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Will the Real Techie Please Stand Up?

Happy new year! I had my ups and downs in 2007, but overall it was a great year for me and for Apple users in general.

As I was doing my year end review, one thing that stuck out was that 2007 was the year that I started taking workplace ergonomics seriously. I made some drastic changes and I would like to share how it made me a happier and more productive person.

Quiz

This is a question we ask when a conversation gets too heavy, especially while drinking:

There are 8 teddy bears. They all have the same weight, except for one that has a diamond inside, thus weighing more. You have a balance scale. How do you find the teddy bear with the diamond by using the scale only twice?

The first person to get the correct answer wins a copy of Podcast Maker. Post your answer as a comment.

Shanghai, Connecticut

Imagine my delight when I found out this morning that my ICBM (Intel Chip Based iMac) is finally shipping. I was half asleep after having woken up at noon as usual and after grokking and parsing out the fedex tracking number out of the shipment notification email, I proceeded on in excitement to the... Oh! it's shipping from Connecticut. That's weird, Shanghai, Connecticut. Oh, wait a minute... Nooooooo!

So now I have a widget sitting in my Dashboard that I will actually use, like every freaking five minutes.

Package Tracker Widget

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