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While I’m too busy with uni to write anything of substance, I’m resorting to linking videos of awesomeness. I remembered this one because I’m buying a ukulele tomorrow =D If this doesn’t make you smile, then you have no heart. The star of the show is Julia Nunes and I definitely recommend you check out her other videos because she’s awe…fantastic.

A friend just linked me this and I thought I should share it. This guy is incredible.

I got tired of working on uni stuff and spent the last half hour or so (I’m not sure, time kind of just…passed) playing "Pyro". It’s another simple yet addictive Flash game that seems to me to be a little bit like Peggle (which I haven’t ever played). Hope you enjoy it!

For anyone who regularly checks here (I doubt there are too many), I’ve done some more stuff with OpenSim and have a few bits and pieces that I hope to add if I survive the current round of assignments. Start holding your breath… NOW!

I just wanted to give a shout out to Apple customer support. My Macbook Pro recently started powering off without warning while the OS was still reporting 30-50% battery remaining. As it’s still under an extended warranty through David Jones (i.e. not Apple care), it went to The Mac Doctors for an appraisal. They reported it was a battery fault, which understandably, my extended warranty doesn’t cover. The Mac Doctors also asked Apple if they’d come to the party and replace it for me, given that the battery had only cycled 59 times (apparently after 250 cycles is when you should expect your battery to be dead) and it wasn’t a straight forward case of not holding charge. Apple declined to come to the party when asked by The Mac Doctors, however The Mac Doctors advised me to call Apple personally and explain myself. Taking their advice, I called Apple. After a brief conversation with a general support guy, I was put on hold for a bit (not too long) before I was forwarded to a product specialist. After confirming some details about the battery, as well as explaining that I’d installed any updates from Apple, the product specialist informed me that my battery was prone to failure more often than it should. He then went on to say that becuase I updated regularly, the only explanation was a somewhat known hardware failure, which meant Apple would replace the battery for me.

In addition to the excellent outcome, both of the support guys I spoke to were very professional, polite and patient. As well as Apple support being excellent, The Mac Doctors must also be given “mad props” for going to the trouble of asking Apple to cover the battery, and then advising me to talk to them myself. So to everyone involved, thank you muchly, and well done.

Here’s what happens when you decide to change your facebook profile picture and your friend’s cat is on your lap.