confessions of a serial hobbyist

So in preparing for the flight to my parents’ house for Christmas, I had the first actual impact from upgrading to Leopard. I know, I know, how can an operating system upgrade actually impact my life? Time. No not Time Machine…not automated backups, but actual time…that thing that can’t be gotten back once lost.

So Thursday I had a 1pm flight to catch. I needed to finish a load of laundry, get dog food, take the dog to the kennel, get my laptop/n95/n800/iphone loaded up with everything I’d need / want for the trip, and finish packing in time to catch a taxi to the airport.

Only one of those things I didn’t have to do, thanks to Leopard, and most importantly a single feature: Back to my Mac. Yes, I’ll admit, I’m one of the moronspeople that have a .Mac subscription.
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