Here’s an interesting iPad Stand: a clam-shell iBook laptop.

The page is written in Japanese, but the pictures are still fun to look at.

For the keyboard, the builder used one of the new slimline Bluetooth keyboards.

Thanks to DealMac.com for pointing out sale on single-user account Mobile Me.  You can use the code in the box to renew an existing account or start a new one.

DealMac link: http://dealmac.com/Apple-Mobile-Me-Single-Membership-for-59-5-s-h/383331.html

MegaMacs link: http://www.megamacs.com/v0/index.php?action=frameview&id=304518112&d=1

I just upgraded a bunch of stuff on my laptop.  I’m not sure which of them contained the new “inertia” feature for the trackpad, but I’m liking it.

Now when I scroll in long documents, I can use a throw the page and it keeps on scrolling.  It slows down over time like the iPhone/iPad, and touching the trackpad again will stop the motion.

At first I thought it was a feature of Safari 5, which I also just loaded.  But it works in other applications and Safari 4 (which I had on another disk.)

I don’t have one of the newer Apple magic mice, so I don’t know if it works the same there.

Among the upgrades I put in today were 10.6.4 and the update for the new magic trackpad.

(And yes, I did backup my entire computer to clone drive first.  That way I could step back to my exact setup if need be. I also repaired Disk Permissions before and after the upgrades.  I always recommend these steps.)

“Any computer is fast enough, as long as it can get started early enough to finish what you want at the moment you realize you want it.”  – Walt Sellers

(Heh,  OK,  maybe it is a conflict of interest to quote myself.  But I do use this statement that I made up when I hear discussions about the speed of computers.)

Are you having a problem and wondering if your Mac is still under warrantee? Are you about to buy a used Mac or iPhone and the owner says there is some warrantee left?

If you have the serial number,  you can find what information Apple has on your warrantee with this web page:  https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

It can be a real pain to find and read the really tiny serial number sticker on a modern Mac, iPod or iPhone (or maybe my eyes are just going downhill). The serial number on a Mac can be under the battery of a laptop, on the bottom, on the back of a tower, or under the base of an iMac.  The serial number on the back of a pocket-sized device can actually rub off if it was printed with ink.

Much easier,  you can copy and paste the serial number from the “System Profiler” utility. Its in the “Hardware Overview” information which comes up first by default.  You can find the System Profiler in the “Utilities” folder in the “Applications” folder,  or you can go to the Apple Menu, select “About This Mac”, then press the “More Info” button.

For an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, you can find the serial number in the Settings App, under “General” -> “About”.  It won’t do you much good for copy-and-paste on the device, but you can also get the serial number from iTunes when the device is connect to your computer.

If you bought an AppleCare extended warranty, but the site only shows a 1-year warranty, it may be that the extended warranty didn’t get registered. (The registration instructions should be in the box.) It may or may not have been automatically registered if you bought the computer and AppleCare together at an Apple Store.  You do have to buy an AppleCare extended warranty while the original 1-year warranty is still good.  If you bought it, but didn’t register it before the end of the original warrantee, you may have to call Apple or talk to someone in an Apple store and show them the purchase receipt showing both the Mac purchase and the AppleCare purchase.  Someone can then re-instate the extended warranty.

If you didn’t buy a warrantee, the page may present you with a button to buy one on the spot.  I just tried it with my iPhone 3GS and it offered me 2 more years of AppleCare for $69.