Kim Krenik: Thoughts & Ramblings

Rob and I spontaneously decided that we would get away with all four kids and make our escape up through Oregon to Washington State.  It had been YEARS since we had visited that area.   We had 6 days and 5 nights and we rented a Motorhome and hit the pavement one hot day in July.  
Day 1 The first of 5 nights we spent at Rob's parents North of Sacramento.  We had a wonderful time seeing them.
Day 2 we drove to Oregon and we stayed at a KOA in Klamath Falls.  Realized we aren't the KOA types.  Too much money, no nature, no elbow room.  Not for us.
Day 3 we drove through Crater Lake Nat. Park.  Oh my!  Really cool.  But don't bother with the bathing suit.  It is not a swimming hole!  (We didn't know...)  Breathtaking to behold.   The Pinnacles just outside the park were really spectacular as well.  We continued on the 138 West to I-5. 138 was a wonderful route, there were numerous waterfalls along the way and it was [...]

Okay,  Tony.  I will admit that you were right about being annoyed with the incompatibility between Macs and PCs. 
The difference between you and I though, my PC admiring-friend:  I don't blame Mac.   I blame it on the PC World we live in.  At least, in this part of California it is a PC world.  
I was on a wild goose chase today looking for a firewire cable to connect a Panasonic mini DV to my MAC so I could work with the video footage in iMovie.  What a nightmare.  From Radio Shack to Best Buy to 30 miles away another Best Buy,  then finally to the Apple store.  
I brought the camera and the computer with me into all the stores,  showed these to the Geek Squad members and they tell me the cable they think I need.   Of course no one had that cable.  The one I needed was at the Apple store.  BUT....  the Apple store is swarmed by all the Apple users and wanna-be users in the silicon valley, East Bay Area and [...]