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3 years of planning paid off

In August of 2008, Melody and I invested in a color laser printer. One of  the many requirements is that it would be able to work with an Apple computer, just in case.

In February of 2010, Melody and I invested in an external hard drive. One of the many requirements is that it would be able to work with an Apple computer, just in case.

In December of 2011, Melody and I invested in an Apple computer. Now it was time to see if the three previous years of purchases works out.

Happily, I can say they did. I transferred 108 GB (over 55,000 files) from the external hard drive to the new iMac 2 days ago. Last night, the printer installed wirelessly over our home network, and the first document was printed.

It is nice when technology works the way it is supposed to. Maybe tonight I will start cleaning the desk to get the old computer moved out and get the iMac set up and ready. Maybe.

Diapers are almost history

Rett has made some great progress in the last few weeks with his transition from diapers to underwear. Here are some of the highlights.

* He is asking to go to the bathroom. This is wonderful, and saving a bunch on laundry costs.

* On our recent trip ‘Up North’ we had no accidents in the van. Also, a few times he even told us he had to go, and was able to wait until the next exit! Yeah!

* While we were ‘Up North’ he slept in the same room as Melody and I. Because of his close proximity to us, he would wake up in the middle of the night, and let us know he had to go to the bathroom. Wow. Wow. Wow!

* He likes to go #1 standing up. It has caused a few dribble problems, and of course doesn’t help with #2, but doesn’t hurt his evolution to a diaper free world.

We are very excited, obviously, about how good he is doing. Most of the credit goes to Mel, as she deals with him day-in and day-out.

We have gotten rid of our day-time diapers, and hopefully are not too far from getting rid of those night-time diapers too. YEAH!

Elevator Experiment

Here is a psychological experiment for you.

There are two elevators in an elevator bank. Both are fully functional, and always have been. Near the door to one of the elvators, a sign is hung stating the elevator is out of service for repair work.

A person steps up to the elevator and pushes the up button. The door for the ‘out of service’ elevator opens up.

Does the person get in?

I am just curious.

Good news, bad news day

Good news:

iPad 2 would have bested 1990s-era supercomputers

And, in Bad news:

Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion becomes official