Cats and Bags

What is it with cats and bags? Each one has to be thoroughly investigated, sat in, sat on and nibbled a bit.

Juku was helping me pack before I visited family in Tallinn.

I had a very pleasant visit with the family. The gifts were exchanged, much food was eaten and time was spent. The flights were very uneventful, which was pleasant in itself.

Estonia is going over to euros from the first of January. I remembered how much coins I'd had when I lived in Ireland and how I had bought a bigger purse to keep them all in. So I made my family some euro coin purses.

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Winter

This year the winter arrived a bit early. Not that I mind, I love winter and I've been enjoying this one.

This is the view out the window in our office building.

This was the sunset in Copenhagen as I walked to the hotel from the customer. There was snow on the ground there too, and it was snowing when I arrived. That's apparently somewhat unusual for Copenhagen at this time of year.

It's been snowing here since the end of November and it is certainly unusual for Stockholm. The temperatures have been between -1 C° and -10 C°. Perfect! This winter has been great so far and it will probably only get colder. I hope that the Mälaren will freeze over like last year and I get to take a walk on the lake then.

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Simons Cat 'Santa Claws'

This is why I do not have a Christmas tree, or any decorations either (besides the star lights in the windows).

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iMac Trouble, Take Three

I had to take the iMac back to the store on Saturday for the third time. It refused to show me any image, no matter what fixes I tried. The display was blank, while everything else worked (I could connect and browse the hard drive). I did some research on the web, and apparently that particular problem is only "fixable" by getting a new machine.

I mentioned that to the guy who registered the problem, and he said he'll see what the repair people and Apple say. I have no great hopes that they will give me a replacement machine that works. At least I shall request my money back for the repairs that have not repaired anything. That, or a discount on a new iMac for the same amount.

I am very glad that I bought the MacBook Air. Otherwise I'd be without any computer and I remember how horrible that was.

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