• Yes, I just got the CD-Drive to actually read without skipping from a disc! Overwhelmed? You bet I am. Brings a tear to my eye. I really need to do a good system clean up and get it running a bit quicker again though, it's 2 this September but it's still doing remarkably well, I've never had a laptop last this long before and this one is still in really good nick so I want to keep it that way. God bless HP.
  • According to the Lynx (UPS) parcel tracker my new phone is currently "status: out for delivery" which is very nice, I'd say, except for that I can't guarantee being in the house all day, and there is no one else home.  I requested a morning delivery, but they just said they'd try but can't guarantee a time of day.  This always gets me mad, they can work out roughly how long the guys route takes and give better time slots, they choose not to.  Anyway, hopefully it will come soon so I can play with it like a new toy.
  • Facebook.  Is anyone in the world not on there? It's bizzare, because you end up with old blogging pals in the same list as work colleagues, uni mates, and random pokes.  It hasn't for me yet, but I can see it raising odd questions about how folks know each other.  My boss is never being added, thats for sure.
  • Live Earth.  I love big concerts, but it all seems a little fake.  Don't get me wrong, I hope everyone has a great time who's going, but Live8 had a groundswell type feeling about it, all that campaigning and the other events, about something people were pretty much agreed on.  Live Earth just doesn't seem to have that, it's like everytime someone thinks of a cause now we have to have a huge concert, get some originality, muppets!