blake johnson

So much for Apple making higher quality computers… I have had more hardware issues with my iBook G4 than any other laptop I’ve owned. Six months ago some piece of the internal power supply went bad so that the computer no longer charged its battery, just last month the airport card stopped working unless I could literally reach out and touch the access point from where I was sitting, then today, I’m browsing the internet, I hear a pop, and the backlight of the LCD screen completely turns off!? Luckily, these last two problems were fixable— my airport card is working again after taking it out and reseating it, and the screen came back to life after a hard reboot.

But, the damage has been done. I can no longer hold onto the fantasy that somehow Apple makes products with fewer problems then Dell, Sony, etc.

Overall a pleasantly enjoyable adaptation of the book. A lot of material had to be cut in order to make the movie a tolerable length (most of the Rita Skeeter plot disappeared, and Percy Weasley is completely absent). But, my first reaction was just a sort of amusement at how people imagine things differently. For instance, the “pensieve” (the container that holds Dumbledore’s thoughts) that I imagine is more of a space than a physical object. And somehow Dumbledore should be a bit softer around the edges.