Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2026 by Tina Garceau

Happy Valentine’s Day Joe!

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Forward to the PAST!

Posted on February 12, 2026 by Joe_Williams

New computers are not in the cards for me

Money’s tight and freelance is sparse making the purchase of a new computer less and less likely. It won’t pay for itself. The necessary evil loses its necessity, and it just becomes evil.

The major strike against a new computer is that our Silicon Valley overlords have seen it fit that we, their customers, should own nothing. You’re not buying a computer. You’re paying for the privilege of using it temporarily. The software is a rental and most of their hardware will give up the ghost in five years or so.

You never truly own what you pay for. It’s sort of like real estate taxes.

That is why I have been pulling out some old Macs I’ve had in mothballs and giving them a new lease on life. Some of them are getting a fresh operating system in the form of Linux Mint like the 2012 Mac mini I am typing this article on while others are getting a little surgery and are running a feline-named OS.

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Pasta e Ceci

Posted on February 9, 2026 by Tina Garceau

Another cold one on Saturday – 13º to be specific. Perfect weather for soup, and this one certainly fit the bill – chick peas, ditalini, spinach, in a light tomato broth. It’s easy to make and delicious! Continue reading →

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Caturday

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Joe

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Friday Five – Number Two Hundred Twenty

Posted on February 6, 2026 by Tina Garceau

Two hundred and twenty in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.

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Snow Day…Week…Month?

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Joe

Arctic temperatures, snow that won’t go away as well as a local leadership that seems baffled by the presence of frozen precipitation in cold months has put a damper on our homestead and our activities at Willceau Illo News.

We will be back.

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Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Tina Garceau

Normally I associate sugar cookies with Christmas – but these cookies are fantastic year ’round! They’re crispy, melt in your mouth marvels. Finish them off with some red colored sugar, and they’d be perfect for Valentine’s Day! Continue reading →

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9th Street Frosty

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Tina Garceau

With the temperatures being what they are in Philly, this snowman’s going to be around until March!

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Party Like It’s 2009!

Posted on January 27, 2026 by Joe


Last week I wrote about upgrading a Mac Pro tower with a Solid State Drive or SSD plugged into a Peripheral Component Interconnect express card which I placed into one of the PCIe slots within the Pro’s enormous aluminum chassis. It may sound daunting, but it was really straightforward. The installation may have taken 5 minutes.

Disassembling and upgrading the 2009 Mac mini, pictured at the top, was a lot more challenging.

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