Dead iMackii

Woohoo! Ol' Lazarus is back in town. Took my dead elderly iMackii to the Apple Store. The Apple genius turned it on its side, she prodded and burped it, and lo! It fired right up. Who knew?

I brought it home. Nada. Turned it on its side, turned it face down on the bed, whacked it upside the head, then pushed hard on the plug and it chimed. Gawd, I love that chord.

It's the last chord you hear right before the Beatles begin singing "Don't Let Me Down" which is what everyone subconsciously thinks as they're pushing the start button. It also sounds like the last chord in "A day in the life" by the Beatles. I'd love to turn you on.....

Having a gurl genius rocked. She got me, and my passion for keeping old technology alive (and useful)—not like those other whippersnappers who want you to slip into the latest model.

Dear Ones, With the unusual sunspot activity, all electronics are particularly vulnerable due to excess EMS activity.

My myriad, peculiar, ongoing Mac woes are a case in point. I lost my USB ports in my MacBook. A static zap! I saw a spark (and heard a resounding SNAP!) when I plugged in my SD card reader. Luckily, I was able to do a PRAM hard reset, and restore my ports.  Didn't need to do a ful SMS reset. Turns out, OSX disables USB ports if there's too much of a "draw." TG.

If you're wearing shoes or socks, and working on synthetic rugs, plastic chair mats, touch some metal BEFORE you plug anything into your FW or USB ports. Barefoot on wooden floors is best. We've got another year of this extreme EM activity, so train up now! And scan the night skies for Aurorae Borealis!

We all just have far too much magnetism these days (and nights).

Maureen Carden says: Back to pen and paper, folks. Remember "letters"?

I say it's tricky to edit photos with pen and paper...


February 6  Ol' Lazarus, aka iMackie the PPC's OS was corrupted—which means a restart. Or no start at all. I've backed everything up and edited all my pix, dotted my ts, met my deadlines. It's been running steadily for months. It's merely a matter of time.

Here goes. Wish me luck. I had to faceplant the iMac into the pillows and lean hard on his plug until he restarted. Ol' Lazzie fired right up with a resounding chime. BONG!!! But then, I did a restart, not a major shutdown. He's 6 years old, and long in tooth, but has a lovely big screen for editing photos—unlike my newer MacBook (it's got a simpleminded screen).

February 18