Out of the office reply...

[loic]

Hey, I've not been posting for a while. Sorry about that.

Right now I'm in Melbourne Australia. On Thursday we drive up towards Sydney. In two weeks we'll be in New Zealand. In a month we'll be in San Francisco. In two months we'll have an apartment. I'll be working, back at Rdio.

Actually, I probably should be getting some work done for them right

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[ariaflame]

I take it that replacing the battery isn't an option? Or is it in 'too hard when on move' basket?

[loic]

Probably the latter. If I can get a replacement battery in Melbourne I'll get one. Otherwise I'll try to order one to arrive in Sydney by the time I'm there in about a week and a half. Otherwise I'll try to get one to Auckland. Or perhaps I'll get my hands on a new laptop somewhere along the line...

[hub_]

the worse is when you get the invite, try to use it, get told to go away and then got a new mail sent telling you you haven't used your invite yet. I went berserk on that and read them the riot act.

[loic]

That's why it's a beta! :)

[loic]

Yeah, we'll get the deals in Australia eventually. I was using it for a while with Australian rights and that meant I could only get 30 second samples of almost everything.

[redbraids]

Good travels! Sorry I was not not able to come to your drinks thing and say hello but I had something else on.

My battery died recently with the same prob (mac?). I tried everything but just had to buy a new one.

[hub_]

at least you can find one relatively easily (if the machine is not too old) :-/

[loic]

We'll have to try to catch up next time. Unfortunately my laptop battery doesn't exist in Australia. Apple do a good job of only having a couple of different batteries across all of their models, and then having them in stock.

[hub_]

and given that it is a PC laptop battery, your are sad out of luck to find a spare one off the shelf. been there, done that. I took a few weeks to get one shipped from IBM.

[loic]

Yeah, I ended up buying a new laptop. Thanks to the netbook revolution I picked up a "high end netbook" which is exactly what I needed pretty cheap. I'll pick up a lenovo battery eventually so I can use my old laptop for something.

[alamark]

If the two of you need somewhere to stay while in Sydney, you're welcome to stay with us!

In any case, catching up for a drink/meal/whatever would be great if you have time. :)

Sophie

[loic]

Thanks for the offer! We've got a place to stay but we'd love to catch up for a meal or a drink. We haven't really worked out our plans but we'll be in town from Wednesday till Sunday. My number is 0406235870, send me a text so I have your number.