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Living with ulcerative colitis
Five years ago, I had never heard of ulcerative colitis. About a week and a half before I got married, I became quite sick and didn't know what was wrong. Some tests were run on me and the results didn't turn up anything. I did everything I could to look happy at my wedding, but at times it was difficult knowing how much my insides hurt. After our wedding, we were planning on taking a drive down the California coast and stop in at Disneyland. I wasn't feeling well, so that plan was still being evaluated. However, on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the decision was made for us and we came straight home.
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Simple fix to "This accessory is not compatible with the iPhone" with mophie
I've been using mophie battery cases for a few years now when I travel as the iPhone doesn't seem to last all day when I use it extensively. Granted the iPhone 5 has gotten better, but I typically use GPS to track my run/walk if I'm in San Francisco for WWDC or somewhere else. Every now and again when I'd charge my case, I'd get the message "This accessory is not compatible with the iPhone". mophie's FAQ gives some lame answer on how to fix this problem.
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Review: Dyson DC44 - An expensive vacuum that really sucks
When we were picking what to put in our house, we decided to go with an engineered hardwood floor as it would look nice and wouldn't trap allergens like the carpets we had in the past did. We had a Shark vacuum that we brought to our new house and found that we were using it a few times a week because one thing that you don't realize with a dog is just how much it can shed! Our dark hardwood was constantly covered with dog hair (he's a light colored dog), so it started driving me crazy. The corded Shark sucked up a lot of hair, but the cord didn't make it convenient to use.
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Another trip, another lesson (or more) learned
While I don't travel all that often, I do travel between 6 and 12 times a year. I have my routines down pat and usually get through the airport unscathed. On my most recent trip to Portland, disaster almost ensued. I arrived at the airport very early as there are limited flights to San Diego and had nothing left to do downtown; this turned out to be a great thing. Security line was long and I made it to the porno scanner. As I always do, I opted out of the scan. I was doing my best to watch my bags as I waited for a screener to come over, but it is pretty hard to do so. After 10-15 minutes, they finally found a screener for me to do my rub down, I mean pat down. This kind of delay is pretty routine when I go through Portland; I find this unacceptable. Also, I find it interesting that every family that was traveling with a child, the TSA officer let all members of the family go through the metal detector and not one of them had to go to the millimeter wave detector.