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Is there a Mac Tax? Do Macs cost more than PCs? Like the can-you-prove-God-exists debate, it's the wrong question. If you're choosing a computer mainly on price, it hardly matters which you buy, because you'll just stare at it and think, what now?

Five years ago Google's free 1GB email looked like an April Fool's joke. I did the math: in 1,738 days I've used 3,052MB, about 1.67MB a day (blame the Cocoa-Dev list). I plotted whether I run out of space in 2018 or capacity outpaces me. Attachment sizes are the wildcard.

The problem is that I enjoy my job. Stress and boredom once drove me to swim a mile every morning, but now tearing myself from my laptop is the hard part. The secret: work out before I sit down, because I'm incapable of quickly checking email. Also, a new WoD #1 record of 26:27.

Thanks to the economy, renting a house or condo can beat an apartment on price. While browsing listings I found one boasting a private courtyard with stepping stones. Feast your eyes. They're my favorite.

Leah, do not forget to re-dye your hair today. I know you said you weren't going to, but Past Leah would be disappointed in Present Leah for that defeatist attitude. And here is Leeloo, demonstrating one possible color.

One year ago today, the nearly fourteen year old Netscape Navigator was finally killed off. It was a Giant in its day, before the Great Stagnation of the Internet Explorer era set the Web back by years. Rest in peace.