FROM THE IGLOO

I have some time to kill before I can post an exciting announcement here, so I’ll tell a quick story.

My MacBook Pro 17″ unibody withstood some abuse last night very well. Specifically, my 45 pound son stood and then jumped on it. No damage whatsoever was done. However, I have to say: don’t try this at home! Here is the backstory:

I was at home last night watching a game in the living room. My 5 year old son came in and asked me where the candy was that I had bought him the day before. I told him where it was (on top of a cabinet in the front hall). I told him to go get it and let me know if he needed help. I admit I wondered to myself whether he would be able to reach it as the cabinet is quite high.

He came back a minute or so later with the candy, sat down on the sofa beside me, and casually said, “I couldn’t figure out how to reach it, so I stood on your backpack and jumped up. Wasn’t that smart of me?”

To make a long story short, while it’s debatable whether or not jumping on a backpack that contains a brand new MacBook Pro is “smart”, the machine was fine and my son got his candy. All’s well that ends well.