Ma and Pa's Blog

I’ve been away this week … Ma reminded me yesterday.   To recap:

• 2 days uploading vacation pics and video
• 1 day installing and tweaking MintPPC on Ma’s old Powerbook
• 1 early wake-up downloading and installing ChromeOS update on my CR-48
• 1 evening re-installing and updating OSX on the Powerbook

Successes:

• the vacation pics and video are online
• Linux Mint ran on the Powerbook, including wifi, Firefox (Iceweasel), Gimp, AbiWord
• the ChromeOS update seems to have fixed the wifi dropout problem that I was convinced was a hardware problem
• OSX is back and up-to-date on the Powerbook

Failures:

• Linux Mint was worse than OSX on the Powerbook.   Still no current Flash and no Chrome, and there were shutdown, overheating, and fast battery drain issues.
• I was again unaware of my absence until reminded by Ma.

Done “geeking”.

This seems so redundant, but, if anyone’s missed it, we have a blog documenting out recent trip to visit Jeff, Anna-Marie and Sebastian. We had a great visit and great trips coming and going on Amtrak.

Blog Documenting Our Trip

Caleb and Owen seemed to thoroughly enjoy watching Elf with us last evening.   I think the adults were enjoying it as well … at least this one was.   I think it might get added to our Christmas classics short list.

Thanks, Lyn and Bob, for another very special Christmas gathering. We really enjoyed seeing everyone and eating and drinking too much. Just wish I’d gone home with the yodeling pickle. ;D

Facebook appears to be victorious.   There’s not much to say, and one outlet may be enough.   It’s sad to think that Ma & Pa’s Blog may wither and die from lack of posts.  Though I’m not planning any changes at present, I’ll have to evaluate down the road whether we continue to pay Siteground to host the site, or go with free Facebook and Picasa hosting.   Photos are the biggest concern, as our Coppermine gallery site is a nice alternative to backing up digital photos.  I expect if I go the Picasa route, I’ll soon be paying Google more that what unlimited storage costs at Siteground.  Who knows what the digital future holds.  Perhaps we’ll get to the point that nothing older than 6 months is even readable — like saving a precious stash of cassette tapes or floppy disks.   . . . ‘nough said.

“Harvest” is a huge exaggeration. We’re not farmers. We’re barely gardeners.  The couple mutants suggest “Frankenstein fruit” may be our forte.

His vision, through great Apple products, made working, learning, and playing easier and more fun.   Well done.

That’s all.

TV antenna — can you find it?  Follow the wire.

There it is!  This is the back side:

Now the working side:

New chairs and table: