R.I.P. Silvio
Silvio, Linda’s (and First Blush’s) faithful camera had a little accident yesterday. He (we’ve always thought of him as a ‘he’) somehow slipped from Linda’s pocket and landed, as luck would have it, in water.
We’ve kept him in a warm place hoping he would dry out, but sadly, after one brief wimper, he’s not budged […]
The Christmas picture
So here’s the whole reason we put up a Christmas tree this year: so we could have a picture of Grace and mom Julie and pop John in her first year. There’s Grace, just over a month old, looking very intelligent (wouldn’t you say?) - with her beaming parents.
Never mind that only about a square […]
“I’m not into babies”
So said Grandmother Linda before Grace was born, suggesting that Grace not be brought over until she was at least 5 years old. Since then grandmother and granddaughter have met four or five times, and most would say grandmother Linda is delighted with her new kin.
Indeed, Grace fell asleep in Linda’s arms last night, which […]
The Christmas tree appears
Neighbors Rich and Kurt muscled this tree into the house yesterday, and spouse Linda stayed up late last night putting on the lights.
We haven’t had a ‘real’ Christmas Tree for the last couple of years (an empty nester’s prerogative), but Linda decided we absolutely had to have one for granddaughter Grace’s first year - mainly […]
Six weeks with Leopard
So, Leopard (aka Mac OS 10.5, on the right, above) has performed pretty much flawlessly (excepting the blue screen at install) on a Core Duo Mac Mini. Tiger (Mac OS 10.4.11 at left, on a single-processor G5) has had some USB problems (also seen on our dual processor G5 which has lots of problems under […]
Profiting from the long tail
We had the opportunity recently, to speak with Du Nguyen, VP of marketing at startup Zipidee. Zipidee’s business model is to profit from digital goods offered by ‘prosumers’ - content that makes up the ‘long tail’ in the digital marketplace.
Zipidee handles all the tiresome stuff - hosting, tracking transactions, collecting money et al. Early customers […]
Back at the blog controls…
We’ve been dealing with what felt like, to me, an anemia episode - featuring fatigue, weakness and other no-fun symptoms - hence we’re a bit behind on the blog. My neuro-oncologist thinks I’m having steroid withdrawal symptoms (I actually went to zero steroids yesterday, but he thinks I began having problems around 1mg, 2 weeks […]
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We’re back from Mexico - where we had a really great time. Naturally, I picked this week to have a bout with anemia, which was kind of ideal, in a way. I didn’t feel like doing much, so laying by the pool was actually a pretty good deal. Linda had planned to leave […]
Mexico
If you’ve been reading Linda’s blog, you know we’re in Mexico at a resort in Punta Mita, north of Puerto Vallarta. Linda has been working hard to avoid being feted for a significant birthday, and escaping to Mexico was a way to keep her friends from throwing a bash for a birthday milestone Linda didn’t […]
Biting the ‘green bullet’
Here’s our brand new, energy-efficient furnace: at almost $4,000, it wasn’t particularly cheap. The air conditioning option would have cost an additional $4600 (I declined).
You may recall that last year our 53-year-old furnace failed during a cold snap (temperatures in the 30s). Our good, local plumbing and heating guys wouldn’t repair it, it was just […]