http://www.kevinyank.com/blog an unfortunately-named geek living Down Under Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:05:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I feel like I may have some things to write about again soon. Before you ask, I’m not being cagey, here. Mostly this is just a vague feeling, perhaps brought on by my recent visit home to Canada—a reminder that there are people I care about with whom I don’t communicate ... http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archives/sketching-dreams Over the past week, I have decided once and for all to keep my computer out of the hands of Streetwise, a popular Apple retailer here in Melbourne. I have previously written about Streetwise, an Apple Authorised Service Centre, and its policy of holding onto computers while they wait days for ... http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archives/streetwise-will-throw-away-your-mac%e2%80%99s-serial-number For those who’ve asked, here’s an update on the situation with Streetwise and the Apple Service Rating that I wrote about in my last post. Streetwise replied almost immediately to my email complaint: Hi Kevin, I'm not sure why the technician on Saturday would have told you that - perhaps there was some ... http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archives/apple-service-rating-update Streetwise is my local Apple retailer. It's where I bought my MacBook laptop and my Epson printer, and it's where I was planning to buy a lot of other computery things in the near future. Unfortunately, my MacBook is in need of a little in-warranty TLC (a crack has a developed ... http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archives/streetwises-service-rating-harms-customer-service My copy of the newly-released Mac OS X Leopard arrived on my desk on launch day before I even got to work. I resisted installing it until I could update my system back-up that night, but at this point I've been using the new operating system for a full 48 ... http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archives/workaround-mac-os-x-leopard-docked-folder-icon-madness For the main event for our three-day getaway in and around Marysville, Jess and I went horse riding in Rubicon Valley on a perfect morning. We lucked out and got a guide all to ourselves, so we got to learn a lot more about riding than we had done on ... http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archives/photos-rubicon-valley-horse-riding Having one too many dusty CDs taking up shelf space, I’ve decided not to buy music in physical form any more. I don’t care how many exclusive, special edition DVDs and fancy-pants packaging they dangle out there—it’s time to move past the physical disc. By itself, that’s easy enough to do. ... http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archives/going-drm-free-digital After hearing about a potentially competing product in the works, let the cat out of the bag on PPQuery on the Geocaching Australia forum today. Planning on a beta release this weekend. http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archives/cat-out-of-the-bag The postcard for The Impro Cave that I put above the coffee machine at work has been co-opted in an effort to promote best practices when making coffee. Ironically, I think Mark is the only person in the photo who would approve of this. http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archives/coffee-and-cave Just in case you were wondering, the photo at right is not a geocache. I met briefly with Maggie Maguire, CEO of the Abbotsford Convent today about my interest in placing a geocache on the Convent grounds. On the way, I stopped to pick up Down on the Farm, a popular ... http://www.kevinyank.com/blog/archives/convent-cache-approved