Channeling Carrie Bradshaw

Excuse the radio silence last week—my beloved MacBook Pro decided to completely crash. One minute, it was totally functional (well, maybe slightly low on hard drive space after five years of use). The next? Frozen. The only sign of life was that colorful spinning pinwheel, usually not the best sign. 

After a tearful call with Apple and a trip to the genius bar, I got the bad news: There was nothing they could do. I'm up and running—at last!—with a new machine, but only after a last-ditch trip to Tekserve to find out if there is any data they could save. The whole time I was there, waiting patiently for my ticket number to be called, all I could think of was Carrie Bradshaw, and the Sex and the City episode where her computer crashes. Matt had a similar response to Aidan: "Oh, did you try this?" Yes. Yes, I did. :) 

It's a sweet reminder of Carrie's advice in that episode: No matter how much stock we put in our digital devices, when they crash—just like in life—all we can do is breathe and reboot.

Oh, and maybe remember the value of backing up. 

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'Handwritten' thank you notes

As anyone who reads my blog knows, I love sending handwritten notes. But when Swiss-Miss shared this video about Felt, a cool new iPad app, I had to check it out. What a clever solution for digitizing thank you notes, birthday cards, and more. I love the efficiency, but also the fact that these 'handwritten' cards still carry that personal touch.

Would you download this app? Or do you still prefer pen-to-paper instead of pen-to-screen? :)

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Baby loves the iPad

You have to admit — the video above kind of makes sense, right? I definitely know plenty of kids who are more skilled at navigating the iPhone and iPad than most!

On that note, I'm happy to report that my very first iPhone arrives this week. After a six year relationship with my Blackberry, we have decided that it's time to go our separate ways. :)

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That one's a keeper!

Tell me — are you someone that regularly gets your digital photos printed? If you're like me, this is one item that is always on my to-do list. I have thousands and thousands of photos, not only in iPhoto, but on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Shutterfly...the list goes on and on! As a result, I'm very intrigued by sites like PostalPix and Pictarine. PostalPix (displayed above) is an app that allows you to order digital prints straight from your iPhone. Snap a photo, and make a quick decision to order a hard copy of the image to be sent via snail mail to your home. With Pictarine, you can organize your digital photos from across the web so that they all live in the same place. I can feel my to-do list getting shorter by the minute!

(Via Angela is Here)