Musings
We brought the one on the left into the household (Apple replaced our old computer with this one when the CD drive in the older one failed years ago, a free upgrade we still appreciate). The one on the middle was inherited from Seattle, after being replaced by a better-functioning model (battery problems, I think). The one on the right lives a couple streets down, and is undergoing computer surgery (new operating system, and I don’t know what else), which apparently can be most easily done using the Seattle computer. Since the Seattle computer’s original owner is a real-world surgeon, this seems somehow appropriate.
What I see here are three Apples, and one pumpkin…pie.*
Also featuring the Uncle Bob Table….
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Yes, today is the big two-oh. As RMJ noted this morning (thank you kindly!)….
We celebrated by, among other things, sleeping in, wandering in the ATL Botanical Garden (still with annoying noisy home page, so I provide no gratis link), checking out the sleeping plants and the Henry Moore sculptures.
Oh, and swinging by Showcase and handling the Canon EOS 7D, and, yup, deciding to bring one home! We’re still figuring out how to use it (not surprisingly). Good thing we didn’t have it on our trip, or we would have needed an array of hard drives to store all the huge, luscious images….
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I’m a slow Googler, I guess. It took me a while to find this, a MonoTracer by Peraves, here on the web, after we spotted it when we were out for a walk (overcast, cool, but not windy). And I’m slow to catch on; this techno-beast was one of Time’s best inventions of 2008.
Two wheels = motorcycle.
But with “training wheels” for cornering, I’m sure—and general stability?
Full fairing = more car-like. I see on the Peraves website, this “fairing” is really a monocoque, that is, that the chassis and body are, I guess one and the same.
In action photos on the website, this vehicle looks more interesting than here, but it sure was eye-catching parked right there in Virginia-Highland in front of Murphy’s (I’m betting by its very own driver, and not the valet dudes!).
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On a technology note, I keep forgetting to mention what a wonderful program ClickToFlash is. Download it here and take control of your Safari* browsing!
Regarding the big news around here, the election: we went to vote around 10:30 this morning, and I thought there were more people there than I expected, for a run-off election. Four races went to run-offs in our district, actually. A larger turnout is what the AJC is reporting, too….
* On a Mac, of course….
UPDATE: read thishere before you finish your ClickToFlash installation, as I mention later.
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Upgrade!
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The other day I mentioned that we have a reasonably prolific pear tomato. Yesterday I mused about anthropomophizing in my interior landscape.
These trends continue today…
Perhaps I’m simple, but this sure looks like a golden pear tomato cowboy to me. Jaunty and all.
Like the green hat?
Let’s see, I was going to post a picture of a wood duck, in profile, nicely sunlit, taken down at the park. But.
But the camera or the customized photo transfer software/script captured the pictures and put them, um, nowhere. The Guru is standing by to tweak the problem. When we do the next download.
In the meantime, he’s distracted me by noting this brand new camera from Canon, the PowerShot SX20 IS, which sounds pretty cool. Of course, our current camera is mighty cool; it’s a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 we bought earlier this year.
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Radio Man demonstrates victory over technology!
The Explorer (now officially classified by the US Govt as a Clunker—ugh!) is now outfitted with a lovely after-market radio with hi-def AM and FM, two different iPod jacks, including one that powers the iPod, or can accept other devices. I think the only part of the New Instrument’s controls I understand is how to change the color of the display—there’re 31 flavors, uh, shades.
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I know she remembers crank phones—which are not, at least by definition, related to crank phone calls—and party lines. She’s still a bit suspicious of the iPhone, however, although willing to use it to talk to her son, out there on the Left Coast….
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Overnight Time Machine did its thing—and correctly (resurrecting my software, settings, etc.—almost perfectly). And I’m back in biz! The Guru says it’s the hardest fix he’s ever done.*
I’m so appreciative!
* Note—he now has implemented his own Time Machine backup on a separate hard drive.
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We aren’t the only ones dealing with technology. This is Sir Paul’s stage for the Saturday night concert, and we’ve been monitoring the construction since last Sunday morning. The watchers are still letting us walk through (obliquely) along our customary exercise route.
Closer to home, The Guru has developed a replacement plan for the hard drive, and implementation is underway.
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