I’ve now learned that the glass Apple uses to cover its iMac screens is, in fact, glass. It’s not some space-age high-tech magic polymer that magically resists damage. It’s just… glass. And what does glass do quite easily? Crack. A couple nights ago, I looked to the upper-right corner of my 27″ screen and discovered a massive diagonal crack in the glass, around 5-6″ long. I’m not entirely sure how it showed up, though I do seem to recall gently (and I emphasize gently) bumping the side of the computer with something hard a few days ago. If that was what caused the crack to form, then it was quite the perfectly-placed accidental hit.

Regardless, the computer is now sitting at a local Apple Store being repaired. Or rather, they’re waiting for the replacement glass to come in so they can swap it out for me. If it takes longer than Sunday (which it very well may), then this crack might interfere with the regular recording of this week’s Inside the Magic podcast. We’ll see.