Jeez, whats up with me today?

Erm anyway, just a note for anyone from the UK on my friends list who has a blu-ray player - HMV have got a 3 for 2 offer on right now in store. Looks like most titles from the advert.

I'll be going down Oxford Street tomorrow (iBook's keyboard problem has gotten to the stage were I need to get it repaired, so Apple Store it is....) so im going to take a look. Will be getting At World's End at least. Not sure what else yet, i'll decide when i get down there.

Also going to pick up Transformers tomorrow, on HD DVD of course. Looking forward to that.

Why didn't anyone tell me Close Encounters of a Third Kind is out on Blu-ray tomorrow (in the UK).

*preorders from amazon (£13.98)* (although dad said it has to go away for Christmas now)

Kinda appropriate since within the first year of having a DVD player we got Close Encounters of a Third Kind on DVD.... now continuing that sorta tradition with the HD formats, hehe.

First time i get to compare all 3 versions of the film thanks to seamless branching too (which worked very well with Spider-Man 2 and the choice of theatrical or extended cut)



Okay as I'm writing this entry it seems my iBook's keyboard is f**ked up again, so I'm going to have to shut down and reseat the connecter again.... and if this keeps up i guess I'll be going back down the apple store.....

Got a phonecall from the Apple Store today, my iBook is ready to be picked up! So im going to have to go down straight after my dentist appointment tomorrow.

Took it down the Regent Street Apple Store today.

Bad news - the Hard drive is pretty much dead. They couldn't even use any repair tools on it when booting from an external drive!

Good news - its covered by the warranty. So in a week (or less, or a bit more - 7-10 days the estimate is) ill have my iBook back with a fresh HD.

Could you stop sending me so much bad luck?

Thanks.

and ive finally got my iBook back to how it was.

OS reinstalled, and all software updates installed.

All i can think of saying is "Thank the lord for the archive + install option"

Id go crazy if i had to get all the settings back to how i had them!

My iBook wont boot from the hard drive any more!

Crap, crap crap! Im just about to run disk utility from the install DVD. Hope this works......

edit - well HD is fine, so im guessing the OS funked out. Most of been the 10.4.9 update.

*sigh*

Archive and install time!

edit again - its 4:27 - its finally started installing.

after 2 months of not playing it. Was it still as good? Yep.

Some amazing boss battles in Hallow Bastion. My fave - Sora vs 1000 Heartless! Okay they arent quite full strength ones, but was still AWESOME.

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In other, slightly sadder news, i think my iBook's keyboard is up the creek. It keeps pressing random keys. *sigh*

I have a feeling Apple might play nasty buggers with me, saying my Applecare is f**ked up due to the drop it had a week or so ago (btw these arent connected - it happened before but went away after i checked the lead inside, where you put memory).

Its here!!!

Sitting next to me right now, my new iBook!



Oh and as an-aside i want to play this:
http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2005/12/01/the-japanese-game-to-end-all-japanese-games/

Yay for general Japanese weirdness!

Arcording to UPS package tracker, my iBook is sitting at home waiting for me!!

Ok it took nearly a MONTH to get to my house, but better late than never i guess.