The basics are working, or at least are on the way to working. I’m going through the many suggestions you’ve had for software. Heck, I’ve even installed a kickass screensaver, LotsaWater that makes it look like your desktop is under an inch of clear water during a rainstorm. Very cool. (Why aren’t there screensavers like this on the PC? Maybe there are and I just haven’t noticed.)

I still feel like I’m driving on the wrong side of the road. But Britt Blaser has been incredibly helpful, answering the questions too dumb to be worth surfacing in public, such as: When I find something in Spotlight, how do I tell where it is on the disk? (A: Click on the info button next to the listing.) How do I eject a disk? (A: Click the function button, among other ways.) How do I delete a character forward, which is what the Delete key on Windows machines does? (A: Fn+Del … pretty clumsy, actually). Britt’s been great, answering my questions and insisting that they’re not dumb when in fact we both know they are. Thanks, Britt. [Tags: macintosh BrittBlaser screensavers]

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