Reinke Faces Life

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I’ve been putting my McBa use items here.

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Last night, didn’t notice the plug was out and McBa was sitting in hibernate. Today noticed it. Battery is under a quarter. Wonder what happens when it goes flat? Any way, cant take it with me today to doc office because it’s so low. Maybe that is a design problem. It should shutdown after hibernate for say an hour?

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Argh!

All the work on chapter 63 was lost.

I don’t know if it was McBa’s fault or operator error.

I have to print everything I do on this project before I leave a file. Luggable has screwed me once very badly on this project loosing three wee hours of the morning prose. Now McBa screwed me out of an hour of not so beautiful prose.

Argh! Argh!

Maybe I should use a typewriter? This is a productivity enhancement?

Argh! Argh! Argh!

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Argh!

Sent a chapter of the novel over to McBa. Worked fine. Did some work no it saved it. And this morning McBa says something to the effect that “you might be surprised at the results”.

Aghhh!

Surprised is NOT the word I’d use.

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Now maybe it’s picky. And maybe I’m just dense. But the McBa’s keyboard is mislabeled one key.

It’s <backspace>; not <delete>!!!

It reallly throws me off.

Maybe there’s a way to redefine it? Maybe I just don’t understand. Maybe it’s trivial to you.

It’s annoying to me!

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Update: Yes, I figured out that Fn + Delete is ‘forward delete’. Thanks, Google. Argh!

http://www.apple-touch.com/free-ipod-touch-with-purchase-of-a-mac-for-college-students-02661.php

Free iPod Touch with Purchase of a Mac for College Students?
Posted on June 2nd, 2008 in iPod Touch

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Every year Apple has made a special back to school program available for students heading back to school. Last year they made the offers only available to college students and this year rumors are circulating that they might include a free 8GB touch with a Mac purchase.

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Screwed again. Missed out on one of whatever it is.

Argh!

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I ordered a ‘man bag’ for McBa. (Mac Book Air … I’m always accused of using acronyms) I took the 35$ one that looked like it would suffice. Some of them are price in the hundreds. Guess they think if you spring for a McBa, then you’ll spend any amount for anything. Maybe Martha; not me. The dumb thing didn’t come with a shoulder strap so I borrowed one. I’ll gripe about that vendor when I get around to it.

Any way I took McBa out in its ‘man bag’ and it worked perfectly. Fired up the vwubbie (Verizon Wireless Broad Band usb modem). And everything worked fine.

There was a wifi signal but I couldn’t connect. Argh!

McBa ran for more than 2 hours on the battery driving vwubbie.

I as careful to shut down; not just close the lid. Just closing the lid drains the battery in 12 hours.

So far, I’m pleased.

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Brought the “time capsule” home. Took a few manual ‘press and hold for 10 seconds’ to finally convince it to connect to my home wireless network.

Yeah!

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The first backup, which I had read takes a while, did.

Four Hours?

What was it writing records with a quill pen?

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Fired up the Time machine.

It REQUIRES an inet connection to configure. Or at least I couldn’t figure out how to make it work without one.

It’s backing up MBA as we speak. Feels like about four hours.

Haven’t figured out where to keep the Time Machine — home or at work?

Haven’t figured out how to eject the disk from the ‘MacBookAir Super Drive’ (an external cd drive with a twenty page limited warranty in five languages AND a four page ‘user manual’ with one page of pictures and two pages of ‘regulatory information’ and one sentence of documentation)

“Attach the MacBook Air SuperDrive directly to your MacBook Air.” in five languages of course.

No word how to eject the disk, the drive, or the usb cable. (I’ll wait till I power down.) No idea if you can put it on a usb hub between it and MBA!

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Connects flawlessly to my home wireless network. At work, not so good. Does it support enterprise wep leap?

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McBa is all powered up and ready for “productivity”.

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UPDATE: Frau’s got it! I can see her signature on the FedEx website. (way kool!) If I didn’t have a problem solving call this afternoon, I’d call it a week, and go home. It’s like my birthday!

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The McBa is in New Jersey. I’m so excited. I can feel myself becoming more productive already!

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Apr 4, 2008 8:31 AM

On FedEx vehicle for delivery

EDISON, NJ

7:26 AM

At local FedEx facility

EDISON, NJ

2:16 AM

Arrived at FedEx location

NEWARK, NJ

Apr 3, 2008 4:59 PM

Departed FedEx location

ANCHORAGE, AK

9:06 PM

Int’l shipment release

ANCHORAGE, AK

11:48 AM

Arrived at FedEx location

ANCHORAGE, AK

2:27 PM

In transit

SHANGHAI CN

Apr 2, 2008 10:37 AM

Picked up

SHANGHAI CN

Package received after FedEx cutoff

10:37 AM

Left origin

SHANGHAI CN

8:39 AM

Package data transmitted to FedEx

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My one order is coming in three pieces … err, I mean shipments. Hope that’s not prophetic. From China! Don’t know why but I thought Apple as a US based company. Guess it was stupid to think we make anything but mcdonalds in the USA.

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All my platforms have names. Luggable, POSDELL, BigBox, Hasta (as in Hasta la Vista), POKEY, or PUTRID (performance wise).

In light of the TV commercials, I here by designate the soon to arrive Mac Book Air as … …?

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OK, call me “Martha”. (She’s using one.) I just spent the balance of my 2007 technology budget on one.

It should be fun.

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