A time existed – it seems many years ago – where a laptop and desktop took up space in this office.  The office featured a different configuration; there was my desk and the desk setup my son left behind when he moved out.  At some point, the desktop no longer served any purpose.  I even lent indefinitely the flatscreen to a close friend. While a consultant advising the 2010 re-election of my friend Gary Ackerman, the laptop required replacement.  I already enjoyed my iPhone;...

It lived a rather long life but its time passed. My old MacBook, which 4 years ago, became Marisa’s, required a new battery. It served father and daughter almost a decade. During our visit to the Genius Bar, we discerned that a new path made the most sense. We selected a MacBook Air. A year ago this time she visited to celebrate a milestone she reached. We never expected same time this year she has returned from the left coast to Grand Junction (a Poco instrumental) as she na...

Do you bother to “unsubscribe” from “junk” and other unsolicited “emails?   I generally just hit delete. I found it quick enough as I processed emails.   More recently, I moved such “offenders” to my junk folder first.   On a spare after hours moment(s), I take to going through the emails, determining which of my emails the solicitation was directed to and clicked unsubscribe. Often the response is to wait some ten days for it to occur. I may do a follow-up to report on this ...

Friday’s Times opinion page contained a column with an interesting title, “The Moral Indecency of the Away Message.” I only use a permanent away message for my AOL account which I elected not to regularly use almost a decade ago. I changed in a point of personal pique. Anyone interest in that back story, we can chat over a drink....or coffee. AOL does not permit auto forwarding of mail so all I could do is post an away message with instructions to resend to a different email ...

Last week I wrote of possibly starting over, technology-wise.   This week, an update of sorts.   Wednesday after attending a funeral for the dad of a friend with whom I play basketball, I powered up my phone and found an alert from the Manhasset Apple Store.   It advised the MacBook Pro I brought in only four days before for repair was ready for pick up. When I left my MacBook for repair the Apple genius bar folks advised the hurricane that hit Texas may impact the timeli...

It was not quite going on the disabled list. But when the device I relied on for some 24 months went dark, it unnerved some. After all the following week would be busy. At the time, 11 days were left in a Primary re-election race I am guiding for a friend who serves with distinction and great energy in public office. I had my iPhone and iPad but I really rely on my Mac. My wife suggested I have two devices; something I need to think about now. In the meantime I work fro...

Despite the title, I promise absolutely no politics, no political diatribes of any kind in this commentary. Just some Chimes of Freedom.   You ask then how a discussion of Freedom involves none of the above. Well. Read on. You be the judge.   I planned to purchase an iPad in the Spring. Shelly enjoys hers. Jonathan has had several, one repurposed to his sister; even mom has one. My personal tekkie aka my son, Jonathan, perhaps frustrated at my procrastination, gifted his...