After eight years of reliable service, it was time to replace my primary laptop, a 2012 MacBook Pro. It had been my first non-work Mac, and I gave it a lengthy review after buying it.

Back then, I luckily bought the last model before Apple made numerous user-hostile changes to their laptops, such as their unreliable butterfly keyboard, sub-par ( Read more... )

With a tall pile of empty cardboard boxes after a household shopping spree, I decided to manifest a little creativity.

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If I were to choose the destination for a birthday trip, I probably wouldn’t choose Cleveland. However, that’s what Inna wanted. At least it’s easily accessible from home. Here’s a quick trip report.

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I hate Apple. Let me just get that out there, so that there’s no ambiguity: I hate Apple.

That said, I recently took shipment of a new laptop, and it’s a Macbook Pro. What brought me to this horrible point? It’s like this…

The loyal Lenovo laptop I ran at home has served me admirably for seven ( Read more... )

I’m really bored, so I guess I’ll write about last Thursday’s purchase.

I decided I needed a tiny little point & shoot digital camera to take with me on the bike, and especially for next month’s Pan-Mass Challenge. And, of course, it would also be handy to carry around, to catch the shots I see when I leave the 70-pound dSLR at home.

My criteria ( Read more... )

Time for a quick general update. Things have been pretty good of late.

On the work front, I’m not at the client site anymore, which is really nice. Still working for that big lingerie retailer, which is mostly okay. The other day I learned what a tanga is. Sadly, not through a hands-on demonstration.

And I’ve changed roles on the project from ( Read more... )

I love the people who make up these questions…
Do you like to shop? Why or why not? Honestly, I would enjoy shopping, if it weren’t for the fact that other people are always shopping at the same time. I just hate having to wade through piles of aimless, slow-walking midgets.
  What was the last thing you purchased? Some tortellini dish, a burger, a ( Read more... )