Odds & Ends: DNS lookup glitch?; LCD lamps;

Grappler & ORB; IXMicro card success in OS X DNS lookup timeout problems in browsers An Apple Discussions Board thread discusses time-out problems with doing a lookup from a web browser.

LCD display lamp failures An Apple Discussion Board thread cites several cases where the lamp in Apple's flat-panel monitors failed within a year or so of use. In such cases, Apple did the needed repair for free.

Grappler helps out an ORB drive Steve Rubin offers positive regarding the Grappler OS X Update (noted here yesterday) : "My SCSI ORB 2.2GB drive, which wouldn't boot in either OS X or Classic appeared on the Desktop after loading the new Beta OS X Update for Orange Micro's Grappler SCSI cards (mine is a 930U)."

IXMicro card still works in OS X Dwarka Divecha writes: "I just popped an old IXMicro ix3D UltimateRez 8MB PCI video card (still available) into my G4/867 running 10.1.2 and it just worked. While this is by no means a high-end card by today's standards, as a second monitor to put your Photoshop palettes on, etc., it's a great solution."