MacBook Air with USB727 from Verizon Wireless

May 23, 2008

MacBook Air and USB727 When it comes to working in the cafe (or in the hotel room, or in any public place), it’s great to have my MacBook Air and to be able to get online at any time, with or without WiFi available. I have found that with a few caveats, the USB727 works […]

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Switching Mom and Dad to Mac

May 17, 2008

This was a banner week! Mom and Dad decided to replace their WindowsXP machine with an iMac. Yes, they are grandparents and yes, they decided that they could learn a new operating system. Their needs are normal: e-mail, web browsing, and looking at pictures of their (nearly grown) grandchildren. The setup was easy (except for […]

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Back to the Original Server

May 15, 2008

A few days back, I decided to move OfficeCafe to another server so I could rebuild this one. It’s done. I had about a half hour of down time while I made the old server stop listening for connections, powered up the new server, and made WordPress talk to MySQL again. Again, Bryan J. Hong’s book, […]

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The Third Place

May 12, 2008

Over at Coffee Shop Journal, Marla talks about one of my favorite topics. I love to be in the Coffee Shop, just bumping into the people. If you frequent one or two shops with any regularity, you will get to know the people around you. Sometimes you don’t get a chance to know their names, […]

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Alone But Not Lonely

May 6, 2008

Today I spent a little time at Starbucks. I had been doing errands and one errand took me to the same plaza as one of the oldest Starbucks in the county. I stopped in to sit and think for a while. I was alone, but thanks to friends who were already there, I was not […]

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