Among other things we’re trying to get rid of, there are thirty bags of leaves out at the curb this morning that to be taken by the County before the snow hits us this evening. Also, our good buddy Dave is bringing Clifford the Big Red Truck by this saturday to haul the carpeting, plaster, wood and other debris from the garage so that i can pull the wall/door off the front and back the Scout inside. That’ll be a large weight off my shoulders, because she’s doing nothing but rusting in the driveway right now.
Hello Again. This spring I was lucky enough to travel to Bimini and dive on the reefs for seven days, courtesy of my employer. One of the guys that accompanied us on the trip was Craig, who is an outside consultant to the company and an experienced diver. I spent a lot of time underwater attempting to adjust my buoyancy, regulate my breathing, maintain a constant depth, and work the camera, under his watchful eye. (while I was floundering around with all of that crap, he was quietly hovering off to the side, effortlessly keeping his depth with controlled breathing, making sure we were all OK.) At dinner he quietly taught us diving skills we hadn’t learned in our classes, and helped to keep us focused on what we were doing.
One day we were returning from our mooring point and heading back into the wind on the dive boat, which was an open-deck cruiser. I had turned my hat around to keep it on my head, but a stray gust of wind blew it off my hat and into the water. (Now, anybody that knows me has seen my battered Syracuse Orangemen hat at one point or another; it’s been with me since my early college years and remains the only hat that correctly fits my big melon. I’m kind of attached to it.) Craig, without thinking, had our divemaster turn the boat back around, and before I could do it myself, dove in after it, yelling “WILSON!”
He stopped in the office this morning, and I only had a chance to say hello, but it was great to see him.
Technology, Part 2. The original 10GB drive in the red iMac is bollixed up pretty good; it’s making a horrendous ratcheting noise upon reboot and then dropping off the IDE chain altogether. I switched the drive with a pull from the first iMac and it booted fine, so that’ll stay in there. I’ll say this much: the original Rev A-B iMac’s case was a lot easier to crack than the Rev C’s.