We reached a major milestone on Friday with the installation of our microwave and stove – we have a functioning kitchen! We don't have door pulls for the bottom cabinets, still need a small heater, and need matched wood in the dining room, but we have everything else. We were able to cook on the …
Closing In on the Kitchen
We are wrapping up eight weeks into our kitchen renovation and it is finally starting to come to a close. This was our fifth week without access to a real kitchen and we are getting more anxious by the day to have it back. Luckily significant progress has been made and we're nearing the end. …
Mac Museum Latest Additions: Lime iBook G3
The tag line for the iBook was iMac to Go, a theme made very clear by the first-generation model introduced in July 1999. The iBook uses the same colorful translucent plastic as the iMac and had the same consumer-focused ambitions in a notebook form. Initial models came in Tangerine (Orange) and Blueberry (Light Blue) "flavors" but changed …
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Our Kitchen Remodel is Underway
After nearly 10 years in our house, we are finally remodeling our kitchen. It was a big upgrade from our previous house, offering more counter space, more cabinetry, and better materials. We traded laminate counter for solid Corian with and integrated sink, eighties particle board veneer cabinets for solid wood with lighting, and linoleum flooring …
Tinkering with an Apple IIc
My Mac Museum is mostly Macs but I do branch out a bit in certain areas. I have a pretty good collection of iPods, a solid collection of Palm Pilots, and even a couple of Apple II's. One of them is an Apple IIc that I bought a couple of years ago. I really like …
Time to Upgrade My RAID
I have a lot of photos, about 40,000, most in RAW format. They take up a lot of space and are very important to me so I've invested a fair amount in storage to protect them. About 8 years ago I bought an external RAID array and two 2TB hard drives. I set the array …
Mac Museum Latest Additions: Black MacBook
Apple released the MacBook in May 2006 to replace the iBook. It completed the majority of Apple's transition to Intel processors (save for the Mac Pro and Xserve) and introduced a new form factor to its consumer line. It includes features previously reserved for the PowerBook / MacBook Pro family including a widescreen display (13") …
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Mac Museum is Back (for Now)
My interests ebb and flow over time and there is no better example than the Mac Museum. When I started it back in 2011 I was very passionate, collecting as many items as I could find, writing articles, and constantly reorganizing my collection. That interest continued into 2012 and 2013 where I made my highest …
Kidney Stonehenge Part II
I had my ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy procedure yesterday and I survived. I haven't had surgery in about 15 years so it was a little bit weird, but the staff treated me well and I was done before I knew it. I remember rolling down the hall towards the operating room and then waking up …
My Kidney Has a Rolling Stone
While I had a great time in Seattle getting some work done and taking some photos, the week ended on a bit of a low note: I ended up in the ER with a kidney stone. That was over two weeks ago. It has been quite the journey since. About mid-week I started feeling ill …
Relatively Ambitious 