A few things - today we finally completed the painful switch to a new ISP. Speeds are much faster but we don't have much faith in our new ISP's competence to do the most basic things - like follow an instruction for example.
Anyway - we're plugged in again. And finally are wireless. My gaming rig and the family machine are still connected via Ethernet - but thanks to the Apple Airport Extreme Base Station I'm running wireless 'N'. The speeds are the same as using an ethernet cable - before I downloaded a file at 260kb/s and smiled all the way through. We have 200GB monthly usage before 6PM, and 20GB after - so I've got plenty of downloading to do during the day.
Going up to the Gold Coast in a week or so, taking my camera gear so hoping for some nice landscape shots. Now that I have a tripod, I can play with long exposures and night photography. I ordered a sensor cleaning kit today as some of my images have been showing a lot of sensor dust - so I'll clean it for the first time when it arrives.
Apart from that, I want to buy a 50mm EF f/1.8 II lens for some low light stuff - certainly would be handy. After that I'll decide if I want to continue doing photography if I like it, then I'm likely to sell my kit and buy something like a 450D and get some decent glass to go with it.
Apart from that - MacWorld has come and gone, and I finally got to watch Phil's keynote today (no internet for a few days thanks to the geniuses at our new ISP). Nothing really surprised me or jumped out at me, a bit boring to be honest. Was expecting a Mac Mini update but it never came. Maybe later or possibly at WWDC sometime in the middle of the year. None of it really bothers me to be honest, I am completely content with my MacBook and I don't see myself wanting to get a Mac as a desktop right now - do too much gaming for that.
