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Ain’t Misbehavin

I don’t think that I’ve expressed the joy I’m feeling leading up to my wedding. That’s not sarcasm. I mean it. I’m posting this mostly for Amber, who’s never heard the song before. Here it is, video, music and lyrics.

No one to talk with
All by myself
No one to walk with
But I’m [...]

It has arrived!

I did not expect my laptop this morning when I went to sleep and it was in Anchorage Alaksa.  However, I woke up this morning to see that the laptop was one town away waiting in the FedEx in Stratford, CT.
In a word, it is AWESOME.

Laptop status

At 2:49 local time, my laptop left Anchorage Alaska.
Could it be here tomorrow?
They estimate delivery October 2nd, but that’s way more than the 2-3 day shipping that was promised.

It shipped

My new Mac Book Pro shipped from Shanghai China and it’s on it’s way!  At the latest it will be here by my birthday, but signs (and my conversation with Apple Support) point to it being here earlier than that.
The other cool thing was when I called and asked about if I could bump the [...]

What I Want From Apple…

The first is a Mac Book Pro with a Core 2 Duo processor. That’s #1 with a bullet.
The next idea hasn’t actually happened yet.

I own an Apple iPod HiFi. We needed something to go in the breakfast nook that the iPod could hook up to that didn’t look like a piece of crap [...]