OS X Tip: Don’t Deny Incoming Connections to configd
Last night, we picked up Elina’s computer home from the Apple store; they replaced a faulty motherboard. As part of the pick-up process, the Apple service representative boots up the computer and demonstrates that it works fine; and it did. When we brought it home, though, we had a perplexing problem: the network connection seemed to work fine at first, but after the first time Elina put the computer to sleep, and then woke it up, it couldn’t obtain an IP address.
Ultimate Ears iPhone headphones/headset
Elina gave me this excellent set of headphones designed expressly for the iPhone, with a microphone and control button, for my birthday - thanks babe! Although in-ears aren’t my favorite type of headphones, these are light-years ahead of the crappy earbuds that Apple shamelessly includes with the phone.
Pros:
- great sound
- highly custamizable fit
- good passive attenuation of ambient sound
- separate microphone and control button makes both more convenient and effective
- high quality materials and construction
- iPhone-specific plug
Cons:
- can hear cord bouncing around as I walk, I think this is called subharmonics, I find it really annoying, but I think it’s a general problem with all “canalphones”,
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