Comments for Nick Busse http://nickbusse.com Government communicator, grad student, St. Paulite and beer geek extraordinaire Thu, 09 May 2013 11:37:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Yes, a normal human can build a Hackintosh. by Justine-Paula Robilliard http://nickbusse.com/2013/05/03/yes-a-normal-human-can-build-a-hackintosh/#comment-825 Thu, 09 May 2013 11:37:03 +0000 http://nickbusse.com/?p=994#comment-825 I have been at the places suggested by Google.. It seems that AMD is way more than my brain can handle, I have tried Virtual box, and a screen size the size of a mobile phone, on a 17inch monitor, sad. Thanks for trying
Justine

]]> Comment on Yes, a normal human can build a Hackintosh. by Nick http://nickbusse.com/2013/05/03/yes-a-normal-human-can-build-a-hackintosh/#comment-824 Thu, 09 May 2013 11:35:00 +0000 http://nickbusse.com/?p=994#comment-824 Hmm… Unfortunately, I think the project your describing is probably at least a couple of levels above what I can do right now. I just googled “Hackintosh AMD” and it looks like there might be a few forums out there that can help you, though.

I’m still new to this whole concept. I said in my original post, I think the only reason I was able to pull this off so easily was that I started from scratch using components recommended by others that work out-of-the-box with OS X. My recommendation would be to find someone who really knows this stuff well and get their input before trying anything.

Good luck.

]]> Comment on Yes, a normal human can build a Hackintosh. by Justine-Paula Robilliard http://nickbusse.com/2013/05/03/yes-a-normal-human-can-build-a-hackintosh/#comment-823 Thu, 09 May 2013 11:11:51 +0000 http://nickbusse.com/?p=994#comment-823 As a long time user of Mac products, the day my Mac died, was almost as bad as the day my mom died, the mac screen collapsed and that was that, dead screen, thus dead mac..

I have a Satellite L875D-S7332 laptop, 17inch behemoth from the folks at Toshiba, I have Snow Leopard, the retail disk, I have no clue on how to dual boot, and guides on the web, make no sense.

The laptop is AMD chipset, not Intel, It is an early birthday present. I know with some help I can get OSX on the this laptop, I have video editing I need to do, and the 17inches will help. Tonymac website is Intel only, not AMD.

Any ideas?
Justine

]]> Comment on The $500 Kitchen Makeover by Rob http://nickbusse.com/2012/03/13/the-500-kitchen-makeover/#comment-804 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:05:57 +0000 http://nickbusse.com/?p=867#comment-804 If I could interject here for a moment…the tiles shifted because they didn’t have a good bond with the flooring surface below it (the linoleum). Any time you will be covering up an old floor with a new one…it’s best to either use Ardex self leveling compound over the old floor using a trowel or take some sandpaper and rough up the old surface. Sanding in my opinion takes too long…just mix up some compound and spread eveningly. The stickiness of the new tiles can’t hold onto a glossy surface so it needs to be rough. Now to the gentleman with loose tiles…you can apply some contact cement to the bottom of the tile to keep them in place.

]]> Comment on Contact by Andrew Mazer http://nickbusse.com/contact/#comment-803 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:42:38 +0000 http://nickbusse.com/?page_id=700#comment-803 Nick, I just found your blog and I want to thank you so much for mentioning you got the tile from us and especially posting the pictures. It was also really cool when you said for the price, even if you botched it, you could still afford to get a pro to do it right. Is it ok if I use some of your words and photos in our marketing?

]]> Comment on The $500 Kitchen Makeover by Nick http://nickbusse.com/2012/03/13/the-500-kitchen-makeover/#comment-802 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:44:12 +0000 http://nickbusse.com/?p=867#comment-802 I’m glad you asked. The floors looked great for the first few weeks. (And from a distance, they still look great.) But over time, what’s happened is that some of the tiles have started to shift noticeably — mostly in places where there’s a lot of foot traffic. The worst areas are next to the sink and stove, so we use rugs to cover those areas up. I’ve tried repositioning and even replacing a couple of the tiles, but they always seem to shift again. I’m not sure if this is a common problem with these tiles or if it has something to do with the old linoleum surface not letting the tiles bond very well.

Overall, we’re happy enough with the end results to keep the floor the way it is for now. But I think when we go to sell the house someday, we might look at having a professional come in and fix our handywork. The kitchen is a pretty important room in any house, if you think about it, so just a word of warning: results with these tiles may vary.

I really should do an updated version of the original post one of these days.

]]> Comment on The $500 Kitchen Makeover by KevinT http://nickbusse.com/2012/03/13/the-500-kitchen-makeover/#comment-801 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:44:36 +0000 http://nickbusse.com/?p=867#comment-801 Great redo! I found your link from Shannon’s post about the flooring. It looks like it’s been about a year since you put in the floors. I’m curious how they’ve held up since then…? We’ve been thinking about getting some black and white stick on checkers through Mazers as well.

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