Breathing

Slowly beginning to get back in the groove after the departure of our guests. I was exhausted Friday and Saturday, and didn't sleep well last night, but today I've been able to make some progress on getting things back in order around here. Loren offers a keen bit of insight on Apple's Upgrade program. Pay attention, or pay someone else! I ordered a new Magic Mouse yesterday when my wrist started aching as I was using the track pad. Maybe varying the way I interact with the machine will reduce the risk of repetitive stress injury. (I should probably also practice more keyboard shortcuts.) Michael offers some worthwhile relationship advice in case there are any single people reading the marmot. Intentionally oriented toward the younger demographic. Another Mike offers a link to a story about modernity's layers of technical debt and problems begetting problems. Have to get to the root causes, and they are deep. The slab got poured on Friday. Brad met with a friend to go over the plans…