How To Create an iPod Costume.

1. Get some box that is at least a little more than half covering your body. Something that ends right above the knees is long enough. Go down farther than the knees and it will look a little bad and you can barely walk. iPods are thin, small, and conveinient, so your costume shouldn't be really wide and tall. Also, please make it fat enough to sit down but if it doesnt work get a fairly slim box and then try creasing it to be able to sit down, or make a slit where your butt is to allow the costume to bend easily. Don't worry about color, we will get to that later.
2. Try on the box for good fit. Open the flaps on the bottom as well. If it holds on to your body but it doesn't fall out, you got a good fit. Or you can go ahead, simply cut holes wide enough for your legs. Meausure your legs first, add two inches and that's how you are gonna cut the circles. If you feel it is still too small keep adding inches.
3. Experiment with closing the flaps over your head and then pulling the box over your head. This is generally how its gonna fit. Don't worry if the front of your head is squished, we will cut the front later.
4. Take the box and then, at the top of the box near the side and near the center, make a 14 or 15 or whatever's accurate length for you line. Then make another line to make a vertex the same length, then connect the same length lines to make a square. Then cut out the square, just on one side, not on both. This will be the "screen" and your head will poke out here.
5. Measure your arms for the place where your arms will come out. Do the same thing with your legs, measure around your arms and then make an extra two inches, that will be your holes for the arms. Do on both sides of box.
6. Make the wires by getting tough wire or rope. Paint or get the rope in white or black. Then use papier mache to make earplug shapes giant enough and tie the rope very well around the earplugs then gorilla glue the end of the rope without the earplug to the upper sides of the box.
7. Make sure again that the leg holes are cut, the earplugs are ready, the "screen" is ready and so is the arm holes. We are moving on to paint. Get your favorite neon color such as cobalt blue, electric yellow, screaming green, hot pink, bright red etc. Then paint the hole box that color but leave a white circle under the screen. Even the back and sides of the screen, paint everything except the earplugs. Set to dry, then get shiny silver paint and line the edges with silver.
8. Get a heavy permanent black marker then make the arrows and stuff on the circle of the iPod. You are now an iPod for halloween!

MacBook Air Hinge Problems

Here is a note from one of our laptop techs, on MacBook Air hinge issues that are being resolved by Apple, even after the warranty has expired:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2948

Symptoms

Learn what you can do if you experience one or more of these issues with the hinges on your MacBook Air.

*Unable to close lid completely.
*Broken or cracked plastic near one of both of the hinges.
*More then one inch (2.54cm) of free play while opening or closing the lid.
*Lid falls freely into the closed position from a 30-degree open position. (From a closed position, open the lid approcimately 30 degrees and let go.)

Products Affected
MacBook Air

Resolution

You can take your MacBook Air to an Apple-Authorized Service Provider or Apple Retail Store for evaluation and repair if necessary, even if your product is out of warranty.

We recommend Mac Station for those living in the BC, Fraser Valley or Lower Mainland. ( Anywhere in or around Vancouver, BC.)

If you previously paid for a repair for hinge-related issues that were not caused by accidental damage you may be eligible for a refund. Contact Apple for more information.

New iPod 5G Nano take apart video.

Great new iPod Nano 5G Video from the guys down @ TechRestore USA.

Apples new 5G Nano has some excellent improvements in design over previous models. If you can spot the changes and tweet them to @TechRestoreCA we'll send you some TechRestore SWAG !.

TechRestore Canada Goes to School.

No, not literally. However we do support those seeking education. So please watch for this flier at a campus near you.

TechRestore, an award winning Mac, iPod and iPhone repair center opens TechRestore Canada location to provide overnight repair services to clients thr

TechRestore, the proven leader in Overnight repair services for Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro, PowerBook and iBook laptops as well as iPhone, iPod and Sony PSP systems announced today that they have begun offering nationwide repairs for their customers located in Canada. The TechRestore Canada repair center is now open for business and repairs are coming in daily from all areas of Canada. Repairs are completed within 24-hours of receipt to their repair center, located in Abbotsford, B.C. The new TechRestore Canada repair center is staffed with Apple Certified technicians that have been helping customers with their repair skills for years.

"TechRestore has performed tens of thousands of overnight repairs for our customers in the United States," said Shannon Jean, Founder and President of TechRestore, Inc. "We have a very loyal following in Canada and we are excited to be able to offer our clients a fast, easy and trusted repair solution for their Mac, iPhone, iPod and PSP repairs from within their own country, with no customs hassles or extended shipping delays."

TechRestore Canada is accepting repairs immediately and is fully staffed with certified technicians that are performing repairs on all models of Mac laptops, iPods, iPhones and Sony PSP gaming systems.

"We are thrilled to bring TechRestore's unique service to a Canadian audience," said Aaron Attwater, General Manager for TechRestore Canada. "We love Apple products and being Apple users ourselves, we enjoy being able to breath new life back into them so that our clients can continue to enjoy them. We're committed to the same level of service and practices used at TechRestore USA and we look forward to helping you with your next repair."

Canadian repairs can be scheduled online at http://techrestorecanada.com or by calling 1-888-384-5613

Learn more about TechRestore at http://techrestore.com

About TechRestore:
Created out of a passion for the products we sell and service, TechRestore brings together an unmatched repair and product expertise team to provide repairs, upgrades & recoveries for mobile devices such as Mac & PC Laptops, iPods, iPhone and PSPs. With more than 20-years of experience providing solutions for our customers, we’ve still kept our sense of wonder about how fortunate we are to work with these fantastic products and people each day. TechRestore customers can rest assured that while their products may fail them, TechRestore never will. TechRestore currently has locations in the United States and Canada.

New Web Store Opens !

http://store.techrestorecanada.com

Here at Tech Restore Canada we're thrilled to finally be able to open the doors on our web store module. Please come and take a look at the new Store and I'll be sure to update some new coupons in the coming week so that you can test out the store itself and order some great products or services.



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Tech Restore Canada's First Blog !!

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