Hi Larry,
I just have to say one thing though, I hold you personally accountable for my home being messy and that I didn`t even do laundry today ;) <BG>I had big plans for doing _sensible_ stuff, instead my _whole evening_ went poof - gone... Where I have been all night? The applefritter site and the other site you also gave me... I got completely lost and time flew!!! And it is all your fault!!! LOL
OK... So... I give in totally!!!! You convinced me... I can just say one thing, if you can do something like some of these, I will just take a bow and say GO FOR IT!!!! Shoot, I hate to admit it, but I even kind of liked the green book with the flower pattern... Geeez, I never liked flower patterned stuff... I just can`t believe it, but it is just kind of.... cool... neat... fun retro...
The only one that really made me go YIKES (big time juck, juck, juck), was the one with the spiders. I just waited for one of them to pop out of my screen to come and get me.... Eeeeeew!!!! I have to draw the line somewhere, and for me it definately goes with insects and bugs, he-he... Most of the books there were obviously real well done, most seem to really know what they are doing, and at least on the pictures, it seems like they have done perfect jobs.
I just have to say, when you get there, you have to share pics, or I will get grumpy, OK? :)
The only thing I am not too happy about, is that now I want to play too!!!! :( As if I don`t have enough not completed creative projects of different sorts sitting here, he-he... Male friends tease me all the time, for having more tools and gadgets than them all combined... One thing I don`t have and never tried though, is a compressor and an airbrush... It sure looks like a lot of fun!!!
When (or if, if you didn`t make a final decision) you start, will you take step-by-step pictures like some of these other people did? And ask them to add it to the applefritter site? That would be real neat...
The old PB electronic picture frames were neat too. I had to resist an urge to give it a try, but that I really don`t think would be a good idea for me, I never opened a computer or did anything that has to do with electronics, I can only perform the most simple electric jobs, those that we are allowed to do ourselves here. I do have a deep respect for electricity, LOL... I have only blown a main fuse and darked out the whole house once, when I was 12 years old. I did it right, just didn`t know about the importance of insulation, he-he... Learned my lesson though, after being subjected to an embarrassing serious talk by our electrician family friend who came to the rescue when the lights wouldn`t go on after the ordinary main fuses were replaced (Boy was I in trouble!) .... But with the help of a more skilled person, and some careful planning, I am sure I could do it... It would have been a lot of fun to make one, including the frame itself (a splendid occasion for using my fancy miter (sp?) saw!)... It would have been great with an even bigger one, to show photo art and other artwork on... Oh well, it won`t happen anytime soon, but in a couple of years, I will have a lot more time on my hands!!! LOL BTW, I looked around on eBay the other day, and there were so many old PB`s there, really cheap. I saw two PB`s, one 170 and one 165 that were ending in an hour or so, and they were at $9.99... Of course a color screen one would be more expensive, but it wouldn´t have to cost much at all. The 170 was my first PB, back in 1992, so I had to pull myself together to resist bidding on it. It would have been a lot of fun to own one again, just for the fun of it. Boy that was an awesome computer back then, everybody were jealous - I loved that computer...
In your other post you mentioned painting the keyboard vs. getting a Swedish one. I really know what you mean about the "Enter" key. I am having real problems with it here too, as the Norwegian keyboard also has the larger, partly vertical one (like a flipped "L", the International one plus the key upside it to the right, combined). I keep missing the Enter-key all the time. I have had a little keyboard ordeal too. I won`t feel really relieved until I have the new one here... I Before I bought this iBook, I talked to the guy who helped me pick all my previous Power Books. He now owns his own business, but earlier he worked as a consultant (at something like "Hjälpmedelverket"), working with computers and adapting them and accessories for people using them as "assistive technology" because of disabilities (The reason why I got my first PB was that I have trouble writing because of a disability I have, that is how I met him). Bottom line is that every time my computer has needed to be replaced, he has been there to help me, so it felt sort of scary not having him to guide me this time. I was so very happy when I finally got hold of him on the phone. One main concern for me this time, was the darn keyboard, if I would dare get it because of that. Being able to type with the Norwegian keyboard, means a lot after touch typing for years. It would also be real confusing having to use one keyboard set-up at home and another at work. He said that the concerns were if changing the keyboard would be possible, then if it would be easy and also, if it would affect Apple Care. As I understood it, there is a difference when it comes to how easy it is to change the keyboard, and I got a strong impression that it is a lot easier on this iBook than it is on the on PB´s. Also, he clearly said that on this one it would for sure not affect Apple Care. I mailed several companies asking for a keyboard. One replied and said they could only order it if they had the computer in for repair and then they could order it as a part. They couldn`t just order it and send it off to me. They are on the other side of the country, so taking it in to them, is not an option. Only one other replied (but no mention of having to do the work), saying it would cost around NOK 1,000 ($160 - a lot when you can get an Int`l one for $20 on eBay! I really thought that little plastic thingie would cost a lot less). Anyway, maybe contacting Apple would be a better idea (Maybe they had a dead iBook to pull one from)?. I not only didn`t get any help there, the lady flat out gave me incorrect information. She told me that it was not possible to change the keyboard, and no way would she listen to me. When I asked her "What if a person`s keyboard breaks?", she told me that if that was the case, the person would have to buy a new computer. I could have lost a lot of money had I believed her! She refused to listen to me when I told her that I knew for a fact that what she said, was incorrect. After that nightmare of an Apple call, I just called the other company and ordered it, thinking that I will just have to pay what it costs. I got really nervous, just wanted to get that keyboard ordered real quick! The company I ordered it from, is in Oslo, 330 km from here, and I do get a bit unsure about what to do re. installing it. I don`t want to take any chances compromising Apple Care. Could they later ask for documentation for who changed the keyboard, e.g. if I have to send the iBook in for repair or something like that? I think my "consultant" is authorized though, so I can always ask him, but it will cost, so this keyboard would end out really expensive... The labor is just so expensive, I think he charges $60-70 for installing a RAM chip... Don`t know which would be the most work though.
I had to save the link to the Compubricks Lego Mac. That would be the perfect project for a guy in the local Mac user group. He is a real Mac fanatic and does a lot of fancy Lego projects. He used to have a web page about it. I have to see if I can dig up his e-mail address so I can tell him to go have a look...
Sorry, this got real long... I am really not good at writing short mails... I think it is about time to give the applefritter website a break, and hit the sack... :)
Take care!
Aase :)
From: Aase Marit Waage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Have you seen a laptop painted with a motif?
This is more what I was thinking about:
http://www.applefritter.com/images/tidrag-3-1085_640x480.jpg
Larry
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