As some people already know, I had a rather sad time the other weekend. The Friday night (the 27th of April) my Powerbook, affectionately known as FatMac (it seemed really big compared to my 12″ iBook), unceremoniously died. Damn. It had a dint in the edge, next to the power plug, more or less since… Read more

Just a note for those people who might be just starting to read this – I’m thinking of people from Contiki, mainly – please take it with both a grain of salt and some understanding. I’m pretty honest here, and there’s plenty of things I’ve written about which I’m not proud of. But I put… Read more

I’ve been sorting through my New Zealand photos… I’ve done a first screening pass – where I pick which ones are publishable – and am now going through and naming all of them (and commenting on some). After that comes a second screening, where I double-check the ones I chose the first time round. And… Read more

I’ve just bought Taxiride’s ‘Imaginate’ album from the iTMS. It’s the first thing I’ve bought there. Aside from being $9.99 + Applicable State and Federal Taxes poorer, I don’t feel any different. I was tossing up whether or not to use the iTMS… I sort of put it to myself that if they had a… Read more

It’s been a surprisingly busy week, as is likely evident by the fact that I haven’t written anything about it yet. I have started going through my NZ photos, but there’s 1950 of them, so it’s going to take some time. A fair fewer turned out than I’d hoped, with the killer in 95% of… Read more

There was a glitch in the last few days, yes – .Mac and I had a disagreement over renewals, and it expired. I’d been expecting it though, and it didn’t take long, luckily, to beat it back into conformance. I don’t think anything’s gone walkies while it was down, but do pipe up if you… Read more