Applecare is money well-spent. My iBook returned today, with some components replaced (the work order details an “invester” which I take to mean an “inverter”). All seems to be well with it.
Between this repair and a new 30Gb drive last year, I have gotten my money’s worth from AppleCare and would not hesitate to buy it again on my next portable. It helps to have a Genius Bar so close (10 minutes away, with two others within a half-hour).
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drawing class has improved from the first week. this means I learned a lot. broken down to its essentials, drawing is a. making marks and b. deciding what marks to make and how. given my lousy fine motor skills (ever seen my handwriting?), this is suspect terrain. but it’s worth the effort to work through the decision-making process and the physical mark-making.
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camera-making goes slowly. I need to start over, it seems. The work I have done so far has been instructive but not good enough to use. So I take the lessons and apply them to the next iteration.
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some ebay auctions have gone my way, so I now have a lens and shutter for my 4×5 camera and a new tripod and geared head on its way. a friend who works for a government agency that deals with documenting historical landmarks suggested I could perhaps get some work if I can demonstrate some proficiency at large-format photography. All the incentive I need.
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some traffic came from Gruber’s dope-slap last week. I can’t help wishing he would turn his attention to a more meaningful problem. I’d like someone to work out how to create encrypted tunnels for http or email traffic without having to create a separate process as I do now. And if you haven’t seen them, check out the Other Feeds he provides for subscribers (I am not one, but happy to send readers his way).