Days of Miracle and Wonder

I was helping John Dufresne fix his Sony Vaio all-in-one gorgeous LCD/TV/computer, and got his crashed hard drive out and took it to my friends at Arco/ Data Protection Solutions. While they were working on it, John and his wife Cindy bought a Mac, the drop-dead gorgeous Mac all in one that does everything but fly around the room, which is an option you can buy at The Apple Store. They, the Dufresnes, asked if I would like to have the Sony, see if I could fix it. I was stunned.

John and I had worked a couple hours getting the screws out to remove the back cover, so with their help, I loaded the computer in several pieces in the back of my van. Later I was able to bring them the drive from the Sony, with all the data alive and well, as far as we could see, in an EzBackup SATA drive enclosure, that can plug in to any USB port.

I thank John and Cindy for their generous gift, which I'm refurbing and setting up for my daughter Dianne and her daughter Aliyah. When I got the back cover on last night, I had eight screws left over. A bad sign. The computer ran then turned itself off after a minute or too. This morning it's working;I'm using it now. The cover is off the back. After I do a screw-to-hole count I'll try remounting the back panel. For now, I'm sitting here in amazement.

Other wonders: Tropical Storm Ana has formed in the Atlantic and is heading here. We have agreed that if it has anything near the intensity of my ex-sister-in-law Ana, we will be leaving soon for the Rockies.