Fix That Mighty Mouse Scroll Problem!

If you're like me and you love apple, there's a good chance you own a Mighty Mouse. If you do own one you most likely have either gone through this weird scrolling issue, or you will soon.

The Mighty Mouse, for those of you that don't know, has a small grey ball instead of a scroll wheel. It's awesome because it lets you scroll in any direction and the scroll resolution is MUCH higher than that of your standard scroll wheel. The only problem with this amazing mouse is that the scrolling sometimes actually stops working in one direction. This happened to me last year and I got Apple to replace my mouse, but that's only because it was under warranty, now my new one is way beyond that, and it was having the exact same problem.

I once again scoured the internet for a solution and nothing I tried seemed to work... except for one tip I came across that explains how to clean the ball with 97% isopropyl alcohol and Q-tips. If you want to learn how to do it check out my Helpful Hacks page.

Rustic Overtones Are Back!!!

Yes indeed, the Maine based band Rustic Overtones are back. They announced that they are getting back together! Never heard of them? Here's their myspace page, enjoy.

If you want to learn a little history you can check out the short, but yet still informative Wikipedia article.

Multiple iTunes Libraries

It's a little known fact that you can have more than one iTunes library. The funny thing is that it's SO easy to set it up it's crazy. All you have to do is start up iTunes while holding down the option key and you are given this prompt:

All you have to do is choose the "Create Library..." button and you are given the option to choose a place and a name for it.

What you need to know about what this means: This gives you the ability to have two separate libraries on one computer under one user. You can NOT open iTunes and use both libraries at the same time. This option simply lets you make, or choose am iTunes library where your music is kept. Preferences for each library are kept completely separate. The only downside I see with having multiple libraries is that whenever you open iTunes you will have to hold option and choose your library.

For those of you with more than one person using the family computer, this is a rather viable option if you don't want to have different user accounts.

MacBooks get upgrade

Apple decided to upgrade MacBooks with optional 2.16 Core 2 Duos for the same great price. Starting at $999, they are super great deal.

Personally I'm waiting for the LED screens and hybrid hard drive based MacBook Pro's to get released this summer, but any upgrades are good upgrades!

What happened to open mindedness?

I think that it was rude of this woman to complain that the quote on her Starbucks coffee cup was "offensive." Since when was expressing an opinion a terrible thing? Can't people just be more open-minded? Click on the picture for the full story.

MXR Distortion+

I decided that I wanted to dabble in the field of guitar pedals. So I went out and found a relatively easy design, and now I'm attempting to build it. Check out how it's going and get updates and my progress on my Non Tech Projects page.

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