I was recently re-united with someone that I love very dearly.

Yes, my laptop just came back from the shop. Its power circuitry had failed, and it took seven weeks to repair the thing. It didn't help that the power circuitry also blew out my battery, which had to be replaced.

Actually, I'm a little sore at the CompUSA technician that I spoke to, when I brought my laptop in for repair. He said that if I paid $30 extra, it would only take about four days to repair my computer. I think he must have been a new (and still under-trained) employee, since other CompUSA employees later told that this wasn't the case. But enough of that.

I've had opportunities to see the ELISPOT analyzers and software from a company called CTL. I was immediately struck by how well-designed the user interfaces were. If only more programmers would develop a proper understanding of user interface design principles!

Their programmers seemed to be sharp blokes as well. A lot of programmers don't understand software design disciplines and the elements of object-oriented programming, but these people seem like they're on the ball.

Hello. This is my place for miscellaneous ruminations and the like. I expect that this will cover matters of technology, ethics, logic, science, creativity and more. Let's see what evolves, shall we?