Macbook Pro Battery stuck in 0% limbo

Well, after letting my laptop sleep for too long, the battery gave up the ghost and wouldn't recharge. It was plugged in but the battery remained on 0% for longer than normal.

I tried a reboot, but that didn't work, so I tried what had worked once before:
shutting down, taking the battery out, replacing it and pressing the test light button to see the green indicator light. Then plugged in the power and waited for 15 mins before booting up.

Viola! It worked.

One more tip for future reference - Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC).
Click here for instructions.

the 4:3 ratio blues

Well, it's starting. It was only a matter of time and standards creep. As we move forward into the 21st century, widescreen is 'king'. I'm viewing things my trusty 23yr old telly never had to deal with before. Tiny images and barely legible type, the wide screen format is rendering inset images and text far to small to be seen properly and the standards are slipping into the void...

Even films are starting to be impossible to view in the old rounded edge square that I'm used to... As a VHS-er, I'm sad. This is all just so Beta...

another doppelganger?

Just curious, does anyone else think Patience Hodgson from Brisbane band The Grates has more than a vague resemblance to new girl on the block, Megan Washington?

look alike?

Has anyone else thought the bass player in the Human League, the drummer in New Order and lead guitarist of Powderfinger all look a little bit more than similar?

Steven's Directory - There is no such thing

This evening I got a call from 'Steven's Directory'. The thick Indian accent on the other end was quoting my old address to me and asking me to "confirm your complimentary listing in our business directory".

I don't think so.

"Who are you again please?", I asked. She repeated 'Steven's Directory' as I googled it but nothing specific to Steven's Directory was listed - odd for a business directory these days, no?

I asked her to spell out Steven's to make sure I was looking it up right and she revealed that they don't have a website! This really go me suspicious.

I asked her if I would be getting a copy of the directory that I'll be appearing in and she said, "No, but they are available in most bookstores". Hmm... again, suss.

I refused to give me new address. She hung up.

The only online information I could find on Steven's Directory was on another blog here (thanks)

"All they are doing is confirming your information so they can onsell it to other Telemarketers as current, up to date, suckers.

Nuff said.

Mouth's in Revolt

Brilliant idea, a much needed revolution from our mouths!

Read the Mouthifesto!

Hat's off to Mark Berger and Free Range Studios...

Favourite Films Widget

Another little time-waster, somewhat limited in choice, but fun none-the-less...