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Silence is...frustrating.

It's now been eight days since I killed my laptop. This is a long story that deserves a proper telling once I'm back up and running again. Basically - I had the machine ticking along beautifully, new modem and all. Then I decided to tinker. Stoopid, stoopid, stoopid.

Hence: the blogdrought continues. I'm posting this placeholder/apologia from the office, in a gap between more pressing stuff.

Don't know how long it will take to fix the trusty Compaq. I really hope I haven't inflicted permanent brain damage on the thing - it's a great machine and puts up with a lot of abuse.

Meanwhile, I'm filling the Palm with blogthoughts for later development.

Check in every couple of days - we hope to restore normal service as soon as humanly possible...

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