Christmas

Well, Christmas 2007 is behind us. I have to say it was the year of the gift cards. I got Visa gift cards from my office, from my sister-in-law, and father-in-law; American Express gift card from my brother-in-law; itunes from my mother-in-law, and Macy's from my mom.

I used my itunes to get Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and The National's Boxer. In addition to those, I got my my wife Jenn new CDs from Feist, Robert Plant & Allison Krauss, and Eddie Vedder's Into the Wild Soundtrack. I heard parts of each on WXPN, or NPR's All Songs Considered program, which featured both critics picks as well as audience favorites during the last weeks before Christmas.

Powerbook 2.0

I got my powerbook back from Apple yesterday, and I happy again. Its hard to describe how strange it felt to lose everything that was on there. Apple upgraded me to a 120Mb drive, and I've spent the day loading it back up with my music (thanks to Sentui). Last night I reloaded Leopard, and Microsoft Office. This morning I reloaded Creative Suite 1, although I'm getting used to the trial of Creative Suite 3 and want to upgrade that soon.

Apple delivers!

Just after my last post, I got a call from the Apple Store that my repair was complete, and my powerbook ready for pickup.