xml&src=rss "MySpace teen suit dismissed by Texas court" + +* The Drug company [Eli Lilly has failed][4] in its attempt to stop other websites from linking to copies of the documents that are damaging to its image. The case, which was seen as test of online free speech, was hailed a victory by the EFF. + +[4]: http://www.out-law.com//default.aspx?page=7769 "Wiki can link to controversial documents, says US judge" + + +* Map geeks rejoice, all those KML files you've been creating are now [searchable in Google Earth][2]. From the Google Maps Blog: "users can now search through all of the world's Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files, making the millions of Google Earth layers on the Web instantly accessible for geobrowsing and exploration." + +[2]: http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2007/02/search-for-kml-in-google-earth.html " Search for KML in Google Earth"
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Me neither, but now you can thanks to a really fun little app by the name of [Sound of Traffic][1]. + +Sound of Traffic is a lightweight Java program that converts TCP/IP header information into midi notes via the Java Synthesizer. Ostensibly the the purpose is to listen in on network traffic, as the website puts it, "in ordered time, via a tempo, rather than realtime, which could be more chaotic." + +Sound of Traffic is fairly sophisticated in its setup, you can assign particular instruments to a particular port, which allows you a fairly fine grained control over the output. + +The results are not unlike some of the compositions on the [Early Gurus of Electronic Music][2] compilation that came out a few years back. Alternately annoying and eerily musical, Sound of Traffic's appeal will probably depend somewhat on whether or not you're a fan of experimental music. + +I found that playing William Basinski's Disintegration Loops in the background and browsing through Flickr with Sound of Traffic turned on produced some great sounds and textures. I'd be curious to see what at DOS attack sounds like, but I don't have a home server to launch one against. + +While not particularly useful, Sound of Traffic is definitely the most fun I've had with an application in some time. Here's a [sample audio file][3] with William Basinski's Disintegration loop in the background, with the exception of the pulsing background sound, everything is TCP/IP traffic as rendered by Sound Of Traffic. + +Sound of Traffic is available for Mac, Windows and *nix. + +[1]: http://www.smokinggun.com/projects/soundoftraffic/ "Sound of Traffic" + +[2]: http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/ohm/ "OHM- The Early Gurus of Electronic Music" diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default-thumb.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default-thumb.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..4aee4f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default-thumb.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..82b8476 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Thu/vista default.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/crook.jpg b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/crook.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5f6b657 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/crook.jpg diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/cuban b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/cuban new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a50440a --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.12.06/Tue/cuban @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +Internet trends and computing paradigms are notoriously difficult to predict, but if you've been following them lately you've likely noticed two things that seem to gaining some traction: first is the notion that the PC is migrating to the living room, not new, but undoubtedly persistent. The second trend we've noticed is an increasing interest in virtual machines. + +Never one to shy from outlandish statements, Marc Cuban, HDNet chairman and dot-com billionaire, recently [posted an interesting vision of the future of home computing][1]. Cuban sees computing moving to game consoles for heavy duty apps that need processing power and the remaining casual apps, email, internet browsing, etc, will be done via internet-VM thin clients -- sans dedicated OS. + +The thin client notion has been around almost since Turing, but Cuban turns the age old debate on its head a bit by suggesting that the thin client will remain on the PC and the rest of our apps will move to the living room game console. He writes: + +>Gaming consoles are already serving as hosts for DVD , HD DVD and Blu Ray players, along with hard drive and USB support for video and pictures. Which leads to the question. Will gaming consoles replace PCs in the home, not just for gaming as they have done already, but also as the primary home device for all things graphical? + +It's certainly not that big of a stretch, clearly Microsoft is already moving in this direction with XBox movie downloads and bigger hard drives with every revision. Storage is not a problem, processor power is also not a problem. + +The big problem is that software for gaming consoles largely doesn't exist save those hobbyists who've got Linux running on various machines. Apple has long held to the dictum that to be a truly great maker of software you much also make the hardware, and with the Xbox Microsoft is clearly positioned to be able to just that. + +But Cuban thinks that there's another player better positioned to take advantage of this transition -- Google. "Google is in a unique position with their datacenters and infrastructure to dominate thin client computing and everything they are doing seems to point in that direction," Cuban writes. + +But Cuban has a slightly different vision of "thin-clients" than the one you might expect. He sees virtual machines as the future of thin clients. + +>VMs are more ideally suited for applications that don't chew up a lot of bandwidth, which is why the separation of multimedia applications to consoles is critical to VMs becoming popular. + +>If the heavy bandwidth apps are on gaming consoles, then why wouldn't consumers just connect to the net and use Google Office apps, or Microsoft Live Office Apps, or any other provider of online apps ? + +There are of course a number of obstacles to this scenario, the big one is the lack of bandwidth. As even Cuban admits, the lack of available bandwidth means that this "ain't gonna happen the way things stand today." + +However I've seen a couple of interesting details lately that Cuban doesn't mention that also support his theory. + +For one thing the next version of Firefox will [support working with online content offline][2]. This means that office documents from online service providers like Google Docs or Zoho can be edited in the browser even when the machine is offline. + +The other thing that Cuban seems to ignore is the drive to mobile devices. It seems more plausible to me that mobile devices as thin clients will replace the traditional PC. The small memory footprint (relatively speaking) of VM thin clients seems to make them ideal for the mobile platform. + +Of course, as with any predictive tract, there are some big holes in Cuban's vision, but it's not entirely far-fetched. I do have trouble picturing people editing photoshop files via the XBox or PS3, but the VM-based web apps as a replacement for desktop software seems almost a given. + +As Cuban writes: + +>Which is a better development platform for app developers of the future, Vista or a Google Virtual Machine ? + +>Which is a better consumer platform, using any low end PC to run all your non-multimedia apps, or worrying about upgrading to VIsta ? Buying the latest Office apps or running them for free online ? + +[via Epicenter][3] + +[1]: http://www.blogmaverick.com/2007/02/11/the-future-of-personal-computing/ "The Future of Personal Computing?" +[2]: http://www.drury.net.nz/2007/02/03/firefox3-web-apps-game-changer/ "Firefox3: Web Apps Game changer" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/02/mark_cuban_is_s.html "Mark Cuban is smarter than you think"
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Utilizing my training as a certified Apple repair technician I was able to successfully remove the screen and trackpad from one iBook and place them in the other to create a fulling working, good as new iBook. + +Okay that's a lie. I'm not a certified Apple technician, but I was able to convert my two half-broken iBooks into two completely broken iBooks. Read on to find out how I did it. + +A word of warning for the casual reader: What follows is a graphic depiction of carelessness, stupidity and total disregard for the structural integrity of pricey electronic equipment and human life. Sickness bags may be found in the seat back in front of you. + +I'm told there are some instructions out there on the internets about how to disassemble your iBook and replace the hard drive, cd drive etc. Some of them are supposedly quite good and helpful, but I'm not a RTFM kind of guy so screw that noise. + +Here's the Monkeybite's rule of thumb for disassembling your iBook: if you see a screw, remove it, if it isn't coming apart, apply more pressure, it's just plastic, it'll break at some point. + +Now before we get started, a word about tools. Some people would have you head to the hardware store and pick up a nice set of jewelers screwdrivers, but I recommend a regular screw driver because it is far more likely to completely strip the screws and render them useless which makes reassembly much easier -- if none of your screws work anymore, you don't have to put them back. + +There's also these handy blunt objects for prying things apart, but I find a sturdy steak knife works just as well. You may want to keep a hammer near by, just in case. If nothing else it makes spectators nervous and unlikely to offer any annoyingly helpful advice. + +Some people also recommend the use of an anti-static wrist strap, but I found it far more convenient and cheaper to discharge any accumulated static electricity on the earlobes of spectators. + +Also, lots of hardware tinkering types have a nice workbench or at the very least clear off the kitchen table. Wussies. Get on your knees. On the floor. Preferably hardwood. Ideally you shouldn't be able to stand by the time you're done, and walking should be out of the question for the better part of the weekend. + +Okay, we're ready. Remove the keyboard. Turn the iBook over and use an Allen wrench to pull out the three main screws. Pry off the little rubber feet and remove the screws hidden beneath them. + +Look over the top and bottom of the laptop and if you see a screw -- remove it. + +At some point the overall structure of the iBook should begin to weaken, now is the time to start prying at plastic. Look for any sort of grooved plastic joints, structural weaknesses, the seam between the top and bottom of the iBook is a good place to start. Jab a sharp blunt object into these creases and pry them apart, a screwdriver might work, but if not then steak knives are recommended. + +Remember, if it isn't coming apart just use more force. + +Once you've separated the top and bottom of your iBook you'll be left with a whole bunch of silly metal heat-shield-like coverings. These are held in with screws and I suppose you could unscrew them if you're a Proustian-type momma's boy, but really this stuff if no thicker than aluminum foil so I just ripped it off. If John Glenn can make it back from the moon without a heat shield then your ultra modern portable can too. + +Okay now you're staring at the guts -- a mass of circuit boards that bear an eerie resemblance to aerial views of the machine city in the Matrix. If you notice any fields of human embryos be sure not to mess them up, just because you're destroying an iBook is no reason to mess with the universe as we know it. + +Near the top of your iBook you'll find the central processing unit. Poke it it with a knife. See if any keys move or the screen changes. If you're the cautious type and you turned off your laptop and unplugged it before we started you're going to miss out on the real fun. Just off the main CPU is the logic board. poke it with a screwdriver. Try pulling off a couple of the wires that run up to the screen so that your display begins to resemble what Steve and Woz saw in their garage in the late seventies when that bad blotter stuff was making the rounds. + +Okay now you can unplug it. Unscrew and remove the CPU. I don't know why, because it's there. Stop asking so many questions. + +Now it's time to scavenge useful parts, that hard drive could go in its own enclosure so go ahead and remove it. There's a thin metal mounting frame you can optionally remove or simply force your steak knife underneath the drive and pry upward. Bonus points for remembering to detach the connection wires before inserting steak knife. + +Now would be a good time to yell "Nurse, ball-peen hammer please." Yes some things are stubborn and may necessitate more radical solutions, like that F'ing CD ROM drive which for the life of me I couldn't get out. + +Now that you've retrieved the hard drive and CPU and have a healthy collection of well-stripped phillips head screws scatter across the floor, it's time to put the thing back together. Good luck with that. + +[Note: All the the above is incredibly stupid and should not actually be done. Especially the part about plugging in the laptop and poking it with screw drivers. You could really really hurt and possibly even kill yourself doing that. Monkeybites in no way encourages, endorses or otherwise recommends that you do that, nor can we be held responsible, libel or accountable in anyway if you're dumb enough to take this post seriously.] |
