My replacement hard drive arrived yesterday, which is good. It was delivered to the shop on the corner because I was out - I looked up the signature on the ParcelForce delivery tracking service, then looked up the name in the phone book. I think I would make a good detective, apart from all of the paperwork, I don't think that would suit me. I see myself as more of a rebellious yet stylish LA cop who busts drug lords and slave traders and child pornography rings while dealing out my trademark catch phrases and having a witty repartee with a convicted fraudster who I have broken out of jail to help me solve my cases, all the time firing hundreds of rounds from my revolver with pin-point accuracy, but with none of them hitting anyone because this is a family show.

On Monday I had also asked my dad to send me my Windows 2000 cd - his package arrived today, and contained 'Sony M-crew for Windows 2000'. That is not my operating system, it is the software to control my usb hifi that is at home. Oh well, he tried! So now I will have to laptop it and wait until I go home next week, then I can also pick up driver and application cds (oh yes, and the games).

In the mean time, I am very tempted to install some linux distro like Ubuntu, but... I can't be bothered. I can't be bothered to sort out hardware issues using dodgy non-manufacter-supported patches so that I can work in 1600x1200, or get sound working, or get onto the internet. I can't be bothered to faff about with wine so I can run my work programs and games slower than my expensive computer should. I can't be bothered with dual-booting, kernel patching, source compiling, back porting, dealing with package or library conflicts, software that just won't compile, or working with non-standardised laggy and buggy UIs. So I will not be wasting a day installing an inferior operating system that I will wipe off next week. I have work to do. Right after I finish this entry...