With my MacBook Pro, I got an Apple Remote. I didn’t order it separately– it came with it, but it’s very handy to have, because I do a lot of presentations and public speaking gigs, and having a remote is good to have. Unfortunately, Front Row, the Apple software that talks to the remote, doesn’t […]
MacBook has arrived
The new MacBook Pro arrived this morning. I immediately tried to restore everything I used to have on Trinity…. and failed. Badly. Tip: Don’t restore from a backup from a corrupted system. I’m now doing a complete wipe/restore, and will be a little more judicious in adding back all my stuff. In unrelated news, the […]
Plan USA/Childreach Sponsorship
For almost fifteen years, I’ve sponsored children in developing nations through Childreach/Plan USA. This is not the most personally meaningful thing I’ve done in my life, but it’s significant in many ways. For example, fifteen years is a long time to do anything. It’s almost half of my life, after all, and I’ve done nothing […]