Battlestar Galactica uses PC (John Hodgman)

While watching episode 15 of season 4 of Battlestar Galactica sometime back, I had noticed a character who looked like the PC out of the Apple Mac ads. But the people I was watching it with denied my claim, and I never chased it up and resigned myself that I was wrong and the majority was right. Today I came across it by accident, but it turns out my eyes weren't lying!

See a photo of "PC" on Battlestar Galactica over at IMDB: pin.nu/bsgpcphoto
See his wikipedia page as well for further proof.

I haven't embedded the image because I'm not sure of the legal implications with this particular photo. Nor do I want a PC on my blog.

My MacBook Pro Gives Me Electric Shocks

I've owned a MacBook Pro for 17 months and on and off when touching it there is this strange bumpy feeling.....Okay so I should probably point out while I do spend a lot of time on computers, its not that much time. On top of the odd bumpy sensation, the edges of the laptop would sometimes shock me too.

Up until today, I had no explanation for it. Until I found this. Apparently the 2-prong connector for the charger causes the laptop to have no earth, resulting in the build up of current in the casing, and it's transfer out through my fleshy body giving that strange bumpy feeling, and the odd shock for fun.

From now on I'll use the three-prong connector and see if that makes a difference, but it still makes me concerned and skeptical. Tomorrow I'll be phoning Apple regarding the issue to rule out it being a known malfunction or known flaw in the MacBook Pro I own. Hopefully they'll either be able to fix my laptop, or can replace it. Giving my body electric shocks is not something I purchased the laptop for.