The Lance J. Technoweb

Apple had a grand event in October 2018, and these are my take-aways: Lightning is going away. The newest iPads no longer have a Lightning connector.  Instead, the new iPads sport a standards-based USB-C connector.  Additionally, the new Apple Pencil no longer has a Lightning connector. I suspect that no new Apple devices will have a lightning connector. Goodbye, Lightning.  You were great in 2014, but USB-C made you redundant. Mac Growth has Stopped ... by design. Mac sales are more profitable than ever, but Apple has significantly slowed down the release of new Macs.  At one time models were updated every 8 months on average, but now Mac models are sold for several years without updates.  Furthermore, Apple has stopped selling machines built and priced for secondary school students. Although Apple continues to be within the top five PC manufacturers, Mac sales are declining compared to the competition. And with fewer sales, fewer developers will ...

Once again it is Dustbuster repair time.  This time I needed to fix a very noisy Dustbuster motor. I use my Dustbuster a lot  - at least three times per day - and so it is a good bet that my Dustbuster is used over 1000 times per year.  My Dustbuster likely has many times more usage than the average dustbuster. Even though these little machines are quite affordable, when mine started to act a little wonky, I decided that it was to my advantage to fix it.  I don't want to buy a new one every couple years.  I want to maximize it's mileage. The last time I had an issue, my Dustbuster's power switch became unreliable.  It was an easy fix with an inexpensive replacement part.  But this time the electric motor started to make an awful noise at startup.  I guess a few years of fine dust found its way into the motor bearings. My goal is to see if it is possible/reasonable to lubricate the Dustbuster's bearings.  So here we go! Re-lubricati...