It has been a while since I last wrote here. A move, a wedding and life have all been keeping me busy. Things have settled down so I thought I'd give a few short thoughts on a number of products I've had a chance to use as well as cover a few things I saw … Continue reading Life Has Been Busy →

Apple, this past week, announced the new Mac Studio and Studio Display. From everything that was discussed in the presentation, they appear to be terrific products. The M1 computers that Apple has introduced have all lived up to the hype, at least the ones I’ve used have (Mini M1, base MacBook Pro 14 inch with … Continue reading Where Has the iMac Gone →

How To - Save Your Purchases If you read my previous post, you are aware of the issue I have with the books I’ve purchased from Apple (iBooks) disappearing from my new devices and not showing up on other devices where I hadn’t downloaded them. This only occurs when Apple has removed the book from … Continue reading How To – Save Your Purchases →

Dear Mr. Cook, First of all, let me relay how great Apple’s support staff are! They were all knowledgeable, helpful and polite! However, they were not able to resolve my issue. My issue is a simple one, I purchased a book from iBooks a few months ago and it does not appear on several of … Continue reading Dear Mr. Cook →

Thanksgiving 2021 Thanksgiving is a holiday that, for me, tends to get lost in the haze of time. Having said that, there are a few that stick out in my mind. The first, without a doubt, is Thanksgiving two years past. We had moved to Ohio and I flew back to Colorado for Thanksgiving. My … Continue reading Thanksgiving →

I’m a bit of a car guy, as many of you may know. I’ve owned quite a few cars over the years and have “lusted” over others. For a long time now, I’ve wanted to compile a couple of car lists. The first being a list of cars that I’ve owned that I still wish … Continue reading Car List →

The Apple iPhone 13 event occurred a few days ago and I decided it was time for another Apple product update, from my perspective. New iPhones were introduced along with two updated iPads, the Apple Watch 7 and several Apple Fitness announcements. Overall, it was a pretty normal fall iPhone event. Pandemic style. For the … Continue reading 13 →

Birthdays. They come and go and come again. They seem to show up faster as the years go by. My 60th arrived the other day. By this age, birthdays seem to be just another number however, with a passing decade, perhaps a bit more reflection is in order. Rather than dwelling on the years gone … Continue reading Time →

What have I missed the most during the last year or so since the pandemic began? Coffee shops. I know many of us have suffered greatly during this pandemic and for that I am truly sad. In no way do I make light of that or want to minimize what folks have gone through. No … Continue reading Coffee Shops →

Writing Code The other day I read this article and it got me thinking about how I’ve approached writing code over the years and how much technical debt is in that code. My hope is, as the years and experience have increased, the technical debt has gone down. I thought it might not be a … Continue reading Code →