Will the geeking never end!

Okay, so today's cargo cult delivery consisted of my Newton 2100 (proper 2100 this time), and a Brazilian computer I got on eBay like, a fortnight ago. Literally; auction ended 19th July, the item was shipped from the (stereotype) undeveloped land that is Southern America, and it got here today. it was shipped on the 23rd.

Now, I'm not usually given to prejudices, but post is post, and Brazil /is/ allegedly behind us Western Civilisations. However, the seller I dealt with was prompt, polite, had excellent feedback, the item is bang on as described, and was packed better than anything I've seen for a long time with solid polystyrene broken and cut into shape to perfectly surround the machine. I mean, this was a dirt cheap computer, and it was $16 shipping.

Compare this to the US seller who charged $40 to ship two disk drives at the end of June that haven't arrived, changed their shipping method from air to surface (the Brazilian computer was sent surface allegedly).

I mean... gah. I'll be buying from Brazil in future, I tell you!

(And I need those disk drives to finish rescuing some disk images. It's really annoying).

Thursday should see a new Epson scanner for my eMac, a Perfection 4870 or somesuch, and a TW200 projector for the Home Cinema room - a big step up from the EMP-S1 I was playing with.

Oh crap.

I'm supposed to be going geekshopping on Thursday :/

I'll get the deliveries moved.

Wierd

Deliveries moved to Friday. Phew. Yeah, so, Gavin Saxby (computer bloke I know in Edinburgh) and I are attacking the ICT place I got the other computers from. Gotta pick up another indestructible LaserJet 4MPlus (£20, if they have Ethernet boards) for my dad, and I'm grabbing a 6400 and the SE/30 I left behind before, and trying to prise the SS20 out of their paws. Maybe.

eMac just imported a CD both my PC and G5 couldn't deal with - Songs to Wake The Dead, by Projekt, a compilation from Hot Topic I really liked - specifically this track. Now why the eMac would do it, and not the G5, is beyond me.

I used Apple Lossless compression, but surely that wouldn't make a difference. Would it?

Now I really need another HD for the G5!