Comments on: Okay, I’m Getting Better [Updated] http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/04/10/okay-im-getting-better/ John Hamilton Farr's Living Planet Mystery Tales from Taos, New Mexico Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John H. Farr http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/04/10/okay-im-getting-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 John H. Farr Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:27:44 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=2844#comment-1412 David: You must write software! If I had ever gotten into that, I'd be living on my own island now... I haven't had a decent monitor for years and don't need the oomph of the Mac Pro, so the iMac is looking pretty good to me -- this would be the top of the line, 3+GHz, with 4 gigs of RAM and the pricier graphics processor. I would love to get the current MacBook, too, as I'm sure I'll still use the one I have now for most everything that doesn't require a big screen. BTW, I have a pair of M-Audio AV40s sitting on my desk here. If you need speakers for your rig, I vote for those. I don't miss not having a stereo with these babies. PLENTY loud even for a house party, if we ever did that any more! David: You must write software! If I had ever gotten into that, I’d be living on my own island now… I haven’t had a decent monitor for years and don’t need the oomph of the Mac Pro, so the iMac is looking pretty good to me — this would be the top of the line, 3+GHz, with 4 gigs of RAM and the pricier graphics processor. I would love to get the current MacBook, too, as I’m sure I’ll still use the one I have now for most everything that doesn’t require a big screen.

BTW, I have a pair of M-Audio AV40s sitting on my desk here. If you need speakers for your rig, I vote for those. I don’t miss not having a stereo with these babies. PLENTY loud even for a house party, if we ever did that any more!

]]> By: David http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/04/10/okay-im-getting-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1411 David Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:12:12 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=2844#comment-1411 Ah, got it. Sounds like it was a sweet arrangement! I have a new MacBook and a 1 year old Mac Pro with a 26 inch widescreen Dell monitor. I use the laptop most of the time, but when coding I need the big monitor. So I feel your pain! Besides, it's only money...right? ;-) Ah, got it. Sounds like it was a sweet arrangement! I have a new MacBook and a 1 year old Mac Pro with a 26 inch widescreen Dell monitor. I use the laptop most of the time, but when coding I need the big monitor. So I feel your pain!

Besides, it’s only money…right? ;-)

]]> By: donna http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/04/10/okay-im-getting-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 donna Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:33:14 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=2844#comment-1410 Try some Tylenol Sinus (the generic, of course -- way cheaper). Works wonders. Hope you're feeling much better soon! Try some Tylenol Sinus (the generic, of course — way cheaper). Works wonders.

Hope you’re feeling much better soon!

]]> By: John H. Farr http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/04/10/okay-im-getting-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 John H. Farr Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:33:11 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=2844#comment-1409 David: I was once a very active Mac writer. In fact, before the dot-com bust, I was on the road to a nice middle-class income writing for Mac sites, which is how my wife and I thought I could support us out here. Hohohoho.The gifted Macs all came as a result (one way or the other) of these old connections. The publisher of one of the sites I wrote for (Applelinks.com) at one point gave me his used TiBook (450 Mhz?), which my wife still uses today. Later a former Mac writing colleague and friend (also an astrophysicist and OS expert) gave me his old Blue & White G3, which I used for quite some time. It's still fine -- as far as it goes -- sitting in the storage unit here in Taos, waiting for me to rip the hard drives out and dump it at the recycling center. Two years ago, the publisher of another site I do still occasionally write for (unpaid) was given two new MacBooks by an reseller advertiser and passed one on to me, which finally allowed me to use currrent software. That last one was a BIG surprise, because it just showed up one day, brand-new, at my front door. I bought the tangerine iBook in '99 right after we moved here. Before that, in '98 I think it was, I'd purchased a PowerMac 8600 (wonderful machine) which is still being used by a businesswoman here in Taos. So it's really been close to a dozen years since I've bought a new desktop system. I really love this MacBook, but building websites on a 13" screen is a bit of a pain, and I'd like to try producing some loony videos...well, some <em>more</em> loony videos... and I want the power of that new iMac. The test scores on that thing are just a little bit under those for the Mac Pro, in fact, especially with 4 GB of RAM. I have zero cash reserves and already owe Mr. Visa more than the cost of a good late model used car, but I'm also sick of going even more into debt just to pay dentists, so I'm about ready to jump... Jan: I'm scared of rolfing! :-) But I'm also living in the perfect place to find someone to do it. David: I was once a very active Mac writer. In fact, before the dot-com bust, I was on the road to a nice middle-class income writing for Mac sites, which is how my wife and I thought I could support us out here. Hohohoho.The gifted Macs all came as a result (one way or the other) of these old connections.

The publisher of one of the sites I wrote for (Applelinks.com) at one point gave me his used TiBook (450 Mhz?), which my wife still uses today. Later a former Mac writing colleague and friend (also an astrophysicist and OS expert) gave me his old Blue & White G3, which I used for quite some time. It’s still fine — as far as it goes — sitting in the storage unit here in Taos, waiting for me to rip the hard drives out and dump it at the recycling center. Two years ago, the publisher of another site I do still occasionally write for (unpaid) was given two new MacBooks by an reseller advertiser and passed one on to me, which finally allowed me to use currrent software. That last one was a BIG surprise, because it just showed up one day, brand-new, at my front door.

I bought the tangerine iBook in ’99 right after we moved here. Before that, in ’98 I think it was, I’d purchased a PowerMac 8600 (wonderful machine) which is still being used by a businesswoman here in Taos.

So it’s really been close to a dozen years since I’ve bought a new desktop system. I really love this MacBook, but building websites on a 13″ screen is a bit of a pain, and I’d like to try producing some loony videos…well, some more loony videos… and I want the power of that new iMac. The test scores on that thing are just a little bit under those for the Mac Pro, in fact, especially with 4 GB of RAM.

I have zero cash reserves and already owe Mr. Visa more than the cost of a good late model used car, but I’m also sick of going even more into debt just to pay dentists, so I’m about ready to jump…

Jan: I’m scared of rolfing! :-) But I’m also living in the perfect place to find someone to do it.

]]> By: David http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/04/10/okay-im-getting-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1407 David Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:13:10 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=2844#comment-1407 Glad you are feeling better John. However - how did you get people to keep giving you Macs? That is quite an accomplishment, and one I need to mimic. ;-) Glad you are feeling better John. However – how did you get people to keep giving you Macs? That is quite an accomplishment, and one I need to mimic. ;-)

]]> By: Jan http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/04/10/okay-im-getting-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1406 Jan Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:40:46 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=2844#comment-1406 If you feel your chi is really blocked, and it sounds as if it may be, I suggest you find a certified advanced rolfer...I was rolfed when we lived in Texas, and it released all the nasties making my life miserable. It just might change your life. If you feel your chi is really blocked, and it sounds as if it may be, I suggest you find a certified advanced rolfer…I was rolfed when we lived in Texas, and it released all the nasties making my life miserable. It just might change your life.

]]> By: John H. Farr http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/04/10/okay-im-getting-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 John H. Farr Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:07:35 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=2844#comment-1405 Clancy: Hey man, I agree with you! I've been going at this through Jungian analysis: creative energy blocked by a crippled anima, lack of love, etc. Energy work would be a good complement now. And would you believe it, I've never had a massage in my entire life? I'm a blockage master. They oughta put me in a blockage museum. "Open up, baby," indeed. I need to pay someone to yell that at me 20 times a day. Richard: much appreciated, thank you. I even slept a few hours last night. Clancy: Hey man, I agree with you!

I’ve been going at this through Jungian analysis: creative energy blocked by a crippled anima, lack of love, etc. Energy work would be a good complement now. And would you believe it, I’ve never had a massage in my entire life? I’m a blockage master. They oughta put me in a blockage museum.

“Open up, baby,” indeed. I need to pay someone to yell that at me 20 times a day.

Richard: much appreciated, thank you. I even slept a few hours last night.

]]> By: Richard http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/04/10/okay-im-getting-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1404 Richard Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:33:25 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=2844#comment-1404 Glad you're doing better, and I hope the snow stays tolerable. Glad you’re doing better, and I hope the snow stays tolerable.

]]> By: Clancy http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/04/10/okay-im-getting-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1403 Clancy Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:47:44 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=2844#comment-1403 I still think your tooth and this new "illness" stem from your self-beatings. First one, and now, the other. I think you should see an energy worker. You have blockages in your chi. Open up, baby!!! I still think your tooth and this new “illness” stem from your self-beatings. First one, and now, the other.

I think you should see an energy worker. You have blockages in your chi.

Open up, baby!!!

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