Comments on: Ack! There’s a PC in my living room.

By: Apple Hype: Good or Beyond Bad? | MostlyLisa.com

Apple Hype: Good or Beyond Bad? | MostlyLisa.com — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:47:18 +0000

[...] It’s tough to question my loyalty to Apple. Well except the fact that I still have that late 90s Compac desktop sitting in my living room. I just can’t get rid of him, he’s like my personal [...]

By: Chris Magnusson

Chris Magnusson — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:50:23 +0000

There was something a while back on iirc Miss604’s blog about a group that went around collecting used hardware with the intention of recycling it. I can’t find anything about it now, but there are organizations that do that kind of stuff. Worst case scenario if you want to go that route is that you have to pack the beast to a central pickup location where it’ll be carted wherever, dismantled, and recycled.

By: Mostly Lisa

Mostly Lisa — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:50:37 +0000

@Dan —

@Ian — good point.

@funkoolow — I’ll check, if there is anyway that i can donate this beast to a charity or someone that could still make use of it. but if it’s beyond repair, i’ll do my best to find some one who will recycle it.

By: funkoolow

funkoolow — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:49:54 +0000

instead of crushing it, isn’t there a LUG nearby who promotes trashware initiatives?

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:59:48 +0000

Just Dban (Darik’s Boot and Nuke it)… then put it out at the recycling depot)

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:45:40 +0000

By: Mostly Lisa

Mostly Lisa — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:38:35 +0000

@Dan — i agree it is a bit silly, but after a while you get used to ctrl + clicking that you don’t even notice, but at first it’s basically the most annoying thing ever.

*shakes your hand and makes peace*

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:08:58 +0000

Haha, I wasn’t telling you off… Just expressing my opinion.

My biggest issue with the lack of right mouse buttons on standard kit is that Apple seem to have made the choice to do context menus with control+click a long while back and despite it having glaring accessibility issues, they seem to have said “Nope it’s our decision and we’re sticking with it even if it was kinda wrong.”

but hey ho… I don’t use a mac and don’t plan to in the forseeable future.

It takes different strokes to move the world..

By: Duane Storey

Duane Storey — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:33:05 +0000

I actually just went out and bought a new quad core PC for some server stuff I’m playing with. Never thought I’d get one of those again. But truth is Macs just aren’t good servers.

By: Mostly Lisa

Mostly Lisa — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:07:12 +0000

@Mark — take a look at Visual Hub. It’s what I use to convert all my video files. it’s uber.

@Chris Magnusson — it is a Compaq. lame. I has no Torx. But I kinda want one. If only to say “I can has Torx”.