Greetings from Asbury Park. No. Not Really. Metuchen, Actually.

2015 will go in the books as one of the more interesting years for our little family. Someday, I may write about it.

But not today.

Today, I’ll just say that I spent one of the more enjoyable Christmases of my adult life, doing mostly nothing more than being in a house the entire day, with the people I love most in the world.

My eldest son and I built a computer from the ground up, got it working, and everyone lived to tell the tale.

I got underwear. And was glad of it.

My ten year old got everything he asked for. Mostly.

My lovely missus got a Fitbit and a new iPad. She was a very good girl this year. And deserved more.

Now, I’m sitting in my kitchen, finishing the last of the wine, and caring not that I will be in bed before 9 o’clock.

There are some days you wish you could freeze in time, and revisit – again and again and again.

Today was one of those. I hope I remember that, tomorrow, when it won’t be.

And I hope that your day today was one of those days. Remarkable. Happy. Joyous. Filled with love, laughter, and family.

Merry Christmas. Let’s definitely do this again.

 

Obsolescence Happens

Remember: Need never made a good bargain.

300 Words, 2 Minutes

Whether planned or not, Obsolescence Happens.

It always seems to sneak up with you, when you least expect it – even when you know it’s coming.

• That fleet of Smartboards you have dozens of, can suddenly no longer have their firmware updated, because those models are no longer supported by the vendor. And just when you needed the very feature, that the new firmware will allow you to use, too.
• Your “lifetime warranty” switches, that you bought years ago – now made meaningless – because the vendor no longer makes them. Sure – you can update for a price – but lifetime meant the lifetime of the switch, not yours.
• You upgrade to the latest and greatest WiFi standard access points, only to find out that your controller needs to have its firmware updated to support them – but by doing so, disables all of your old WiFi standard access points. You…

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