Backups via Time Machine to our 2TB Time Capsule have not gone smoothly the last several months, with the backup always stopping with an unexplained error. After reviewing this 2010 page from Joe Kissell on troubleshooting Time Capsule problems, I tried Disk Utility and then finally opted for a complete erase of the drive and …
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Amazon Live Chat Support = Refund
Liz wanted to return one of the gifts I’d purchased for her from her Amazon wishlist. She tries to only flag items covered by Prime and that are “Fulfilled by Amazon”; if we have to return an item, then those are indicators of free UPS shipping back to Amazon. But the item we wanted to …
Two Very Different Travel Days
Instead of driving 13 or more hours from Durham, NC, to Lakeland, FL, for Christmas, we decided this year to fly. We got to the airport last Friday, Dec. 22, about 2.5 hours early because we’re like that. The Allegiant flight was delayed about 2.5 hours. When a plane arrived, it was of a different …
What Did Jesus Look Like?
The 2015 BBC News article What Did Jesus Really Look Like? is still interesting, even in the afterglow of Christmas. The article is a great blend of historical fact and art history tracing how Jesus has been portrayed in Western art through the centuries, where some traditions started (the beard, halo, and flowing robes hail …
Traveling with my iPad Pro 10.5
One of my reasons for purchasing the iPad Pro was to replace my Chromebook as a travel computing device. Here’s what I’ve been using my iPad for on this trip: Reading downloaded ComiXology comics on the frankly beautiful screen using ComiXology’s Guided View mode. Seeing individual panels filling the whole screen helps these old eyes. …
Six More Little Words
The same coach I mentioned in the previous post asked me in a later session to sum up a motto or philosophy for myself in six words. Instead of compressing a single philosophy into six words, I thought of three two-word phrases to (as always) give myself options. Still, they add up to a single …
Three Little Words
I worked with a coach one time who asked me a question that I regret I can’t recall. Something about “what three words sum up what gives you energy or passion” or “can you tell me what really lights you up, in three words?”
Still running Sierra and iOS 10.3
Computers — or playing with them — has been a hobby, pastime, and necessity for the last couple of decades. It used to be that I could not wait to download or install the new version of an application or operating system; the thrill of the New powered that desire. But with my iMac, 3-month-old …
How I’m Learning Now
My day job for the last two or so decades has been as a software technical writer. Basically, I write the how-tos that people generally avoid reading. I always default to buying a book when learning a new product. I did this for my iPhone and for Squarespace; I have bought innumerable e-books from Take …
My New iPad
New and first iPad ever, actually, only a few weeks old. It’s the 10.5-inch iPad Pro and it is a beaut of a machine. Remarkably light and thin, beautiful screen. It’s a luxury that is not yet a necessity. Liz has had an iPad Mini for 4-5 years now and absolutely adores it. She reads …
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