I recently ran into a little problem with one of my UMD discs that was loose at the top of the disc. This was causing a bad rattle that sounded like the disc was being scratched badly. I fixed it by super gluing the case shut in the loose spots. If you run into a problem like this be sure not to get super glue on the bottom of the case or you may need to replace the case. Especially make sure you don’t get it on the actual disc or you may have to replace the entire game!

Glue is best

Found a handy utility to read localhost mail. Mutt is particularly handy since it is easy to filter through and can be done via terminal rather that via email. If you have a chance to check it out please do!

Mutt screen

So I had been waiting for sometime for Windows to finally sweep Vista under the rug just as they did with Windows ME. They have a bad habit of locking down their software for their loyal customers. So if it wasn’t bad enough that you payed potentially hundreds of dollars for Vista, then you of course have to pay at least a hundred more for Microsoft Office suite. “Well what’s so special about that? I’ll just stick to my 2003 Office suite.” Yeah, Microsoft already had that in mind. So that’s why they made a whole freaking new file format called docx. Most people don’t care until they get to school and find out their school switched to the new Microsoft Office suite or the opposite could occur (They update at home, but school/work has not yet.) This creates an obvious software conflict thus creating a higher demand for Vista…then for the Office suite since it isn’t offered with Vista. But…I digress. Luckily we all have something to look forward to. Windows is going to try to redeem itself with Windows 7. “So is this a whole new operating system?” From what I understand yes and no. It will be built off of Vista and really its just a whole new improvement of the Vista operating system. Well that isn’t half bad…Except for the people who already payed for Vista, because now they will be paying twice for the product they wanted originally. From what I hear the beta testers like it quite a bit and some have even moved over to Microsoft 7 Beta permanently. I’m definitely looking forward to the directx 10 and the added memory recognition above 3.2GBs.