Category Archives: History

History at all levels, not just not my past or nostalgic musings.

1985 – Summer Part IV: Banishment to North Dakota

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Steve

My apologies if the last installment was rushed. I didn’t have enough written in advance and housesitting took up more free time than I expected. The silver lining was it forced me to break up the third section into two … Continue reading →

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Only seven near misses?

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Steve

When Jobs announced all the new iTunes and iPods, I took a gamble on looking over the employee discount page to see if the new hardware was ready to go. Instead I saw that the iPad was no longer grayed … Continue reading →

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2000: Servers & Apps

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Steve

After supporting desktops and portables at Apple/PowerComputing for a few years, I decided to make the leap to the group which handles more of the software aspect. Nowadays we’re known as Enterprise Servers but back then some duties didn’t include … Continue reading →

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1985 – Summer Part III: Grandma Maggi’s funeral and Split Enz

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Steve

I’ll recap again, late May and June was spent in Illinois. Grandma Maggi was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I became better friends with my cousin Leesa. July was the tense, bellicose month in Florida despite visiting Disney World, EPCOT and … Continue reading →

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1995: Greatest Birthday since 1989

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Steve

This story is still considered on time through the fast, loose and spurious logic of Astrology! No, I don’t buy into it but being human, I’m applying it just to make a rationalization for finally posting this well after my … Continue reading →

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1995: My first day with AppleCare

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Steve

AppleCare is the official name for Apple’s technical support and on this day, I reported to training to get started as a PowerBook agent. Why PowerBook? I chalk it up to good luck but I think owning a PowerBook 140 … Continue reading →

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2000: Macworld NYC trip

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Steve

When I didn’t get the permanent spot as a team manager, I accepted the position of coach which always felt like the bronze medal. One concession I did receive was the opportunity to attend Macworld in NYC as a representative … Continue reading →

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1985 – Summer Part II: Florida, fighting and failure

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Steve

To recap, at the end of May we moved in with Grandma Maier and during the month of June we got re-acquainted with various members of the Maggi clan due to Grandma Maggi’s terminal illness. The only good development from … Continue reading →

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1985 – Summer Part I: Escape from Beulah, sad news and a surprise friend

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Steve

When the last day of school arrived, Mom had Brian and me load up our most personal belongings for our escape from North Dakota. She originally wanted to bail right after we arrived in March but Dad talked her out … Continue reading →

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2000: Molly comes home

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Steve

For many years, I always wanted to have my own pet(s), namely a cat. When I was growing up and living with my parents, we usually had at least one around: Katze, Shadow, Shirley, Farrah, Teddy and Mewsette. There were … Continue reading →

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