Month: June, 2008

Bruised Apple, Part 3 (Finale)

I nearly forgot — the conclusion to my iMac repair saga from last week… I called the Apple Store mid-week to inquire on the status of my repair request.  I must have gotten hooked up with the surliest Apple Store employee I’ve ever spoken to, which in the grand scheme of things was pretty damn [...]

Father’s Day

Woken up by the kids singing me morning songs and a gift of some sweet new riding gear.  Breakfast of chilaquiles, warm tortillas, chorizo, coffee and oj. Church followed by a picnic. Capped off by 12 muddy miles. Dang.  The missus really knows how to pimp a dad out.  It doesn’t get much better than that. [...]

Sweet Validation Via Someecards.com

Just when you think the work you do is irrelevant, someone interesting makes fun of it.  [Full disclosure: former client at previous agency.]

Bruised Apple, Part 2 (WWDC Audio Stream)

So I had to take the old Mac in on Sunday due to the power supply issues I described on Friday.  I made my appointment at the Genius Bar via the web and then headed off for a bike ride.  With Sunday’s wind, the first leg of my ride was great.  The return trip, however, [...]

Bruised Apple

After three years of faithful service, it would appear that my trusty little G5 iMac is starting to develop some power supply quirks — inconveniently switching off at random.  While there’s little doubt that I’ll get the guy repaired, the time may have come to upgrade the missus’ 6 year old desklamp with my repaired Mac [...]