5,375 NaNo words right now... only about 300 of them written today thanks to a long phone call with Apple this morning about the MacBook fiasco. In the end, we canceled the order for another machine from apple.com and decided to go with one from our local store, which is fancier and that's nice, though it would have been nicer not to feel like we ( Read more... )

Alright, so yesterday's initial word count was a little bit sad, mostly because I spent 90% of the afternoon on the phone with AppleCare to have them decide in the end that I had to send my brand new computer back because it was dead and they'll send another one to me as soon as they can, but apparently there's a possibility that it won't come for ( Read more... )

I almost could have kissed the FedEx man who knocked on our door at 8:30 this morning. I didn't even know they delivered that early, but there he was, and he had my beautiful new MacBook waiting to be loved. Despite the fact that my AirPort (wireless card, for those non-applites out there) is strangely misbehaving and the initial software updates ( Read more... )

I just wanted to post a quick update on the new MacBook. It's still en route (from China, you may recall) and seems to have left Anchorage, Alaska at 4:58 local time this evening - which means it's been on the road for three hours now. Now, the question is whether or not it's actually on the road or whether it's in the air, which might possibly ( Read more... )

You might remember that I was unhappy with the Apple Store's selection of laptop carrying arrangements. I took matters more or less into my own hands and started researching all my options. I've always been fond of the idea of having a bag made by Timbuk2 but let's face it - they're expensive. Nevertheless, I was near our lovely REI store this ( Read more... )

Well this morning we went to Matt's seminary orientation. It lasted until about 2pm, and (sad to say) was mostly boring. A good deal of it was going over how to use the library's online search functions and their online course supplement stuff, which we had already figured out. But it was worth it in terms of making connections with other ( Read more... )

So we've finally caved and purchased a new power adapter for my laptop. We ran all the numbers and it really is worth it to try to wait for an educational discount for me on the new MacBook. So I found a good deal thanks to Jonathan and Diane and have paid $45 including overnight shipping to get it here by tomorrow afternoon. Not a bad deal ( Read more... )