Lord of the Castle

It may sound strange, coming from a blogger, but I have not been a huge fan of technology.
We went several years without a television in our home. When we did get one, TV time was strictly limited. Basically, for most of my children’s lives, we used the television to watch videos.
During his childhood, most of [...]

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I realize that I haven’t written in a few days…
It’s my oldest daughter’s fault!
She started a blog! And it’s good.
Great picture (of course she has much better material to work with than I do!)…contemporary look…creative, fun writing…(I wonder where she gets that from? They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…).
I enjoyed her [...]

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Yesterday, I tried to link to a post about my most recent problem with my MacBook Pro laptop computer. I didn’t succeed because I never told you the story!
I back up my entire computer semi-regularly onto my Time Capsule. However, that is still a hard drive and, therefore, is subject to failure. So, about twice a year, [...]

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I confessed something to my wife a few days ago…
“It might seem corny, but I REALLY like using my computer.”
Three weeks ago, while I was waiting for my MacBook Pro DVD drive to be replaced, I bought Apple’s latest operating system, “Snow Leopard”. It is faster and more powerful than the “Leopard” operating system that [...]

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It didn’t snow today…but it is still foggy and cold.
So, I decided to stay inside and work on my goals today! Doesn’t THAT sound EXCITING, boys and girls?
I have been writing about goals on this blog off and on for the past two weeks. However, I needed to spend some time figuring out what I want [...]

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about one of my alter ego’s (Superdad) recent adventures.
The plot ran something like this…
Long lost daughter is miraculously found!
Joy abounds!
Big corporation threatens to bankrupt the family if she attempts to renew her relationships with the members of her family! You can read about it here.
I put my cape on and [...]

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Since our trip to New Jersey/Philadelphia, my second daughter has been wanting to talk much more these days.
to me…to her mother…her little sister…her brother…her big sister…
This fact began to dawn on me a few weeks ago when my wife said “I had a long conversation with Kimba last night.”
“Oh really? I talked with her today for [...]

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I never ceased to be amazed…at many things. After 50 years, I am still easily impressed.
That can be a good thing or it can be a bad thing.
Take my latest encounter of the computer kind. After much thought, and I mean MUCH thought, I decided on the G-5 I-Mac…for the reasons that I listed in [...]

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I picked up the IMac after work.
I was pretty excited…
until I plugged it in! Nothing happened!
Well, not quite nothing…
After 15 seconds, the fan started blowing really loudly!
&%&^$#$&*!
Is it written somewhere that every computer purchase has to be like this?

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A little over a year ago, I bought a new MacBook Pro laptop. It has been a great machine. I use it all of the time. I’m really happy with it.
However, we need another computer…
When I get home in the evenings, there are three people who want/need to use it. That can create some problems.
Before my [...]

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