Archive for January, 2008

Fix broken EXIF links with FAlbum 0.7.1 No Comments Yet

Open falbum/styles/default/photo.tpl.php and on line 95, change the part that says:
javascript:showExif
to
javascript:falbum.showExif

Note that the original version omits the “falbum.” portion, thus breaking the code.

Apple Repair is Fast No Comments Yet

I was having a problem with my Macbook Pro not reading optical disks properly. It would only read parts of the disk so things would glitch out in the middle of, say, viewing a DVD or installing software; usually with something along the lines of “Package Verification Failed” or in the case of DVD Player, just locking up the application. Mind, this is on a 2 week old laptop. So I called Apple and the chronology was essentially:

  • 03-Jan: Call Apple. They agree that it’s a hardware problem and they send me a box in which to pack my laptop for shipment
  • 04-Jan: Shipping box arrives via DHL. I pack up the laptop and send it back out the same day.
  • 05-Jan: Weekend
  • 06-Jan: Weekend
  • 07-Jan: Package received by Apple.
  • 08-Jan: Repair complete and sent back to me.
  • 09-Jan: Receive the laptop with its newly functional optical drive.

My only complaint is that the description of the problems could hardly be more obtuse:

678-0577A - DA PCC UJ-857 8X 9.5MM SD ZA0E (optical drive?)
632-0431 - FLEX ASSY, ODD, (M59) MBPRO 15″ (cable?)
605-1212 - SVC, PCBA, MLB, 2.4GHZ (main logic board service?)

Total cost to me was zero (as it should be) and I had to wait on hold to speak with a human for maybe 20 seconds. I hope I don’t have to do it again though.

Resize Images Using Automator and Mac OS X No Comments Yet

I just threw this together in automator to resize images and thought that maybe others will find it useful too. All it does is take the image files you’ve selected in the finder then resizes them to a smaller size and saves the resulting files with a sc_ prefix on the filename. Read more »