I think I’m cursed – my HW woes continue. My multibay hard drive where I keep all my data as well as run my VPC’s from has started to go belly up. So 22 GB of backing up later, I’m going to see if a complete reformat of the drive solves the problem. I’m thinking it’s a controller issue, so reformatting isn’t going to do squat, but I gotta see if I can salvage the drive. If not, a replacement multi-bay drive is not cheap.

In better news, I picked up Amped 2, Grabbed by the Ghoulies and Crimson Skies @ the company store today. Crimson Skies is the one I wanted the most, but I liked the original Amped and I hear the sequel is pretty cool. I picked up Ghoulies primarily as a gift for the school where my wife works as the director of Extended School Services. They have an XBOX but few games, so I figured I’d help out. I’m still waiting for NHL Rivals 2004 and Project Gotham Racing 2. PGR2 was in the store briefly yesterday, but sold out almost immediately. Since I’m cursed, my XBOX is having occasional issues as well, but nothing a little patience doesn’t cure.

I love Rory’s blog. As soon as I move my blog to DasBlog, I’ll have him on my blogroll. In the meantime, I’ll just point you to his rant on the “f” word.

Duncan blogged that the PDC sessions are available as streaming audio with synchronized PowerPoints. For those who couldn’t attend PDC, or just couldn’t get into the room, be sure to check out the Architecture Symposium track featuring Pat, David and Keith. If you just want the PowerPoints, you can get them here, here and here.

I think everyone read Duncan’s post since the performance is horrible right now. Don’t worry, Duncan said they’ll be up there for six months.