As Mat mentioned, we're making the trek from Sydney to San Francisco to attend WWDC this year. I'm really looking forward to it! 
Monthly Archive for March, 2006
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There have been a lot of complaints about MacBook Pros "humming", "hissing" or "buzzing" periodically – and mine is one of them. It doesn't happen always, and the volume seems to fluctuate, but it's still there.
It seems to be tied somehow to the brightness of the display, as setting the brightness to full or nothing (black screen) stops the sound.
Opening iChat, Photo Booth or the Mirror Widget don't seem to fix it, either.
Slightly annoying, but bearable – the speed on this thing is amazing!
The New York Times has a great article on how diabetes (both Type 1 and 2) are on the rise in New York: "Diabetes and Its Awful Toll Quietly Emerge as a Crisis"
The article warns about the many problems that people face with diabetes, and how more and more children are developing Type 2 diabetes (previously thought to only affect "older" people). It seems that the disease can also be inherited, which is worrying, since a cousin on my father's side has Type 1, and an aunt on my mother's side has Type 2.
