25th December, 2023: Christmas Day.
It's official: it's Christmas Day.
A time of great joy,wonderment, peace, love, wossname and unlimited bowls of rice pudding.
I feel vaguely cynical, already.
But?
Can only hope the things the day is supposed to symbolise -- peace, love, understanding -- takes some sort of hold in the world.
It could be nice.
~≈🎄≈~
Things go on, though.
Including video reviews.
My most recent, of the seventh episode of For All Mankind, is something you can watch, here.
There's also something of an apology -- and confession -- for those who've donated money to me, over the past few days.
So you know?
My normally very reliable iMac failed on me, last week.
So?
I managed to take it to a local repair shop: after several friends and family members made some very generous donations.
Friday, just gone? The 22nd of this year?
Was when I was told it would be ready to pick up.
It wasn't.
Nor was it ready, Saturday: there were expensive sounding issues.
So? I told the shop I'd look in on Sunday -- yesterday, Christmas Eve -- as they were open: to do the inevitable talk.
They hadn't fixed it.
Seemingly?
They'd replaced the power supply that was causing issues, but found they were having issues with the screen ... and with the motherboard, and the central processor: and were finding something short-circuiting, somewhere.
They couldn't -- in the time allowed, and for the agreed price -- fix the thing.
I felt that, under the circumstances, taking the thing off them, and back home, would be the best bet.
The possible upside?
Was that people had donated enough for me to buy a replacement Mac: an M2 Mac mini which is scheduled to arrive on Friday.
I'm looking forward to that.
As helpful as the back-up laptop is, it would be nice to use the keyboard shortcuts I'm used to.
There is one thing, though.
I feel I should apologise to you, if you were one of the donors I'm grateful to.
After all, you donated your hard earned cash to me: in the expectation I'd spend the money on a repair, rather than a replacement.
I can only apologise.
At any rate?
Happy Christmas!
My normally very reliable iMac failed on me, last week.
So?
I managed to take it to a local repair shop: after several friends and family members made some very generous donations.
Friday, just gone? The 22nd of this year?
Was when I was told it would be ready to pick up.
It wasn't.
Nor was it ready, Saturday: there were expensive sounding issues.
So? I told the shop I'd look in on Sunday -- yesterday, Christmas Eve -- as they were open: to do the inevitable talk.
They hadn't fixed it.
Seemingly?
They'd replaced the power supply that was causing issues, but found they were having issues with the screen ... and with the motherboard, and the central processor: and were finding something short-circuiting, somewhere.
They couldn't -- in the time allowed, and for the agreed price -- fix the thing.
I felt that, under the circumstances, taking the thing off them, and back home, would be the best bet.
The possible upside?
Was that people had donated enough for me to buy a replacement Mac: an M2 Mac mini which is scheduled to arrive on Friday.
I'm looking forward to that.
As helpful as the back-up laptop is, it would be nice to use the keyboard shortcuts I'm used to.
There is one thing, though.
I feel I should apologise to you, if you were one of the donors I'm grateful to.
After all, you donated your hard earned cash to me: in the expectation I'd spend the money on a repair, rather than a replacement.
I can only apologise.
At any rate?
Happy Christmas!
~≈🎄≈~
