If I weren’t working, it would be a vacation!

In Adobe Illustrator I type the word copyright into the search box in the Help Center. The page that results includes the following paragraph: This product includes either BISAFE and/or TIPEM software by RSA Data Security, Inc. This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptosoft.com). This software is based in part on the [...]

In 1996, when we bought the playset pictured in the background, it came as a pile of pine treated lumber, and some plastic bits. It took most of the summer to build the thing. (Yes, that’s how Gina talks on the phone. It’s a family habit.) Corey was 6. He was in charge of measuring. [...]

I got back from Boston, and there was a package from Apple. It was (another) copy of Mathematica. Academic Edition. After three separate progressively less cordial conversations, I made (another) trip to Kinko’s — this time to send a return and await my refund. Plan B involves trying to purchase a non-academic edition direct from [...]

My copy of Mathematica arrived yesterday. Yay. Today, I sent it back. Boo. Here’s what happened. I ordered it on May 28th from the Apple store. 2-day shipping. Yay. Then, I got the bad news — they couldn’t ship it on the original estimated date. It would ship on or before the 16th of June. [...]