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My love affair with Apple, Mac and highest regards for Steve Jobs. ♥ ❒ Check ✔

Posted on June 2013 | 13 Comments

♥ Why is it called Apple? Mouse over this picture to see.

It just works.

It started when I was working in the 80s at ComputerLand. I was hired by my mom’s friend the year after I had graduated high school. She hired me to be her assistant.

We sold IBM PCs to banks. There were no hard drives or memory on computers in those days. We saved our data on something called a 5 1/4 inch floppy disc.

One beautiful day a cute square box with an apple on it arrived that changed our lives. I got to open it. That was truly an exciting memory.

This is the first Mac that came out around 1984 I believe.

My very first computer purchase ~ the Mac Classic. I walked out of the SJSU Spartan Student Store with this in a box in 1986. It seems like yesterday.

It was the 1984 Macintosh also called the Mac Classic. We opened it up and I saw my first mouse. I couldn’t believe it. It was like a dream come true, someone, thank you Steve Jobs, had revolutionized the computer.

We had three programs to play with: a version of Word called MacWrite, a graphics program called MacPaint and solitaire.

Do any of you guys remember Wordstar? It was pre-word and used on IBM computers. Basically, you had to type a command-U before underlining and a command-U after the words to stop underlining. If you forgot the second command, your entire page would be underscored.

Bwah Ha ha ha.
 That’s nerd humor for you.

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I hung out with the technicians. We got to open backs of computers and change mother boards and printer adapters. Fun stuff yet thoroughly educational and enjoyable. One day my friend Keary programmed a tiny musical symphony.

Why I love Apple and Mac Computers.

In 1986, after working at IBM, I bought my first Mac Classic at the student store at San Jose State University. The price was US$999. It was a bit of a novelty among my friends but me and my roommate got all of our reports done and WE COULD EDIT THEM.

Does anyone remember using white out on paper on a typewriter?

After university, I got my first job at big company in Los Angeles. There again, it was Mac all the way. To date, I have had and worked on

For my younger readers: This is what a computer screen looked like before there was a MOUSE!

For my younger readers: This is what a computer screen looked like before there was a MOUSE! See the Alt? Hold that with the U to start underlining! bwah ha ha ha, nerd humor again!

Macintosh ~ 1984
Apple IIgs ~ 1986
Macintosh LC 1990
Power Macintosh ~ 1994
Powerbook ~ 1996
iMac ~ 1998
Macbook ~ 2007
iphone – 2010

Talk about brand loyalty. The most difficult time in my life is when I moved to Europe in 1995 and couldn’t get support for my Powerbook to get my email going. I survived through it though. Europe has only embraced Apple in the last few years.

What I love about Macs?

Design. Intelligence. Font choice. The smile when you boot. User friendliness. The cool factor. That I have another mac or Apple and plan on getting more.

Thank you Steve Jobs and God bless.

How about you? Just how much do you love your Apple products? Are you loyal to any ONE brand?

Plug this into your cockpit.

ipad will replace books, in my humble opinion.

Also, I’ve never agreed with people who say Mac is just used for designers. I think ANYONE would love a mac product. Also I JUST had a long conversation how the ipad will revolutionize reading. I believe it will. I see kids with backpacks weighing 20 pounds and I get it big time.

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46 Ways to be a Better Person

Posted on May 2013 | 53 Comments

Thank you for stopping by my blog.

Here’s a quick list that will get your started on having a nicer day now. Good luck and let me know how it goes.

1. Take a deep breath now, hold it as long as you can. Count to 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, release, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and now another.

2. OK, two more deep breaths. Relax.

3. Concentrate on this word <<oooaahhhhmmm>> and close your eyes and take another two deep breaths, in through your nose out through your mouth.

4. Meditate. Concentrate on your third eye and just be peaceful. You can stop reading this! It’s okay!

5. Slow down. Try moving slowly.

6. Start each day as Gandhi did: Be the change you want to see.

7. Look for ways to help others.

It almost always seems impossible until it's done. ♡

It almost always seems impossible until it’s done.x♡o

8. Treat yourself great.

9. Be your own friend.

10. Go to the mirror and make funny faces.

11. Make yourself and/or a friend a nice cup of tea or coffee.

12. Take a long walk without music or distractions.

13. Clean. Go left to right, it works.

14. Be young in your heart.

15. Hug a tree.

16. Jump on one leg. Now the other. Do this in your mind’s eye. Or for real.

17. Spin like a child with your eyes closed. Do this in your mind’s eye. Or for real.

18. Hug someone. Even yourself.

19. Next time you see someone on facebook that’s down, get involved. Try sending links, messages.  Or, how about a phone call?

20. Believe in miracles. :) I do.

21. Be inspirational.

22. Forgive yourself.

6 Simple Rules to live by: Be happy, be nice, be a leader, be organized, be a lifelong learner and be healthy. Listen to the next sound you hear.

23. Push yourself to be a little bit better.

24. Count to ten before reacting. {or better yet, just let it slide.}

25. Pet an animal.

26. Turn off the tv.

27. Sell something on ebay.

28. Give something away to charity.

29. Treat yourself to a day spa.

30. Take a nice long relaxing bath or shower.

31. Bake.

32. Organize your files.

33. Make a list of three things you don’t want to do and then do them.

34. Eat well. How’s a salad sound for your next meal? A big one!

35. Exercise.

36. Take a risk with love.

37. Write a message on someone’s facebook wall saying thank you for being there.

38. Enjoy this moment.

39. You can reprogram your mind to believe anything you want it to. Triy listening to affirmations. There are tons on you tube.

40. Shine the light that God has given you.

40. Shine On!

40. Shine the light that God has given you.

41. Tell someone you love them.

42. No matter what your age, dream — even big if you’d like.

43. Remember a moment when you were blissful. Hold on to it.

44. Accept yourself for exactly who you are.

45. Send a REAL letter in the mail.

46. Give yourself a little break.

Thanks for reading and have a great day. I believe in you. I do.

In the comment section, I’d like to know what you can hear, smell and feel in this exact moment. What is around you? I can hear  boys playing, the washing machine spinning and a distant car passing.

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It’s time for another blog post. {And no, I couldn’t think of a better heading.}

Posted on October 2010 | 6 Comments

Life is good. *¨`*•♫.•´*.¸.•

Warning. This blog post is longer than usual. Click away now if you know what is good for you.

One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just doesn’t belong.

That’s a song that Cookie Monster sang on Sesame Street. Do you remember it? I don’t know why I have that song in my head these days but it is.

This is hard even for a monster! Cookie Monster

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Do you comment on blogs?

Just wondering. You know why? Because ever since I have started a blog I have also started commenting on blog posts. I’m quite certain I have never left a comment until I had a blog. Strange that is. Life. Huh?

How about you? What’s your opinion?

Do you like reading, writing or neither. If you had the choice would you rather watch a movie or read a book? I know I personally prefer reading to watching TV. It seems like ever since the introduction of a Visual Audio medium such as You Tube and TV, people just gel infront of videos instead of reading.

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That’s why I like reading and writing.

Don’t you remember what it was like when you were little and you got lost in your very first book? I know my first books were “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” by C.S. Lewis and Charlotte’s Web. I remember how involved I got with the character Lucy when she entered the wardrobe! I truly fell in love with the lion.

Also, because I work in schools with students I am surrounded by noise. I have noise at home because I live with kids and my husband so there is always talking, tv, music or friends around. At school, there is silence only during written tests but it gets awfully loud during the break from one class to another.

Plus, have you ever noticed how kids, especially youngens, can have voices that shrill? My compliments to their vocal cords. My sympathies and condolences to my ears.

How having an iphone, internet and wi fi in Italy has changed my life for the better.

I have wanted to write a post about this for a long time and just have never gotten around to it. I just want to let you know I’m learning how to use my iphone that i have wanted for over three years now. Yay!

What I love the most about my iphone?

The navigator.

I used to come home after school and have to prepare directions the evening before. That’s not what I mean. What I mean is now that I have a navigator AND information at my finger tips with me at all times, I just put what I’m looking for into the little search box and my smart phone tells me the closest whatever it is I am looking for, where I am, how to get there and how long it will take with traffic.

I AM A BLUE BLINKING DOT IN CYBERSPACE!

I can travel and have INFORMATION!

How cool is that? God bless Steve Jobs.

My cousin shared a video with me about Android vs iphone. It uses bad language but is too funny because it sums it up for me. I just remember how many years I lived with Apple and Mac in Italy and NO ONE got it. There was NO SUPPORT whatsoever but my husband and I held on tight to our belief that Apple and Mac were a superior product. I am so happy to see the rest of the world catching on.

ALSO One last thing! I look at my stats and I LOVE how people visit my blog from all corners of the world. How cool is that?

Hello Africa! Hello Asia! Hello Russia! Hello Italy! Hello USA! Hello Singapore! Hello Sweden! Hello UK! Hello Ireland! Hello France! Hi there India! Hello Spain! Hello Portugal! Hello Australia! Hello Russia! Hello Thailand, Netherlands, Greece and Canada! Hello small blue blinking dot in the middle of nowhere!

Hello world!

I have NO idea how you have found me or my blog, but you are welcome here.

Thank you for stopping by. Thank you for leaving your comments.

Thank you for your constant support.

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For my twits~!

The commercial segment of this broadcast has now come to an end and you can go back to internet surfing, jobs and life. Thanx!

Have a great day. Nice to see you.

Julie

P.S. I totally forgot! I am looking for new blogs to read. What is your favorite blog? Can you leave me a link? Thanks!

Here’s a shout out to my husband, his new blog and his Day Spa here in Italy. We are finally online. It looks like there’s another blogger in our family!

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