For future reference, TUAW has some sage advice for selling a used Mac:
Sell it as soon as you can! The longer that Mac sits unused, the lower its price will be when you finally sell it. I’ve personally made that mistake several times, sitting on a used Mac for months (or even years) before finally getting around to listing it. It’s not a pleasant realization that your procrastination lost you hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Photo pinched from Ben Bardill.
As seen on Flickr, the San Francisco Gate finds a clever use for image “alt” tags.
Over at Low End Mac, Belgian Koen Bogaert tells how his two pet chickens are being watched the world over via webcam for signs of bird flu.
Bogaert has a Mac-powered webcam inside the henhouse where his two chickens, Thelma and Louise, are currently quarantined.
“Since Europe is under the threat of the bird flu, Thelma & Louise became the symbol of the fight against the forced quarantine and massacre of domestic birds,” he writes. “Newspapers, radio, and television are all bringing Thelma & Louise into the picture, and thousands of visitors are watching these funky chicks daily.”
Via Fscklog, a slow-loading video of the world’s longest startup sound. The anticitpation is funnier than the payoff, but worth a look.
There’s a new fish plaque in town: the Flying Sphagetti Monster.
Luxpro, the Taiwanese company that knocked off the iPod shuffle, has a new product: the Pico.
Sell your old iPhone 15 Pro to Cult of Mac. We buy back iPhone 15 Pro. Get immediate cash. Save your old iPhone 15 Pro from landfill.
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A picture at Mac Essentials shows the perils of children and markers.
New to me: collectors of Mac boxes.
SpyMac recently posted a picture of one of its members’ extensive collections, which led me to discover dozens more:
Here’s a few of the box collectors on SpyMac.
Director Kevin Smith objects to his portrayal as a moody loner in this Wired News story about celebrity behavior at Apple’s Los Angeles stores.
The story says: “Director Kevin Smith is also a regular, but tends to head for the Genius Bar because his wife’s PowerBook is on the blink. ‘He rarely has anything to say, but always looks pissed off when he is forced to wait at the bar just like everyone else,’ said the associate.”
“I rarely have anything to say… unless I’m spoken to. I mean, isn’t that the way of the world? And whenever an associate has said something to me in that store, I’ve always then chatted them up… The way I was raised, I’m a pretty polite motherfucker – which is why this shit bugs me so much. I mean, if you’re not a fan of my flicks, just say it; don’t make up lies about me, and paint a portrait of some curmudgeon.
… If I looked pissed, it’s only because I don’t burst into a room, a’la Robin fucking Williams, trying to make everybody laugh. What the fuck is this shit? Now, if you’re not wearing a grin all the time, you’re pissed?”