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stolen: PowerBook by chris rhee

So many of the items that were stolen are things I use on a daily basis, but the loss of a portable Mac that I can call my own has been affecting me quite a bit — especially today.

To make that shiny nickel every week, I do website stuff. I also test websites across Mac and PC browsers, even that hateful browser that developers know as Mac/IE5. Let’s just say that said browser causes some headaches for us every now and then. Sometimes it just makes up reasons to distort your design.

Now, I have no Mac laptop at the moment so I’m “borrowing” use of an iMac that’s downstairs. Every time I want to test out that brand spankin’ new line of CSS code, I have to run my ass down the stairs and hit refresh just to see that my hard work amounted to jack shit in the face of Internet Explorer. Doing all this in 90 degree California weather is not cool.

So damn you, thief (and Mac/IE5 developers). I ran a marathon today.

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chris rhee May 17th, 2006

Yes, but let us not forget the real issue that was brought up in this post: me having to exercise during coding.

annie tao May 17th, 2006

please, knowing you, i bet you slowly walked down the stairs, took a five minute break, and then slowly climbed back up, only to sit down for another five minutes…

chris rhee May 17th, 2006

I don’t even get to sit down!

I go downstairs, I hit refresh, the browser says “I hate you”, I go back upstairs. Repeat.

shani May 17th, 2006

hey, could you two keep it down in here. this is a public area.

chris rhee May 17th, 2006

Nah, it’s private property, I’m just a chill guy.

ignorantcow May 20th, 2006

y’know, you could always VNC in to the downstairs iMac. :p

chris rhee May 21st, 2006

ignorantcow: You are a genius. Having my laptop right next to me for a year had spoiled me and I never had to resort to VNC. I’ll give it a shot.

Clourgy December 19th, 2007

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what's the deal?

we're trying to replace some of chris' equipment that was stolen out of brian's car. some of the things that were stolen:

  • 15" PowerBook (with upgrades, like 1.5GB RAM)
  • Canon S400 camera, charger, cables
  • Sharp camcorder
  • 200GB External Hard Drive
  • JBL OnTour Speakers
  • Apple wireless mouse
  • Logitech microphone
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