Mitch Cohen
Found two old Apple Store gift cards yesterday. The newer of the two has instructions on adding to Passbook. The older is copyright 2006. Hoping the latter is still valid. If so, I’ll buy myself a present!
A quote I wrote to myself for a Mac IIcx, circa 1989. List price $7069. Usual retail discount at the time was 10-12%. I worked at a dealer, so I could buy at dealer cost - 50% off. I didn’t buy this one; I got a IIci a year later, through an Apple SPIFF program.
“Hey Siri, play NPR news” turns out to be a great HomePod command when prepping a quick meal. Plays the most recent hourly news, then stops.
It’s Alive! It’s Alive! A little more dancing with SMC resets and the 17” MBP has returned to service! Beers for everyone in the office! (Ok, I work at home, nobody else is here, and I don’t drink. It’s the thought that counts.)
Sad part of the day though - my ancient 17” MacBook Pro, one my favorite Macs of all time, seems to have bit the dust. Won’t power on. Was used as the family shared Mac. Sniff!
Set up my new MacBook Pro over the weekend, replacing a four-year-old model. Both 15” Retina. Faster. Touchbar is nice; TouchID is amazing. Got enough dongles to make USB-C manageable. The new trackpad is taking some getting used-to.
Amazon just thanked me for the return of an $8 item I did buy and did not return (nor want to return). I confirmed they refunded the $8 to my credit card. Here’s how this call would go: I’ll spend an hour explaining it to them until they get it. Eventually they might re-charge the $8, then issue me a $5 credit for my troubles, which would be a fraction of the value of my time spent on their weird error. Modern commerce is weird.
Last night we opened our home to our first election results party. It appears we’ve started a new tradition. We also have leftovers to feed us for a week…
I’m reasonably pleased with yesterday’s election results. My team got the house, which is a critical balance adjustment. Given the Senate map, in all rights it should have been worse. As long as RBG stays healthy we stand a chance of coming out the other side in two years.