iPhone haiku

Steve cleared it all up
No problem, use the bumper
Go away I command

How to write a blog

Ok, so why do I not write anything here? I am sort of stuck.

I was having a conversation with the editor who gave me my first job in newspapers 20 years ago. She is one of the nicest people I know, and I was thrilled to get to work with her again. She is now the exec editor of a magazine and was out in LA to interview the subjects and so I drove up to shoot the story for her and we got to talk after the shoot over a couple of drinks.

Blogging and tweeting requires having something to say. I am fortunate in that I have a life that I find interesting and I get to do a lot of interesting stuff in the course of my work, but I always have to wonder if that translates into anything that other people want to read.

I also am committed to being Christ-like in my approach to what I write and how I live my life. I have, of course, not attained Christ-like status by any stretch. But I believe in going by the golden rule approach of writing this, which is not writing anything that I wouldn't want someone else to write about me.

That is not to say that I haven't written anything negative or that points a finger, or that I won't in the future, but that I want to be fair in doing so. I might talk about the problem, or the perpetrator, but only in a way, hopefully, that points to a solution... no talk of all hope is lost or that anyone is beyond redemption (which they are not.)

Oh well, go back about your important business now... I'm done rambling

I've been gone a long time

Ok. So I have not posted here in more than a year. Photography (work... a good thing) and family (2 year old twins, a 7 year-old and a great wife... all blessings from God) have kept me plenty busy. So writing things here has not been something that I have even thought much about. Still. I am still here. And I really, sincerely, do plan on writing more.

I have an iPhone 4 (that would not come as a surprise to anyone who knows me) and I await what Steve Jobs has to say about the antenna issue today. Here are my pre-press conference thoughts compressed into 17 syllables.


Do not touch me there
If you want to make this call
I'm no 3Gs

Quick fix for smudgy MacBook

So I have one of the new aluminum Macbooks. I love it. It has traveled the world with me since I got it back in November. But this morning I was using it in direct sunlight (not ideal, but I was in a place I had no choice) and I noticed what looked like fingerprints smudged under the glass that covers the screen. It made it look cloudy in those areas when there was sunlight back-lighting it.

I tried cleaning it, just in case, but it was under the glass. I had noticed smudges in that corner before under different light, but always assumed it was on the outside and I cleaned the glass (while inside under less light) and everything looked fine. This time, I did the whole thing with sunlight to my back and I was shocked to see it was under the glass.

I made an appointment at the Apple store to get it fixed, and hoped it would not be a problem getting it fixed. I showed up to my appointment (made within an hour of my screen smudge discovery thanks to the ProCare membership I spent $99 for) and was helped by a friendly Apple Genius named Michael Brown.

We walked out into the sunlight so he could see the smudges, agreed it was a problem, checked it in to be fixed and said I would most likely have it back this afternoon. I knew that ProCare was supposed to expedite repairs, but I really doubted that I would have it back same day. He (Michael) even verified that they had another screen to replace mine with. I gave him the laptop and went on my way.

Five hours later, I got the call my laptop was done. I am typing this on my now smudge-free MacBook while watching my son at a karate class.

Three cheers for Apple service and Pro Care.