7 month ago
jonhicks : MacMod.com - Powerbook to Desktop - I have an old titanium powerbook, and fancy having a go at this!
deusx : MacMod.com - Your Mac Modification HQ - Powerbook to Desktop - "It seemed a shame to throw out such a tough old machine because of a screen problem. So I decided to join the case modding fraternity."
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26 month ago
jkottke : Sam Brown has written a nice remembrance of his recently deceased Powerbook G4 - Sam Brown has written a nice remembrance of his recently deceased Powerbook G4. "Last fall it got to the point where i thought that my powerbook had finally died for good. so i went to the apple store to purchase a new computer. only to get home and find [via]
Matthew M. Boedicker : creator of explodingdog on his battered powerbook dying - (via kottke) [via]
kellan : exploding dog: my powerbook g4 - ode to a titanium powerbook #
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plasticbag : One beautifully laser-etched Powerbook crafted at FOO camp - Beautiful, gorgeous, interesting. Wish I'd thoght of something cool like that.
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28 month ago
deusx : MAKE: Blog: High(er) Rez screen swap on a Powerbook - "This clever Maker swapped out the LCD screen in a 15" Powerbook with a higher resolution (1920 x 1200 display) - it should work in a new Macbook pro, and doesn't require soldering, just assembly."
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32 month ago
kellan : random($foo): MacBook Pro Arrives: Good and Bad - "It moos, whines, and buzzes!" #
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32 month ago
plasticbag : A bashed and broken Powerbook still mostly works - it causes me pain this, after seeing such a similar fate befall my work Powerbook... - "Matt Johnson sent around this jaw-dropping picture of a Powerbook. There's no way to describe the scene in words so you just have to look at the photo."
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36 month ago
Matthew M. Boedicker : more laser etched Powerbooks
Rod Begbie : MAKE: Laser etching Powerbooks - Wow. For Christmas, I want a powerbook and a big fuck-off laser! [via] #
Nelson Minar : Etching Powerbooks - Nice "how it's done" article
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38 month ago
plasticbag : Apple Powerbooks now with better screen resolution, faster hard discs, cheaper RAM, fall-over buttons, same-old weird-ass scroll functional trackpads and the right... - So basically my current Powerbook is nice and stuff, but it's kind of falling apart and I think God should give me a new one...
merlinmann : Apple - PowerBook G4
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45 month ago
Andy Baio : Flirting via iTunes - a great story of courtship in the digital age [via] [via]
jkottke : Flirting via iTunes - This is all the fun that the RIAA wants to wring out of music.
kellan : They Stopped Calling It Rendezvous - flirting via iTunes #
deusx : Alexander Payne » They Stopped Calling It Rendezvous - "maria: I have 703.4MB of your music. Beautiful, sad music"
Rod Begbie : They Stopped Calling It Rendezvous - Flirting via iTunes. [via] #
plasticbag : A boy and a girl flirt via the name of their iTunes shared libraries - Of course we only have his word for this. She could have thought he was a maniac.
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48 month ago
philgyford : Powerbook G4 Hard Drive Upgrade Guide
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plasticbag : Apple third quarter global market share falls to 1.8% - While Apple generally seem to be doing pretty well, it looks like most of it is fueled by the iPod. Global market share continues to fall. I genuinely don't understand why this is the case - I wouldn't buy a PC today if you paid me to do it.
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55 month ago
François Nonnenmacher : Do-It-Yourself PowerBook Repair - Free guides to accessing and replacing components in your PowerBook.
Jeremy Zawodny : do it yourself powerbook repairs - do it yourself powerbook repairs: good howtos if you need them
philgyford : FixIt Guide - FixIt Guide Series - Very clear step-by-step guides to replacing various parts of your PowerBook or iBook.
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