After 2 1/2 years and something like 500+ cycles, the battery in my Mac died and I had to replace it. First thing first, why the hell are these so expensive (and yes I realize this is a recurring theme in my blog)? I decided not to go to the Apple Store and buy an Apple brand battery because the reviews online are awful, so I decided to go to Batteries Plus and get an Energy+ battery. Turns out... it's an apple battery, granted it's a 5600mAh battery and all.

 So.. we'll see this battery isn't part of the old recall, so that is good, and the gy gave me 10% off so that was nice. lets see how this works.

 Here are a few tips that the battery-guy gave me for long battery life.

1. Only use the battery when you have to. If you use your notebook as a desktop pc, remove the battery and throw the thing on AC.
2. Only charge the battery when it needs to be charged, unplug the power when the charge is complete.
3. Batteries are good for 300-500 cycles (cycles = times you charge it)

why is Photoshop so damn expensive? Yeah it's awesome, but it's something like $800?! WTF? Yeah I could use Gimp, but as "full featured" as Gimp is.. Gimp sucks balls. It's no so much that it doesn't do enough, it does, the problem is that using Gimp is awful. I think part of the problem is that it isn't Photoshop.
I digress. I want to use Photoshop, but I don't charge for pretty much anything, and I will probably just use it to make a bunch of stupid FAIL pictures anyway.