Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
A friend of mine hooked me up with a new MacBook sleeve made with memory foam. Up until now, I was happy-go-lucky using my Neoprene MacBook sleeve (also from Isis Dei) for toting my MacBook to and from work but now I know the glory that is memory foam and I’ll never look back.
The case I got looks just like the one you see here and it’s just about as cool as they come, it has stellar graphics screen printed on it for style points and dual memory foam layers lined on the inside with velour (softer than a baby’s diaper) for crazy amounts of MacBook pampering and protection. My favorite part of the whole deal is that these things sell for $26, that’s cheap enough for me to feel comfortable recommending these MacBook covers to anyone and everyone! Also, Isis Dei releases new designs every couple of months and they let you trade in your cover for 50% off a new one. Very rad.
You’re supposed to be able to keep the MacBook in the cover while you use it, but I haven’t quite figured how to do that. The part of the sleeve that covers the top half of my MacBook just falls off because there is nothing to attach it to my computer. It’s probably not the best idea to use your MacBook resting in a sleeve for extended periods of time anyway, due to poor ventilation, but maybe you’re not as paranoid of overheating your MacBook as I am.
You can pick one up for your MacBook or MacBook Pro on Isis Dei’s website. Grab yourself a keyboard jimmy while you’re there, they are muy excelente!
UPDATE: I figured out how to get the cover to stay on my MacBook, you just don’t unzip it all the way and it stays just fine!
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
I use Skype to video chat with non-Mac users (I just use iChat with other Mac-users) and for a long time I was singing Skype’s praises- the audio and video quality is good, lag isn’t a problem, and best of all, it’s free! But things have changed.
Lately, I’ve been getting all kinds of nasty spam through Skype and it really irks me because I have my privacy settings set to the max.
You need to understand that I only have 6 Skype contacts and that I have never published my Skype username anywhere. Somehow and some way my contact info was compromised and I get porn spam like crazy. Skype’s support page on the subject is absolutely worthless, here are their instructions for taking care of the spam issue:
People keep sending me spam messages or abusive calls, what can I do?
If you are getting chat messages or calls that you consider to be spam or abusive we suggest you use Skype’s built in privacy settings to filter out any unwanted communications.
You can select only to allow calls or chats from people in your Contacts list that you’ve authorized.
Select Tools -> Options -> Privacy
Check the box next to the option “Allow calls from only people I have shared my details with” and/or the box “Allow chats from only people I have shared my details with” and then save the changes.
Then random strangers and people not on your contact list cannot contact you anymore.
Well, I have done that and I still get spam like crazy. I’d like to keep my Skype username, but I’m considering creating another account, or looking in to other options.
Have you had issues with spam on Skype? Let me know.
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