Yesterday Sioned & me headed over to the Trafford Centre in Manchester for me to coo over the new Macbook Pro lineup. I was undecided between the glossy and matte screen of the 15" versions (anything bigger would be too much for me - I like to be able to travel light when I need to and sling everything into a single bag). It came down to how much glare the glossy screen would give. I'll be going with the glossy screen and putting an order in through Procureweb, which gives an impressive discount for University people. The reason for the new purchase? My four year old Toshiba Satellite is now showing its age - depending on where pressure is laid on the keyboard, it'll simply switch itself off. This isn't a battery or power supply issue - the same thing will happen on either. I've taken the laptop apart to a reasonable level, but I suspect that it's a cracked mainboard.

The weather was also with us for the journey there (and back), with us having the top down the whole way.

Today I watched an the Canadian Grand Prix which, to be honest, was utterly storming. The first race win for Lewis Hamilton was well deserved, but it's very rare that we see such attrition in a race now. The fact that Robert Kubica survived such a large crash, as well as the others who piled it into the final corner shows how far F1 has come now. Interesting also that two were black flagged. When did that last happen?