I've got a new 17" MBP, and within a couple of weeks it's already playing up - I've got a DVD stuck in the drive!

For a while, turning the machine upside before ejecting (yes, with it still running!) was enough to free discs, so I get the impression that the mechanism has shifted very slightly and something is catching.

Sadly, even that ungainly and somewhat scary action doesn’t work anymore. Searching the net, it appears that I’m not alone either. Looks like Apple’s quality control is slipping again…
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Caroline and I were returning home the other day when we were accosted by a fellow Pastafarian, who spotted my "Obey Your Noodly Master" t-shirt.

Nice to know that the word has spread as far as Herne Hill...

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I haven’t blogged for a while, so this news is a bit out of date… but anyway, Tom Smith has a neat new project which lets you search the internet by price.
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I've had an interesting time over the last year at Sony, but recently I started to realise that it wasn't really going in the direction that I wanted, and so I started to look around for alternatives.

As it turned out, my old friends at Sports Interactive were on the look out for a programmer. Things have moved on a lot at SI in the last couple of years, and to cut a long story short, I decided that I was very interested in going back there - and so, that's what I'm going to do.

The decision was made a while ago, but I've been keeping quiet about it until I actually left Sony, which happened this Tuesday. So on Monday, I'll be starting back at SI towers.

They say that you should never go back... but then they say all sorts of stupid stuff, so what do they know...

;)

Soon after my post about QPR, they decided to relieve Gary Waddock of his role as manager, and appoint John Gregory instead.

I must admit to finding this a bit depressing - I've never been that keen on the idea of Gregory taking over, although it's been rumoured on and off for about the last three years, so someone at QPR obviously liked the idea.

Waddock does have a pretty appalling record, in terms of straight results, but I think that the style of play has improved this season, and on the whole he seems to be more decisive during the match, making substitutions earlier and doing less random tinkering.

Having said all that, the team certainly aren't performing as they should. Gregory may not be my first choice, but maybe he's what we need right now. I certainly wish him luck.

We've got a threadbare squad, but there's more than enough talent to stay in this division - let's hope we manage it.