
Larry Davis
@lazdnet
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Vintage computer nerd, gearhead, CSS wizard, JavaScript cowboy, and engineer on Adobe Express. @ https://t.co/Hirkk9vIxY on 🦋
Los Angeles, CA
Joined May 2013
one of the worst decisions of the last few decades has been removing shop classes from high schools. not being able to build something with your own hands fundamentally perverts how you interact with the world. you’re locked to consume. build the bookcase, it will set you free
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Wrote a blog post with a complete step-by-step guide on exactly how to rebuild iBook G3 clamshell batteries with links to all parts and tools, the full retraining procedure, and of course, pictures.
blog.lazd.net
Get that candy-colored nostalgia machine powered up and unplugged
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So, what are you bringing the the coffee shop? Leave a comment explaining your choice (and what you’d change about each machine) 🙏🏼
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What are you bringing to the coffee shop? 🍏eMate with a 1024x600 touchscreen, 1 finger scrolling 🍊iBook with a 1800x1280 display, trackpad, camera, mic Both have: macOS 14, WiFi/BT, iMessage, Airdrop, LED backlight, keyboard, 4 hour batt, speakers, USB-C/A, 500GB/8GB, handles
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It's getting harder and harder to tell if an image was generated by artificial intelligence. I've circled some clues here that might mean this is AI.
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Another one! This time 5244mAh, likely due to slightly better balancing of the cells before building. Unfortunately, after rebuilding I found it was reporting bad data to the OS and I had to swap in a donor board from a different battery pack, but it’s working great now!
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It took 9 hours and 45 minutes for it to die at idle in the installer, and after reboot, it updated the capacity — 5138mAh, 1.5x the capacity of a stock iBook battery! It should be good for about 6+ hours of normal use.
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Just rebuilt another iBook battery. After a full charge to 16.8V, I unplugged the charger; it’s been on all night (7+ hours) and it’s still at 14.1V! Once it hits 12.0V, it will power off and the new capacity will be stored to the battery’s EEPROM. Hoping for 5,000mAh!
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@memeticsisyphus command-line only if they want to use something with a screen
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Thanks Jeff Lawson for buying the Onion so we could get this great zoom in on electoral coverage. No other news source has gone to this level of detail. https://t.co/dxU3kSb0ph
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I found 3 record players, a reel to reel, and a box of 8 tracks. I thought this was gonna be easy!
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