Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Post by Trek Eriksson
I was seven years old when I started building Bionicles. I had some random pieces (without instructions) mixed in with a bunch of used LEGOs that my parents had bought for Christmas one year. I really wanted to build Pohatu Nuva. I had my dad search for directions online.
The first time I tried to build it there were a lot of pieces I couldn’t find and I wasn’t going to look for them. Just a few weeks ago I tried it again and took the time needed to find the right pieces. I’m still looking for the tan leg section. I found out how to build this set at ToysPeriod.com. It’s a useful site for LEGO and Bionicle directions if you don’t have the original sets.
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Monday, November 21st, 2011
Testing the WordPress iPhone app to see if I can do without my MacBook on my next trip. Let’s throw in a picture for good measure.
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
This is a warning to anyone thinking about running the firmware update for Thunderbolt, which Apple released on June 27. You can download the update here, unless you get it via the Software Update on your Mac (which was my case).
I have a 2011 MacBook Pro 15″. After running this update, I have observed two things:
1) My MacBook runs very hot, with a lot more fan action than before.
2) The battery drains more than twice as fast as it did before.
I’m not the only one with this problem. Some of us have sounded off on Apple’s discussion board and I’m sure there are many silent users out there facing the same situation.
If I could turn back time, I would ignore this update altogether. Presently, I don’t have any Thunderbolt peripherals, so the announced “stability” that this upgrade was supposed to offer is of no use. Instead, I have a slightly crippled MacBook. Apple, please fix this problem with a proper update soon.
As a side note: I use the Thunderbolt port for my Mini Display adapter to run a monitor via HDMI at work. This still works fine since the upgrade. On the other hand, I had no problems with it earlier, so there’s no improvement.
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UPDATE: I have found a solution to this problem (at least one that works for me).
First, I found a thread discussing an unrelated topic here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15478460
I followed these instructions, which didn’t have anything to do with the Thunderbolt firmware update, and it appears my problem is fixed. I’m not sure if the update caused this problem or if it was a pure fluke. Regardless, I’m happy again.
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