Very busy today. The next installment of the Blackhawk history will be along tonight or maybe tomorrow.
This week, I lunched with former blogger Ken Levine. He's shut down his fine and fun long-running blog but (a) he's still doing his weekly podcasts and (b) the blog is still online and you can still browse it and enjoy that which you read before and that which you missed. Also: I've long resisted requests from people — usually strangers looking to plug something — to do "guest posts" on my blog. I still resist that but if Ken has something he needs or even just wants to say, I'll make an exception for him. And I've added a link to his podcasts in my right-hand margin.
Thanks to all of you who sent in suggestions for my iPhone problems. Some good ideas there and maybe some of them will even work. A few of you reminded me of a guy who used to write me every time I posted a computer problem here. I'd say the "v" key on my keyboard was sticking and ask what to do. This guy would write — and this was his solution to everything — "Throw out that crappy P.C. and buy a MAC, the only decent computer that has ever been made." Sometimes, he predicted that all the makers of P.C.s would be outta business within three years…and he started saying that in 2003. And today, that man is Mike Lindell…
Lastly for now: A few folks overseas have written to ask how they can donate to this blog since they somehow can't do it via PayPal. Well, you could send a check to me at the address over on this page. And again, I thank everyone who gave any amount via any means.