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This weekend I decided to replace the keyboard on my original Macbook (black) that had been slowly chipping away at the sides.
It has been awhile since I got the chance to be a nerd so I this weekend I decided to treat myself.

I had an issue with my first generation Macbook that Apple has verified is a KNOWN defect with this model.

I’m out of warrant so I didn’t expect for the machine to be replaced however I did expect to be at least given a quote on a service that they offer.

Not one but two stores gave me the run around about my questions.

I found the replacement for the part online a year ago by using iFixit.com which is a website dedicated to Apple computers.

All I needed to know from the Apple store was how much would it cost to replace my keyboard for my Macbook.

If they couldn’t tell me how much then do they have any companies that they could have recommend for repair.

I was told that I needed to make an appointment to even speak with a “genius” even though they were less then ten feet in front of me doing nothing.

In one of the stores I told the lady that I wasn’t going anywhere until a “genius” came to talk to me.

He ended up being no help at all and couldn’t even answer my BASIC QUESTIONS.

At this point I was pretty much fed up so I decided to do it on my own.

I recorded parts of the project and they’re below:

The Bronner Brothers 2008 Hair Show completed about a week ago and I have ALMOST recovered completely from the show.

My plans (sales pitch, attire, hair cut, etc) for the show went exactly how I wanted them to go but I didn’t hit my goal for the amount of sales that I wanted to make.

Before the show I knew that the economy was bad and I even preached to people about saving as well as the fact that we’re pretty close to an actual depression.

I should have applied my own logic to the advice that I was giving to others, especially in regards to how others spending habits, even more so for a product that is still seen by a lot of people as a “luxury item.”

People just weren’t spending the type of money that they were last year however it was should have been expected.

Even though I didn’t hit my sales goal I do have a few positive notes:
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One of my goals in life is to make the cover of Fortune magazine with braids.

At first I wanted to be the first black man with braids on the cover until I had a conversation with one of my childhood friends about what becoming a “grown up” means and how just because you’re not always first doesn’t mean that your accomplishment means anything less. Read more…