I drove down to Salt Lake on Wednesday night so I could be up bright and early to go to Provo for the monthly CTO breakfast. That meant staying the night at Heather’s house … a definite upside to the trip. The guest bedroom is a great benefit as well. The CTO breakfast was another highlight of the trip. Not only were two One Laptop Per Child laptops there, we had a good introduction to Facebook applications. These breakfasts are definitely worth my time.

The next stop was at the Apple store. My Macbook continues to loose contact with it’s keyboard. In fact, it currently is in that state. I’ve plugged in an external keyboard which works when the Macbook keyboard won’t. Why does this problem happen? No one knows. It would not fail for the Genius at the Apple store. No matter what we tried, it worked just like it was supposed to. A definitely downside to the day. On the other hand, this problem has happened only at the house as far as I can remember. Maybe that’s a clue?

Later in the evening I went to the monthly Geek / Blogger dinner. The event was in West Jordon, well to the south of town where the weather was definitely not cooperating. There were a couple of inches of snow on the ground when I got there. My GPS wouldn’t take the address. Turns out that 3655 West is really known to Garmin as Dixie Avenue. Further, the building where the restaurant is located is being remodeled and there is no sign outside. I did arrive on time, though, and I had a delightful time. All in all, except for not getting my Macbook fixed, it was an upper day. I guess, though, that would make it a mixed day….