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Things to do with an old MacBook Air: Blow it up!!

Screen shot 2010 10 24 at 11.59.19 PM 318x1881 Things to do with an old MacBook Air: Blow it up!!

Scott Gawlik from Crazy Cow Productions submitted this cinematic curiosity.

The guys picked up a couple of M-1000 explosives in Chinatown and decided to send their now-outdated-but-not-quite-obsolete MacBook Air to a higher place.

It puts me in mind of Jonathan Coulton’s “A Laptop Like You” where he sings…

In a year or two
You will seem big and heavy and slow
I will carry you
To wherever it is laptops go to die

Evidently, that place might be the messy spot behind the shed where you’ve got a firing range target taped to a heavy bag and American flag boxing gloves at the ready.

Sad… but in a cool explodie way.

 Things to do with an old MacBook Air: Blow it up!!

Wizards Podcast – More on the iTMS podcast hack, plus Geeky Music!

Mister Marc returns and brings lots of news. We have a MacMerc moment where Rick tells us about an iTMS Podcast popularity hack, and we’ve got robots, Treo 670 rumors (or not), podcasts from space, and how to bring video from a really big race. Oh, and the return of the Twilight Zone tracks and new geeky music from Jonathan Coulton!

Click here to listen to the show in your browser, or point your iPodder to the RSS feed under the Podcast link on the left.

Show notes and links at the wizards site.

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Routine Maintenance [Updated]

Is your Mac feeling a little sluggish since you got it? Have you noticing any odd behavior from your Mac lately? Today, I’d like to share with you a very important procedure for ensuring the continued well-being of your Apple Macintosh computer. It’s time to learn about Routine Maintenance!

Update: I have added a step to include Jonathan Nathan’s Preferential Treatment.

And, thank you very much to those of you who have kindly linked to this article! Your linkage is appreciated.

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