The computer problems of the past two months appear to have been resolved with the acquisition of an iMac 5 computer.
"A peculiar anthologic maze, an amusing literary chaos, a farrago of quotations, a mere olla podrida of quaintness, a pot pourri of pleasant delites, a florilegium of elegant extracts, a tangled fardel of old-world flowers of thought, a faggot of odd fancies, quips, facetiae, loosely tied" (Holbrook Jackson, Anatomy of Bibliomania) by a "laudator temporis acti," a "praiser of time past" (Horace, Ars Poetica 173).
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Sunday, January 30, 2005
Attention, Bill Gates!
My uncle is no slouch when it comes to gadgets or technology. He was awarded patents for his improvements to helicopter engines, and even in his 80s he's an avid and expert computer user. But he cannot cope with Microsoft's insecure operating system, and he writes in an email: