All my base is belong to me
The wifi on my old Airport Extreme base station stopped working years ago, but I kept it around as a simple, three port Ethernet router. Today I was wondering if its ports are 100-bit or megabit, so I did a bit of research. According to Wikipedia, the first and second generation AE have the same model number, but different port speeds. (You can guess which has which.) That didn't help me much because mine has that model number. The problem was that there was nothing else different between the two generations. How could I figure out which was which?
That's when I learned about Apple's warranty check page. The point of the page is simply to let one know if their hardware is still under warranty or not. However, it also helps identify the specific model you have.
So I tried it! I typed in the serial number and it did the rest. I am the proud owner of a second generation Airport Extreme base station, sporting megabit Ethernet ports. Mystery solved!
Cloning the tradition
Beginning in the seventies, Apple included a sheet of stickers with every computer they sold. When Apple decided to allow companies to sell Mac clones, at least one of them--Power Computing--decided to do the same thing. These are the stickers that came with my PowerCenter Pro 210 back in June of 1997.The reason for the extended season
Unbeloved holiday films
For reasons unknown, I have not embraced many of the holiday films that normally fall under the category of Beloved. It’s A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, White Christmas, and so many others can all, frankly, kiss my ass. Not interested in the least.
Which got me thinking: what are some other holiday films that fly beneath the radar? Some of my personal favorites in that category are Die Hard, The Ref, and Home Alone. What are some of yours?