MacBook Pro Broadcom Airport Card Incompatible With D-Link WBR-6310

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My Macbook Pro had been giving me so many problems that I recently had it replaced with a new unit. One of the issues I was having was connecting to a D-Link WBR-6310 Rev. A router at home. Once I got the new MBP home, I thought I would be able to easily connect to my home network, but alas it still wouldn’t accept a DHCP address.

Being that this was MBP #2, I determined that my router was incompatible with the MacBook Pro. I have several other devices hooked wired and wirelessly with the router, and they connect and are assigned DHCP addresses flawlessly, but the MBP could not. I’ve replaced it with a spare NETGEAR until I can upgrade to a Wireless-N Spec router.

I cannot say for sure that my router wasn’t faulty, but with two MBP’s not being able to connect to it, its either that or they cannot connect to that model period.

By the way, I was using WPA2 encryption on the D-Link, and when the encryption was off, things worked fine. I suspect it has to do with improper authentication. I’ve not the time to keep working on it, especially now that the NETGEAR works fine, but the problems between this Broadcom hardware and that Rev of D-Link router should be documented. I’ve seen many reports on the Apple discussion boards about MBP’s with Airport issues. Hopefully its an issue that can be patched, but luckily out of all this will come an N router.

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46-Foot Long Self-Supporting Lego Bridge to Set New World Record

Have a look at this thing! Way better than the Popsicle stick bridges I used to make as a kid. I’d bet it doesn’t hold as much weight. Still, remarkable for its size.

Gizmodo - 46-Foot Long Self-Supporting Lego Bridge to Set New World Record - Self-supporting bridge.

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ISS Flyover Times

ISS Breakdown

KOLD Climate Community Blog: ISS FLYOVER TIMES.

I’d like to see the fly over tonight but I’m planning on being at Star Trek with friends and family, so I present this to you, and I’ll try and watch over the weekend.

Call your Mothers on Sunday, Don’t forget!

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May the Fourth be with you…

It’s Star Wars Day! Celebrate by making the above pun several times, to all of your friends, just so they know how fantastically terrific those movies were (yes all of them).

Gizmodo - It’s Star Wars Day - star wars day.

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YouTube - Trailer Circledrawers

YouTube - Trailer Circledrawers.

I’m really considering the purchase of this webseries. 3 bucks for 9 episodes, and it looks like a very interesting story.

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Popular Photo Recently… Wonder Why…

That’s right. It probably was that cute little guy too. Bastard.

Gizmodo - 10 Gadgets That Can Protect You From The Swine Flu Pandemic - Swine flu.

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Espresso Book Machine Prints Books on Demand (And From PDF?)

This thing is wicked.

I so want one of these to “burn” my PDF’s to. Heh..

Imagine the possibilities… Still, as it mentions in the giz article, they are about $43 a book, which is a price point I might be comfortable with if I really needed a book for something and it was the only place I could go for it (read: Out of Print)

The publishing company Blackwell is doing just that with a back catalog. I really do hope this takes off, I know the focus is technology (or at least that’s my focus) but I appreciate the tree sacrifice for our paper editions (addictions? Maybe for some) and our newspapers.

Gizmodo - Espresso Book Machine to Print Books on Demand, No Lattes - espresso book machine.

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Big Freaking Lens!

CRAZY! What you are seeing is not a super cool new shoulder-based rocket-firing, super-cannon, no it is but the Sigma lens described in the Giz article here:

Gizmodo - The Photographer King Needs No Tripod - Sigma.

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ThinkGeek :: Star Trek Limited Edition Titanium Spork

I want Spock’s Spork! As if that joke hasn’t been done enough today.

You know you want one too… But I’m not pulling the trigger (or pushing the button on my TNG phaser either) because its a goddamned spork people. I don’t care how many you made or if you printed the starfleet badge on it.

I love thinkgeek, and will post this and hopefully my 2 readers will want to buy it. But not me.

ThinkGeek :: Star Trek Limited Edition Titanium Spork.

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New Firefox Update 3.0.9 UPDATE 3.0.10 out now too!

Security fix, and some bug fixes too. Check for the update, or download Firefox if you haven’t already (Shame on you.)


www.getfirefox.com


UPDATE: its up to 3.0.10 now. Ever heard of a 3.1 release firefox?

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