Author: Don
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Heading into the Library Stacks
I remember way back when, that Grace and I would go to the Chicago Public library to “do our homework”. When we actually did some homework the reference section was my favorite. That and looking at the huge microfiche library of old copies of the Chicago Tribune. Did you know that Apple hid a huge…
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Lock Her Up in Ten Easy Steps
Your house that is. Automating your door lock can be easy and give you some versatility and control that is almost magical. Imagine that your door is unlocked whenever you approach it and locks whenever you leave home. Or imagine that a friend wants to stay at your house when you are gone but they…
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Remind Me Again
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Apple designed the built-in Reminders app as a list-keeping assistant for both macOS and iOS. You can add reminders of any sort to the default Reminders list, or you can create custom lists, like Groceries or Movies to Watch. Plus, if you’ve set up Family Sharing, you also have a shared family list that everyone…
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The strawberries are sweet and definitely in season with juicy organic berries at many of the nearby farm stands. I love strawberries with my breakfast, in my salads and especially in my strawberry beverages. I have already stained one nice shirt slurping on berries in the car before I got home. Well, I have dismantled…
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Remind Me Again…
Apple designed the built-in Reminders app as a list-keeping assistant for both macOS and iOS. You can add reminders of any sort to the default Reminders list, or you can create custom lists, like Groceries or Movies to Watch. Plus, if you’ve set up Family Sharing, you also have a shared family list that everyone…
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_Dear Friends,_ Cold, hot, cold, hot, rain, sun – that about wraps up the weather report. Grace and I went over to our friend, Deborah’s house the other day and her garden was beautiful and also about a month further along than ours. It is one of the perils of having a higher elevation and…
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So much to do these days, I hope the weather cooperates. My granddaughter, Khadija, graduates today and gramps is bringing her a Mac for college. Then Grace and I hope to ride over to New Hampshire to Laconia and maybe just a little further towards Maine so we can eat some lobsters. Looks like a…
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It's a Mesh
Most of you probably have a single Wi-Fi router that might be an Apple Airport Base station or the DSL or Cable modem provided by your internet provider. Your router might be in one corner of your house, or like me down in the cellar. By the time your Wi-Fi signal finds its way up…
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_Dear Friends,_ I woke up this morning and the heat was on in my house. I think this is against the law in June! Mother nature cannot make up her mind whether it is summer or fall. One day it is in the 80s and the next it is 50. Nevertheless, we did get to…
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I am supposed to ride to Manchester, NH today to take care of a recall on my Indian Roadmaster but with rain in the forecast I might have to put that off. On Saturday we will be heading over to the Adirondacks and Lake George to the annual Americade rally. I like Americade because it…