Saturday, October 07, 2006

Feeling Human Again

As one of those "lucky" people to have naturally curly hair, I find that without the assistance of a professional to tame the curly locks I have persistent "vacation hair". It's amazIng how a brief trip to get my hair cut makes me feel like a whole new person. I'm fortunate that I have a neighbor who has opened up shop close by and spoils me rotten. Unlike most places that I've gone in the past, she takes the time to blow my hair dry. With her magic touch I have straight hair for a few days, until it's time to wash it, or I get caught in the rain. I can't do what she does for myself, so I enjoy the special treatment.

This is the first post from my new laptop, a MacBook Pro. The backlit keyboard is particularly handy and has a nice touch. I'm looking forward to using GarageBand to produce my podcasts. iMovie and iPhotos have a lot of potential for preparing presentations of many kinds. Having just taken many hours and days to rebuild my home computer, I just haven't had the time to spend a lot of time on this new computer. I'm planning to set up and transfer datafiles a little at a time.

One other new toy is a PDA phone. I'm learning it a little at a time, too. It'll sync to my Outlook to keep track of e-mail and many other things. I've never been particularly phone savvy, but perhaps using a pocket PC will help.