Bad. Good. Better. Worst. Best.

Bad news: after a year of hobbling along on its last crippled leg, the ibook harddrive died once and for all last week. Even the Apple staff declared it D.O.A. I'd been pushing it hard in preparation for some shows in New York and don't know what I was thinking. No major data loss this time. Just some audio projects I had worked on, many of which are still on Minidiscs anyway.

Good news: I got a new harddrive and it seems to be working fine.

Better news: While we were at the Apple Store I got a new Mac so i could work easier without beating the tar out of the ibook. We are now a two-laptop household again. (Colleen's Thinkpad has theoretically worked the whole time, but does it really count?)

Worst news: Artistically and technologically satisfied, I am now broke as a joke. Possibly broker.

Best news: built-in WEB CAM!!!! oh boy...

Bonus Craziest (old) news: USA in 5 days. Holla.

Mike


PS (from Colleen): This webcam has inspired me to start a Skype campaign. Loved ones, a year is too long. The blog is great, but I need to talk to y'all. at least some of the time. So who's down for this? Who's up for the latest inaka updates straight outta ichi-no-miya ?? Let's get Skype!