Sunday, February 16, 2003

I wonder how many of the million or so well-meaning but morally confused people who marched in the "no war" rally in London on Saturday had read this letter published in the Guardian the day before? 11:59:27 PM

My prayers have been answered. I was flipping through the 150 or so channels we now have on our digital cable and discovered a new one called ASPN. It's really ESPN by another name. Hurrah! How long I've waited to get ESPN over here. Tonight there's a live NHL game, followed by last night's UCLA/UA game (the first time college hoops have been on TV in the UK). Pinch me, I must be dreaming. If we get ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball and NFL too, I will probably need to be tranquilized! 11:12:43 PM

Well, after trying every trick in the book, I just couldn't fix the permissions problems in OS X, so I had to bite the bullet and do a clean reinstall. It was expecting to have to devote at least an entire day to doing this, but it was much, much easier than I thought it would be. Incredibly pain-free, in fact. And best of all, everything seems to be working again! 11:10:05 PM