Thanks to my wonderful wife, Noran for the early birthday gift. I'm now the happy owner of an Acer Aspire One, which seems to be the ultimate machine for commuters like myself. My friend Daryl took this photo.

The photo on the screen is available from my Flickr photostream.

I couldn't resist playing with it in an almost recursive fashion... so I ended up with this:

So now I'm 45. I'm still amazed I lived past 28, and grateful for every day.