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Comment on Hello World by Happy Birthday to Blog at Richard Mondello

Happy Birthday to Blog at Richard Mondello — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:16:05 +0000

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Comment on Tympanoplasty Question by Richard Mondello

Richard Mondello — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:15:43 +0000

Janet - Thank you so much for bringing that perspective to me. I appreciate it a lot - the idea that everyone is different is often lost when people are searching for answers.

Adam J. - You’re very welcome. I’m glad to see that you’ve come across my blog, and I hope my posts and their comments can help you!

My pain sounds like it was nowhere near as extreme as yours. It gets harder and harder for me to recall the details of my recovery, so I recommend that you re-read all of my posts. Everything that I could ever recall about healing is written on this blog. I wish you luck! Please keep in touch.

http://www.richardmondello.com/category/tympanoplasty/

Comment on Removing the “Invite a Friend” Box from Gmail by Richard Mondello

Richard Mondello — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:33 +0000

Stephen, good point!

Unfortunately, I’m not using Firefox as my primary browser right now. I’m a Safari man, due to the speed of Webkit. Thanks for letting me know, though!

Comment on Removing the “Invite a Friend” Box from Gmail by Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:49:04 +0000

The Firefox add-on “Better Gmail” will do it for you.

Comment on Removing the “Invite a Friend” Box from Gmail by twenycent

twenycent — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:36:15 +0000

brillant!

Comment on Possible MacBook Pro SuperDrive 2.1 Fix by danijela

danijela — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:26:35 +0000

thank you… I did it finally, but it can now only read already burned cd, cannot reckognize empty cd-r, cd-rw, dvd-r, nor burned dvd. I am not clever enough to do anything more on my own…I did the repair of permissions in disk utuility and that is all.

Comment on Tympanoplasty Question by Adam J.

Adam J. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:12:09 +0000

Dear Richard,
Thank you for your descriptive and honest blog. I wish I had googled this topic earlier, I am about to undergo my third tympanoplasty. I got my ear wet after the first operation, and blew my nose after the second. My surgeons never really emphasized how fragile the graft really is, they just kept telling me about high percentage rates of success. Although I have not been the best patient in the past, I am going into this third surgery ready for hybernation. I plan on locking myself up for 8 weeks: no work, no showers, no physical activity, no blowing my nose and no sneezing. I hate to resort to this extreme form of rehab, but am desperate. How did your rehab compare? How did you take care of things like hygiene, congestion, and the constant idleness? Any advice is appreciated.
Yet another holy eared one,
Adam

Comment on Possible MacBook Pro SuperDrive 2.1 Fix by Richard Mondello

Richard Mondello — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:07:48 +0000

Jessica, I wish I could say more to you. I think the only thing you can do is recommend going to an apple reseller for a repair. If flashing the firmware doesn’t work, you’re out of luck. I hope you’re able to repair the problem. I hate how Apple abandons people like this.

danijela, be sure the terminal is currently located at the location of the simple_flash utility first. Try using the “cd” command (change directory) to navigate to the right place. This may help you. http://guides.macrumors.com/Terminal

Comment on Mac OS X Leopard on a Power Mac G4 Cube by Richard Mondello

Richard Mondello — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:01:31 +0000

Robbie - Those sound like nice upgrades! Did you get the RAM for cheap? Last time I checked, the PC133 or PC100 sticks are expensive.

In terms of CPU upgrades, the G4 Cube mailing list at themacintoshguy is the best place to ask the upgrade gurus for help - http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube

The problem with syncing an iPhone with it is that the Cube only use USB 1.1 and not USB 2.

My cube is now running Tiger, 10.4.11, and works as a server. It’s great.

Comment on Mac OS X Leopard on a Power Mac G4 Cube by Robbie

Robbie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:25:10 +0000

I upgraded my Cube to a 60GB 7200rpm drive. I also added more RAM. I put in 2x 512MB PC133 sticks. (says OK in About My Mac) and should down rev to PC100.

I would like to put a better graphic card in. Is there some list to go by? Eventually running Leopard would be good..

I also am interested in how the CPU upgrade works out…is that a whole new motherboard that some third party makes? combo cpu/board?

I am about to install iLife 08 on my Cube. My Cube right now runs Tiger 10.4.7 (i think thats the latest one).

My main issue right now is iPhones. I have a 1st Gen iPhone that I am trying to sync with iTunes and it mostly works but if you dont connect it a certain way, you get the message saying there is an error. A few times last night, the system crashed and a backtrace popped up asking it to send to Apple and made me reset the box.

Anyone have experience with an iPhone on a G4 Cube running Tiger? How did it go? Anything special to get it to work properly? Any trouble? Thanks!