I haven't been posting many blogs lately, because my Mac has been misbehaving.That cuts down on the blogging time as I waste countless hours restarting my computer.
Last night I took the Powerbook to the Genius Bar at the Palo Alto Apple Store. After going through a checklist of things I had already done, the Genius concluded that my Powerbook had been 10.3.5'd. Apparently applying OS X 10.3.5 and the latest Software Update Patches can cause certain Powerbooks to freeze up. (Apparently network traffic causes a virtual memory overflow problem). He recommended I try an older version of the OS and see if everything works there, so I downgraded to Jaguar. (10.2) Everything seemed more stable, so if all goes well, I'll reinstall Panther (10.3) later today and hopefully get that all taken care of.
I had to replace my tires today. Yesterday (it seems like a lot longer than a day ago), I found out that my car, having reached 70,000 miles has worn out it's tires. Having done almost 40,000 miles in these tires, it's weird to see how much more tread the new ones have.
Been playing a little bit of Burnout 3: Takedown on the PS2 at work. It's one of the better games that's been released of late. The concept is pretty simple: take a car driving game, add physics fun, and combine it with a demolition derby. To add to the fun, you have to unlock new tracks and new cars. They don't use real cars, but the cars are styled enough to be recognizable. I played the XBox version of this, and it just wasn't as cool. The Xbox lacks the motion blurring and sparks flying as you careen off the guide rails, which is one of the subtle places where the PS2 version succeeds.
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