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Changing a Time Capsule's hard drive {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Mar 12th 2008 2:10PM Er, brain not working. Treat "Fan" as "Hard drive", as it the spinning HD sounds like a fan.
Changing a Time Capsule's hard drive {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Mar 12th 2008 2:02PM I'm going to disagree with you, Evan. My experience has been a bit different.
Because of the unfortunate layout of our old house, our internet cable comes into the house via our bedroom. So our 500 GB TC is about three feet from the bed, and if the fan is running on the TC, you will definitely hear it going. It's not loud, but it's ABSOLUTELY noticeable.
As a result, I've been trying a few things with it to reduce the fan noise.
1) If your computers that use it are all asleep or not accessing the internet through it (or backing up), the TC will park its HD in about 5 minutes and the TC will be completely quiet. This is probably what Evan commented on.
2) If you turn off Time Machine on your computers but leave them on to access the internet when you go to bed, the fan will stay on as the router part of the TC needs it apparently.
3) If Time Machine is backing up a Mac to your TC, the noise level will now include that of the fan as well as lots of clacking as the hard drive seeks and writes.
So my advice - don't put it in your bedroom unless you have to.
$8,000 for an at-home plug-in Prius conversion {Autoblog Green}
Nov 19th 2007 3:52PM The A123/HyMotion Li-Ion packs to convert a Prius to a 30 mile PHEV are selling (to fleet vehicles) for $12,000 installed. Plus they don't void the warranty.
Now all you need to do is finagle yourself some "fleet vehicle" credentials!
LA 2007: Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid {Autoblog Green}
Nov 14th 2007 7:08PM $2000 for +2mpg. No thanks.
Gamers respect Samus too much to picture her naked? {Nintendo Wii Fanboy}
Sep 13th 2007 2:43PM I seem to remember the rather bizarre ending of Haloid as a counter argument.
http://www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=57998
Apple posts web developer guide for iPhone {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jul 4th 2007 8:04PM 11 out of 15 articles on the front page about the iPhone? It's great, it's cool, but either change the name of this blog to TUiPW or put something Mac OS-related up.
Seriously. There's no shortage of iPhone information out there. I guess the solution is to start selectively using the iPhone-free RSS feed from now on instead of just opening the page (and banner advertisements).
Once TUAW goes back to a more balanced coverage, I guess I'll change back, but now, c'mon! Start a new blog or something!
Freehand dead, discount crossgrade to Lineform {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
May 22nd 2007 3:09PM Canvas for OSX is also dead. Mark Franklin, executive vice-president of ACDSee, the company that now owns Canvas, posted this a few days ago:
"While we will not be incrementally releasing new versions of Canvas for the Mac platform, our R&D department is exploring opportunities to develop new cross-platform products that support and streamline our users’ workflow."
http://forums.acdsystems.com/index.php?showtopic=3845&st=20
Terminal Tip: ASCII-ify your Videos {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
May 20th 2007 10:57AM An iChat filter of this would be amazing.
The Weather Channel widget and screensaver {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 22nd 2006 1:07PM I wish their radar was animated like Radar in Motion. Until that happens, it's not as good as the latter.
What's the difference between a Prius and a hacked Prius? {Autoblog Green}
Oct 18th 2006 10:23AM I have this installed on my Prius and it's not the energy saver that you might think it to be. It's fine for moving your car across the parking lot without having to start the engine, but in terms of driving across town (or further) on electric only, after a while it really puts the hybrid system into an energy deficit for a while that requires the engine to run and run and run even at those low speeds that normally would be electric-only.
It's neat, but not something I use more than once a month.
