Two Weeks in San Fran, Day 4

July 6, Sonoma

I worked most of the day while Dave and Kevin went for a 10-mile hike.

One thing worth blogging today: I found a solution to the heat problem with my computer.

My new MacBook Pro laptop is awesome, but (as most laptop users already know), while working on it for long lengths of time it gets so hot I have to shut everything down and put it to sleep to cool it down every so often. I love the portability of it, but this heat thing has been driving me nuts. At home, I tried putting a baker's rack under the computer, raising it off the desk by about 1/4" or so and that seems to help.

But I discovered today that working a stone countertop solves this problem completely. The heat is dispersed into the stone, which at first was quite cold to work on, but soon became nice and warm without overheating. The computer stayed at a comfortable temperature for the entire 7 hours I worked on it. Though it might make my next desk a heafty burden, I think a stone top is brilliant.