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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MacBook headed to repair
October 18th, 2006 · 10 Comments
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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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“…That’s a 36-year-old question…”
March 9th, 2006 · 1 Comment
From an interview with E.L.Doctorow in Time magazine last week…(you have to pay to read it on-line) Time: Are you surprised you’re still writing great books in your mid-70’s? Doctorow: How old are you? Time: Um, 36. Doctorow: Ah, yes, well, that’s a 36-year-old question.
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Four things and five things: two memes
March 9th, 2006 · 2 Comments
Dave Winer tagged me a while ago… Four Jobs I Have Had 1. Research assistant, immunology laboratory, studying the effect of stress 2. Milkshake mixer at a burger joint in Bellevue (no longer exists) 3. Watercolor artist, Arts and Crafts Fair (sold a painting!) 4. Volunteer coordinator at a 501(c)3 in Silicon Valley Four movies […]
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Elena
February 25th, 2006 · No Comments
Ever since reading Dear Elena (via Ted) yeasterday, I’ve been wanting to hug Daniel Steinberg and his family. No, parents are not supposed to bury their six year old daughter. She died suddenly this week and bacterial meningitis is suspected. I’ll be reading this blog again and again for the wisdom there. He describes how […]
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