A big line of storms came out of nowhere, at least as far as the National Weather Service is concerned. We were in a matinee of Lincoln High School's production of Annie, and you could hear the storm hit from inside the auditorium, over the sounds of the orchestra and cast. We walked out of the theater to see that the tree next to our parked car had fallen in the other direction.
Our luck was a bit different at home. We returned home to find that a power surge had knocked out our old G3. My reaction reminded me of the reaction that Philip Roth had when he learned of his ex-wife's death, as he marveled, "She's dead and I didn't do it."
That machine had pretty much turned into an e-mail only machine, so we lose all our old e-mails and address book. It's the electronic version of no longer needing to clean house because it burned down.
One of the things I will miss will be the iCal calendar application. For anyone who follows my web calendar, you won't see any changes for a while. When we buy the new machine, I will see if the new iCal that comes with it is to my liking.
I am going to try something a bit different for the next computer. We bought a relatively small flat screen TV for Dan's use when at home, which is also designed to be used as a computer monitor. I like the idea of buying a Mac Mini, and hooking it up to the TV. Bored with the web? What's on TV?
Whatever ticks me off or tickles my fancy today: politics, news and society, music, movies, books, cooking, autism, and anything else bright and shiny in the world of ideas.
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