Slave to the machine

Drawing has always been my primary artistic output. When I hold a pencil in my hand, I feel like the weight of the world is lifted from me even for a little while.

Since I’ve been a freelance illustrator/pin-up artist now, I needed to find another hobby that does the same thing.

And photography has been that before.

Photography is what it is again.

First off, I know this topic is so way out of what the general subject of this blog, but I felt that I needed to post this for those who might have encountered or will encounter the same thing I had.

I’ve had my Powerbook G4 since 2005. I bought it from a friend who had it since October of 2004. A few days ago, while using it to browse and answer e-mails, I suddenly smelled something burning, and when I looked, it was my power adapter’s cable sparking and plastic white cover melting. Its basically similar to what happened to this guy.

I called up a local Apple Store to see if it can be fixed, but they will always recommend you buy a replacement. A new one costs about $79 US. Here around 6,500 in Philippine peso. And from what I’ve read, there’s no guarantee that the new one I get won’t do the same. So what’s a guy to do in this situation?

I searched the ‘net, and found one blogger who had the same thing happened to him (twice!) and he graciously posted how he fixed his. So following his example, I will post my own version of repairing this defective adapter.

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