Posts Tagged ‘iMac’

I would like to celebrate the birth of an upgraded iMac with my very own iMac story and a tip that may be helpful in an emergency for my fellow Apple aficionados.

Before we get into the details, please refer to the following:

1. I would like to think that I am not the only one who has gone through this terrifying experience.
2. Yes, I do act mindlessly at times and do stupid things. Ok, fine. I’m one of the clumsiest people on earth.
3. MacGyver was my hero when I was growing up, except that mine spoke Korean (dubbed; I was seriously traumatized when he started speaking English).

So with these in mind, let me start the story.

It was a peaceful Saturday morning. I had just gotten out of bed and was ready to start the day. A watch I had purchased was just delivered and with great excitement, I took a few pictures, so I can post them on Twitter. Then, as usual, I removed the SD card from the camera and inserted into the SD card slot on my iMac… or so I thought I was… until I felt it falling deep into a black hole (aka DVD Drive). @.@

In my head, Britney was singing, “Oops, I did it again” because mind you, this was NOT my first time. I thought, crap, my husband’s going to kill me. I tried hard to calm myself down. Breathe.. Breathe.!! Thank God he was asleep so I had some time to clean up the mess and act like nothing happened. The question was, ‘How the heck am I going to get it out?!?’ Darn, the last time it happened, hubby had to take it to the hospital (aka Apple Store)… It was covered by warranty and nothing was scratched but just the hassle of having to unplug everything, take it to the store only to return to pick it up is just a pain. So I had no choice but to think fast and strategically.

I thought of MacGyver, the genius who always had a solution to everything. I asked God for wisdom.

Then my light bulb went on. I grabbed an earring from the drawer. I needed a metal wire but thin enough to access the card slot. I thought of metal hangers or chopsticks but they were too thick and hard to manage once inside. So the earring hook came along. It was straightened then curved at the end to fit the card. I unplugged the computer, placed a towel on the floor and tilted it vertically (not completely vertical but I’d say about 45 degrees) and gently shook it back and forth (As you know, the slot is covered with rubber-like protectors so you really can’t see anything. Just focus on trying to get the card move to the bottom of the slot so you can pull it out). Then when I felt like it was where I wanted it to be, I inserted the earring hook at the bottom of the slot, set it at a right angle, and gently started dragging it out. Voila! Magically, the card was now on my palm. I felt so smart! hahaha anyways… yeah. that’s the end of the story.

So if you have any questions regarding this tip, please let me know. I will try my best to help. Remember that you are NOT ALONE. I’m not sure how many of you will, or have encountered this issue but I hope one day Apple will realize that this is indeed a result of a design defect. Seriously, who places a CD/DVD drive right below a SD card slot (world’s most innovative company does), especially when you can’t see neither from where you are sitting?! Come on.

Some may argue that you should always be cautious of what you are doing, but how many of you would get out of your seat and watch the “insertion process”?! I don’t know about you, but I’m lazy when it comes to things like that. I’m an economical person and prefer not to waste my time and energy on things that don’t (or shouldn’t) require much attention. My temporary fix was to place a scotch tape over the CD slot though I admit its ghetto-ness. oh well, until Apple introduces a countermeasure, a scotch tape should do…

But in all seriousness, while I am a diehard Apple fan, I need them to do something about this before it happens again. Mr. Jobs, are you listening!?

Photo Credit: Bing Images

At the end of the day, this indeed becomes the ultimate question- do I splurge on stuff I want, or do I save for the stuff i need? I consider myself a very economical person, yet like everyone else, there are certain times when my mind becomes blank and it no longer is in control of my behaviors. Once your eyes start having an intimate conversation with those Louboutins or Vuittons, the next thing you know is that you are walking out that glitzy store feeling like you were just born again. You just feel so loaded and fly until you realize that you just ripped a huge hole in your bank account. Well, at least I still feel guilty about it, which makes everything okay, right?

In any case, I guess it’s true that your taste and interests change as you age as I’ve actually started to be attracted to things other than shoes or bags… as you may have noticed from my previous post, I have a great respect for Mr. Jobs. I’ve always liked Apple stuff, but it wasn’t until recent that I started placing their products on my shopping list. The two babies on the list at the moment are:

and…

Laptop is nice when you are on the run all the time,  but it would never completely satisfy the need for having the ‘real thing’…  hard to explain, but it just doesn’t provide the ‘stability/reliability’ that a desktop does- well, at least for me. Then again, who knows, once this blog really takes off (ha!), I may start to feel truly obligated to update it every day (not that I already feel that way- I love my blog- only if I could do it full time!)… then I would really need a computer by my side 24/7.

In any case, both our desktop and laptop are working fine at the moment… except for the strange noise they make once they get overheated… Unless you really need it, it’s smarter not to get it, right? Unless you really, really need it… and just absolutely cannot survive without it… yeah… hmmm…

Then again, I think having one will actually help improve my creativity (remember? your environment matters- see below post on creativity)…

and these Harmon Kardon Soundsticks would make it look even better- ahhh… dreamy…