Break my ‘puter, pls!

I was recently asked if I wanted to upgrade my powerbook… want and need… hmmm.
I looked for problems with it that might justify a swanky new toy. Alas, the 4-yr old machine, with its ol’ fashioned PowerPC chip is still chugging away and rather well, in all fairness.
The battery life was non-existent - that’s a [...]

Emailing my sponsor child

Tonight I discovered that I could send an email to my 9yo sponsor child in Chile, via the World Vision site (http://www.worldvision.com.au) and that my message would be translated and delivered to her, just as her hand-written note had been forwarded to me.
It’s such an obvious function, and yet, because of the special service provided [...]

Testing 1, 2, is this thing on?

The Gentle Giant says I have a deep, committed relationship with my iPhone - if this post works, I might make that legal!

Know where your towel is

Douglas Adams was right - one should always, ALWAYS, know where one’s towel is.