Back up and running

First, the good news - my MacBook is back from repair and I'm up and running again. Now for the bad news - my hard drive failed and they couldn't save any of my data so I've had to start from scratch and reinstall everything so now I've got a fun evening of running updates to look forward to.

Yeah, I know I should've backed-up, but who the hell does that? Even the guy at Apple's Genius Bar had to admit that he never backed up so it's just Sod's Law. Anway, there was nothing super-important on the hard drive, just a stash of porn and tv show downloads.

Oh, that reminds me, someone wanted to know what porn I had on there so I've had a little think and here it is: a Bel Ami film Greek Holiday; a couple of Corbin Fisher clips with Lucas (my favourite!); and a couple of Sean Cody clips with AJ. All rather innocent and harmless. In fact, I was quite impressed with my restraint!

My MacBook is in the repair shop - no blogging for me!

My poor ol' MacBook has finally had enough! Any piece of electronic hardware that I have always gets a rough deal as I'm super-maladroit. My MacBook has been white-knuckling it for the past few months. Luckily, it's still under warranty so I rang Applecare this morning and they arranged for me to pop into my local store and go to the Genius Bar.

Basically, my hard drive has failed and needs to be replaced. No, I haven't backed up my data (who does?) so I've lost everything. Plus, I have to admit that one of my first thoughts was "Um, how much porn exactly is on there? And what genre?" I'm sure I'm not the only one to have such thoughts!

Anyway, they were very professional and organised at Apple so I was very impressed with them. Unfortunately, I am going to be without my computer for a few days so there will be no updates. I've just popped on using the horrible PC computer at work but I shouldn't really.

No interweb for me a few days, how am I going to cope? I'm already starting to get the shakes!

Stupid, stupid, stupid me!!

So there I am, having a relaxing day in bed watching some CSI on my MacBook when I put it on the bedside cabinet and get out of bed to get a drink of water. Being the clumsy person that I am, I knock the MacBook and it falls straight to the floor. Luckily. Apple make these things to be sturdy so it still works, but I've knackered the MacBook's ability to charge up the battery so now I'm left with a laptop that needs to be plugged into the mains at all times. Aaarggggh!!

It's my own fault, I'm the clumsiest person alive, but it's still annoying when I do these things. Don't worry, that photograph isn't of my own MacBook, it's just for illustration. I'm not binning it, I'll just have to get used to keeping it plugged into the mains which is total rubbish for a laptop.

I'm such a dumbass!

Female member of Mursi tribe in Southern Ethiopia with an iPod

Female member of Mursi tribe in Southern Ethiopia with an iPod. Great jewelry, I'm not sure about the gun though!

Apple's iPod shuffle 2nd generation

Well, I must've been a good boy this year as I was recently given a gift of a brand new Apple iPod shuffle. I'd been thinking about getting the old style shuffle but as soon as I saw this dinky baby, you bet that I wasted no time dropping some heavy hints!

I've got a pink iPod shuffle, just like in the photo above. It's so small and light, I use it every day. I already have the video iPod but it's a bit heavy to just pop into my shirt pocket on the way to work. I also have the old iPod mini and that's kept in my iPod speakers next to my bed so I can listen to music as I fall asleep.

The great thing about this new iPod is that it's so small you can pop it anyway or clip it onto your clothes. It's especially useful when working out at the gym. Most of my gym shorts don't have pockets so it's great to just clip the shuffle onto your t-shirt. Is there a downside? Yeah, the crappy headphones that come with the iPod shuffle. You'd get better quality headphones out of a Christmas cracker!