There and back again
Another long silence. But I’m not dead. I’ve been questing and tarrying in the land of Vista 
, undergoing trials by ordeal and slaying dragons.
Along the way I became more convinced than ever that Windows Mail is not one of the seven wonders of the world and that switching to Macs in 2004 was one of my top five life decisions.
It’s always fun to go on adventures but, golly, it’s good to be home again.
I don’t think it can be true that travel always broadens the mind.
Tags: adventures, Apple Mail, bloody bloody boot camp, mail.app, personal, windows vista rc2Related posts
October 10th, 2006 at 9:33 pm
I enjoy your blog. I am a Mac -and Apple Mail- newbie (6 months). You/your blog are one reason I stay with Mail, ‘though occasionally I dabble in Opera Mail (one I used in Windows days -and I’ve used most) and Entourage.
A question though: what were you other top life decisions?
(Feel free not answer: just curious)
Steve
October 10th, 2006 at 9:36 pm
It can be nice, if only to reassure oneself that home really is better after all and the grass (or aero glass) isn’t greener on the other side.
I’m actually looking forward to playing around with Vista, just to see what’s new.
Welcome back ye dragon slayer.
October 10th, 2006 at 9:58 pm
@Steve — Being ordained, getting married, deciding to have kids, having kids, finishing my doctorate first. In no particular order [Hello, wifey! :-) ]
@XIII - It is interesting to play around with it. I haven’t deleted the partition yet. I just can’t get it out of my mind that Vista is nothing more than “slightly tarted up XP”.
Perhaps a lack of familiarity on my part is breeding contempt.
October 10th, 2006 at 10:06 pm
Thanks Tim.
October 10th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
Completely off topic question: where did you find the Picasso image from which you grabbed the icon for this posting? (My dad had this image in our house, and I grew up thinking how cool it was that the sun was orange. Then, I saw the original, with a black and white sun. I confronted my dad with a “what the hell?!”)
October 10th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
mc - http://www.f104g.demon.co.uk/quixote.htm