Jon Simpson’s Weblog

I’ll use a timeline to indicate events:
Timeline -20 days: Order PowerBook.
Day 1: Get new PowerBook
Day 2-3: Enjoy excellent new laptop & get all my docs/settings transferred.
Day 4: Find ethernet port not accepting any cables. Contact Applecare to arrange replacement.
Isn’t life great? I waited almost 3 weeks for this one to ship. I wonder how long [...]

So the much rumoured PowerBook updates emerged at lunchtime on Monday of last week (01/02/05), and underwhelmed the Mac masses anxiously awaiting the Powerbook G5 (any Tuesday now, right?). Not content with bringing you this ‘news’ a week late, I’ll continue with random information about how the update affected the PowerBook range, and why [...]

Ok, so I seem to have taken a short hiatus from writing weblog entries recently, but I figure its time to start writing about interesting things again. There have been two CSCS meets since my last entry, both of which have focused on getting results with the PDA+Brainstem+Servo combinations that we’re using. Both sessions felt [...]