Help me be the first to *buy* Photoshop
Is there a legitimate way to buy discount software for a high-school student? My son, a sophomore in high school, is enjoying a class that makes heavy use of Photoshop CS4. We'd like to get him CS4 for...
View ArticleToo many iPhone apps
How can I pick which iPhone apps appear on the 11 'home' screens? I have an iPhone 3gs, running iPhone 3.1.2. I have about 20 more apps installed than will fit on the 11 screens. I know that...
View ArticleNothing is certain but death, taxes, and heartless corporations
How can we get into the apartment where my mother-in-law lived? My mother-in-law, Phyllis, was found dead of a heart attack in her apartment a week ago today. We live across town. There is no known...
View ArticleHelp us keep our date with Barack!
We are flying back to Colorado from Washington Reagan (National) Airport [DCA] at 1:55 PM on July 6. We just got into an hour-long White House tour at 11 AM that day. Question: What should we do with...
View ArticleFirst fine phone
What kind of phone should we get our son for his 17th birthday? We'd like to get him something reasonably cool, while keeping it reasonably cheap. He doesn't have a phone. (We have two pay-as-you-go...
View ArticleGiving it the old college try
Can a high-school senior overcome middling grades and hope to get into college and become a nurse or psychologist, or is it too late? We've known a girl, whom I'll call Lisa, since she and our son were...
View ArticleMidwest drop charge blues
We are planning to take our son, a junior in HS, to tour colleges in early June. We live in the Denver area and were planning to fly to Minneapolis and fly back from Pittsburgh. We're aiming to spend...
View ArticleSnow long, farewell ...
Why do snowstorms last so long? We live in the Denver area and it snowed for 18 hours, from 9 PM last night to 3 PM this afternoon. My wife asked me why it never rains for that length of time. I...
View ArticleLooking at an old GE ad. What kind of a job do I think that'll get me?
Last night the Interwebs found a GE ad from the 1970s showing a girl and her cat thinking of space. This was part of a series of posters that our high-school algebra teacher put up in our classroom....
View ArticleMacBook Pro is *slow* when I back up with Time Machine
I have a 2-year-old MacBook Pro with a 500 GB SSD running Yosemite. It was fine until 3 days ago, when the computer slowed to a crawl. I rebooted several times; each time, it got slow again. I...
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