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The Mac is back!

November 28th, 2006 · 1 Comment

In all fairness to Apple, this post is long overdue. Last month I lamented sending my machine away to be repaired for the random shutdown problem. The box Apple sent me first was not the right one for my MacBook, but that is my only complaint. After the correct box arrived, the laptop was gone […]

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MacBook headed to repair

October 18th, 2006 · 10 Comments

Yes, my MacBook is exhibiting the random shutdown problem. Dave Winer’s blog posts let me know to look for it, and my laptop started shutting down once in a while in August or early September. By this past weekend, it was shutting down every five minutes. Reading the reports here doesn’t make me happy either. […]

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Oh Happy Day!

May 23rd, 2006 · 15 Comments

My MacBook arrived this morning, surprising me. After we ordered it last week, the first estimate on the website was May 31, and then May 26. But I was not expecting Monday May 22. I was already excited today because our largest tadpole now has four legs, one of them emerging between 8:30 and 9:30 […]

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Changes to this blog and blogger

April 19th, 2006 · 8 Comments

I’ve been making some changes in my life and hope to write more about those soon. I am also planning to take this blog in a slightly new direction. First though I would like to post some pieces that are still in the draft folder. One change I have made is that I am approving […]

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V is for Varicella

April 19th, 2006 · 8 Comments

There are a number of reasons why this blog has been quiet but the past ten days can be summarized with two words: Chicken Pox Seeing Spots On Saturday April 8 we invited friends over for dinner. The kids seemed unusually fussy that night and I was suspicious they might be ill. As they were […]

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