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Steve Jobs once walked barefoot through Atari’s halls, bathed in LSD, and considered becoming a monk.
Instead, he built the company that rewired how the world thinks, talks, listens, learns, and dreams.
He wasn’t born into brilliance. He was adopted, dropped out of college, and crashed on friends’ floors eating free meals at Hare Krishna temples. What he had was obsession — with elegance, with control, with making machines feel human. While most saw computers as sterile, Jobs wanted them to feel. Not just smart — beautiful.
In a dusty garage in 1976, he co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak. Woz built the tech. Jobs built the vision. Together they launched the Apple I, then the Macintosh — wrapped in beige plastic but infused with the idea that technology could be personal, almost soulful.
But by 1985, Jobs was pushed out of Apple — exiled from his own kingdom. Most would have burned out. He went deeper. He started NeXT. Bought Pixar. Changed animation forever with Toy Story. And when Apple begged him to return, he came back a changed man: leaner, colder, bolder.
Then came the iMac. The iPod. The iPhone. Devices so intuitive they changed human behavior. Jobs didn’t invent computers or phones — he made them irresistible extensions of self. But brilliance had a cost. He was notorious for emotional abuse, perfectionism, and a near-spiritual intolerance for mediocrity. “You’d show him something,” a colleague once said, “and he’d call it it. Then a week later, it would be his favorite idea.”
When he was diagnosed with cancer, he tried juice fasts and denial. Control was his religion. But death is the one product he couldn’t redesign.
He died in 2011 with no Twitter, no LinkedIn, no flashy send-off. Just a quiet room. An empire behind him. And a half-bitten apple that changed the world.
Steve Jobs didn’t just make tools. He made belief.
And he left behind a glowing screen — asking us what we’ll create next.

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@sheba2011

This reminds me of the Cape. However, there is one lighthouse in Orleans (on Cape) that is a hotel and restaurant and is haunted. Guests have reported seeing an apparition in their room fixing their bed for the night. Others have mentioned dishes moving on their table. It’s scary at first until you realize they are friendly and just want to say Hi. There is also a lighthouse overlooking the Atlantic next door. We used to go this route at least once a month to visit the Christmas Tree Shops. It was about a 20 minute ride from our door using the Cape Highway (Rte. 6). No more “Trees” on Cape. So sad. Each of their stores were different. That’s what made it so interesting.

I often wondered if you walked alone with Poppy at night. I am beyond thrilled that you have good company with you.

I mentioned that I was still planting. This time it’s for planters that will be a decoration for our carport. The carport is opened on one side which faces our next door neighbor. She has planted climbing flowering plants to make her area more private. I like an open feel. Consequently the containers are at the edge of the carport on the cement portion rather than on the grass. When I am done with the planting, everything will move to the grassy area so that I can power wash the area. I purchased two outdoor rugs. One for the carport and the other for the lanai. I do have a rug in both areas now. The one on the lanai needs more vibrant colors. The one in the carport is too small. Looking for an outdoor couch and coffee table. These will finish the look. So much fun putting things together and then looking at it when it’s done.

Not much rain from the storm tonight. Tomorrow may be a different story. I will definitely leave before anything hits.

RIP! May his memory be a blessings to all who loved him.

@shoelady60,

Good Evening Oz is back to normal during this storm a woman from my area drowned
while hiking. So sad I am very careful where I walk and if I hike it will be a clear and cool
day. 😎

I will be watching the Golf Events I enjoy them. I was a cheer leader in high school
so sports just comes natural to me. I also did Gymnastics I was tiny and I could work
a balance beam and floor routines like no one else. I was good at Volley Ball and
Badminton. I like to move a lot. I am only bringing this up because this is Sports Season.

Time for Taylor Swift watching who knows if it happens one day it will be fun. I will be
at Travis and Mahomes Restaurant in the future they are still building it. 😎🎈

Very calm and peaceful tonight. 💕😘 Sweet Dreams. 💕❤️