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Yosemite Slam
I SUPPOSE I should refrain from slamming a new operating system before it's even released, but I can't help but wish that Apple would clean up the rest of the bugs and performance issues in Mavericks 10.9.x before announcing their next arrival. Nonetheless, OS X...
With every bleed of my heart…
The "Heartbleed" bug Many of you have probably already heard about the security issue known as "Heartbleed," which affects numerous Web sites and potentially other programs and systems that use specific versions of an encryption technology known as OpenSSL. SSL...
Flashbulb Memories
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Long Branch Arts Council announced in February that they were seeking submissions from New Jersey poets of all ages to write about their personal experiences or impressions focusing on the events of this "superstorm" and its...
All a ‘Twitter
Last time out I noted that I was contemplating joining the Twitterverse, and perhaps even Tweeting--on a limited basis, of course. I've always believed, as Polonius expressed so eloquently to Hamlet's mom, that brevity is indeed the soul of wit, something that to me...
Here, there and everywhere
I've been accumulating a bunch of Mac-specific topics about which to blog, none of which seemed to merit an entire posting. So I'll devote a paragraph or two to each here, and even toss in the latest on my post-transplant cGVHD status, since I've always believed that...
The Gift of the Mac Guy
With apologies to William Sydney Porter NINE THOUSAND, three hundred and ninety-nine dollars. That was all. And five thousand of it was in hundreds. Hundreds saved three and four at a time by skimping on holiday tips to the doorman, postman et al and by strategicallly...
The Twelve Zero Days of Christmas
By now, it should be apparent that no genre of music--classic, holiday or otherwise--is immune from parody once I take keyboard in hand. This one's a bit of a stretch, though, so stick with me here. When last I shared the most recent details of my multiple medical...
Going postal; or, 39 vials of blood, is that all? 39 vials of blood?
We're talking small Before I get into all the gory details of everything that transpired at the NIH clinical trial last week, I wanted to share my unique lodging experience at the Bolger Hotel & Conference Center, which was originally constructed in the early...
The new abnormal; or, “stuck” in Bethesda
Yes, it's that special time of year again, when our thoughts naturally turn to things like vampires, dripping blood, terrified screams in the darkness, the donning of masks and the reanimation of dead tissue. I'm speaking, of course, about the one-year anniversary of...
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