Author: Paul Tomblin

SWEEEEEEET!

Email recieved a few minutes ago:


Dear Apple customer,

Thank you for ordering from the Apple Store! We’re happy that you visited and shopped at our online store, where you can find a great selection of Apple products.

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PURCHASE INFORMATION

ORDER

Part Number: M9462LL/A
Product Name: PowerBook 17″ 1.5GHz SuperDrive
Estimated time to ship: Same business day

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Part Number: M8853LL/A
Product Name: APP for PowerBook (w/ or w/o display) – Enrollment Kit
Estimated time to ship: 1-2 business days

Ok, leaving aside questions about why they can ship a PowerBook the same business day, but take 1-2 days to ship a piece of paper, I can’t wait. My poor old battered but beautifully decorated 15″ PowerBook is giving me problems keeping the charger making connection, plus it’s just too damn slow.

Now I have to figure out how to transfer all the music I bought from ITMS on the old laptop to the new one.

At least once I have a replacement in hand, I can re-epoxy the replaced hinge and not be tempted to open it up before it’s had a good two days to cure.

It’s freaking cold

I don’t think my employer keeps the heat on during the weekend. And because of that, I’m sitting here at my desk with my winter coat on, but my fingers are stiff from cold. It’s not just annoying, it’s destroying my productivity.

I think I’m going to go home and work there and hope and pray that the office will be warmer tomorrow. But there’s no guarantee. The last time it was this cold in the office it didn’t get comfortable until it had warmed up considerably outside.

Why I run my own blog

Every now and then, especially when I’m facing my own computer problems, I think “why don’t I just give it up and get a Livejournal. And then today every Livejournal page is showing the same text:


Our data center (Internap) lost all its power, including redundant backup power, for some unknown reason. (unknown to me, at least) We’re currently dealing with bringing our 100+ servers back online. Not fun. We’re not happy about this. Sorry… :-/ More details later.

If there’s going to be a massive screwup making my blog unavailable, I want it to be *my* screwup, dammit.