and the day started so well… * * * I’d had a long day at work, with the weekly meeting running way over time. I’d rushed to the station, only to find the train had been delayed 10 minutes. It didn’t get better, as the train was stopped at a later station for nearly 15 minutes more before we actually were getting anywhere. I still had work to do at home, a conference call, and I was just tired. ...

So Apple’s dropped the MacBook as expected, albeit well before their announced expected time last year. And as you may well know, I’ve been keeping an eye out for the MacBook for a while now… so it’s decision time =) It’s really a no-brainer. I can afford the higher-spec 2Ghz machine, and even do up the options a bit. What I really don’t get is why Apple is charging over $200 more for a black box. Once you’ve up-spec’d your white 2Ghz one to 80GB, you’ve got the functional equivalent. I don’t get it. It’s like they’re saying “We know you want black. But you gotta pay for it.” - or is it? Is it something like the black one gets hotter so there’s an extra $200 of cooling in there? ...

The Accidental Expert: Cabbie gets interviewed as an expert on digital music (via) Update: Turns out the confusion was a little different than first reported. “Hi sir, welcome to the BBC - where your job interview is live to the nation!” It’d mean a more open selection process, that’s for sure.

MP3s, Taping TV shows etc., is finally actually legal in Australia - Ruddock: “Now that we’ve caught up to the 90s, we can have a serious look at this new fangled ‘interweb’ thing. I hear it’s popular.”

There’s a few people you can never replace in your life, but right at the top of that list is your mum. Without whom you wouldn’t actually be around, so right off the bat there’s something you can’t argue against. Some will argue that having one “special” day set aside for mothers demeans the whole thing, that actually having that day is an acknowledgement that most of the time mothers go unappreciated. There’s some who argue that it’s crass & commercialised and that decaring this day of all days is completely arbitrary - mainly because the shops haven’t got anything else to get sales in May. To which I say that’s the weakest excuse I’ve ever heard, foo'. ...