So I got an email from Microsoft about renewing as a registered developer. Copy the link over to a PC so I can do it on IE since I’m pretty sure there’s going to be a few bits which are PC/IE specific. The web page says log in with the LiveID used for the account. Mmmm. I never used a LiveID to register. Strange. Maybe they made one for me. So I enter my email address and what I think it my password. Nope. “Either the email address or password are wrong” How helpful. So I go through…

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IceT demonstrates his method of Mac repair. Macisfaction. Not suitable for Mac lovers. Contains scenes of a distressing Mac nature. It’s one way of getting the hard drive out of a Macbook. Try handing that over to a Mac Genius. Other methods of Mac repair are available. Embedded below from YouTubular.

The Extrapolator: linear amplifier for everything he hears

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