Between personal curiosity and research for a work project, I find myself with a MySpace profile. The last time I really bothered to play the social self-disclosure game was for my LiveJournal profile, about 6 years ago. I've done it with varying degrees of enthusiasm in other venues, but anymore I'm just tired of self-describing for social networking sites. This is where FOAF starts looking good to me: I just want to point each new profile - like my weak LinkedIn profile, for example - at a master resource and autofill. Of course, it doesn't help that visiting MySpace makes me throw up in my mouth a little, every time.

Also: I'm considering a new MacBook Pro in the next year or so, and I'd like to take better care of it than I have this 40-month-old 867Mhz G4 PowerBook 12". We have cats, so one of the nastiest things is that there's a micro-hairball woven under each keyboard scissor. Does anyone have any experience with those silicone keyboard protectors? Annoying? Worth it? Removal of the cats is not an option.

Ugh. My poor little PowerBook has a few loose teeth on its keyboard. Heavy use of various keys - as well as a botched attempt at cleaning awhile back - have left a few of the "scissor" mechanisms a bit injured. I swapped some of these around to less important keys, but I'm debating ordering new parts. And that's not to mention the half-dozen or so keys whose paint my fingers are wearing through. Good thing I remember where A and S are.

One tough thing about taking screenshots for a book: You've got to keep your asses and asshats out of the picture. Bastards aren't considered welcome, either.

In cases like these, I wish I could send a webcam-equipped Roomba to a conference in my stead.