I had a really rotten day at work today. I had to say goodbye to all my friends and colleagues at Myer. I was "let go" because I can’t work every Saturday, and because my former manager is a bitch.
Still, one of the new people at Myer is interested in Linux, so I gave him my e-mail address and once he e-mails me I’ll send him some CDs.
When I got home, my 3 Ubuntu 6.06 CDs arrived! I’m wishing I ordered more, as I seem have burnt a lot of copies of my version 5.10 ones recently 
The best part is, they come with a bunch of stickers! I cannibalised one of them (cut out just the logo) and stuck it onto my computer alongside the Windows, ATI and AMD stickers. Sweet
For those of you who may not know, Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu, send out CDs anywhere in the world for free! So if you want to try Ubuntu, you just register on http://shipit.ubuntu.com and they’ll send you a copy for free! You don’t have to pay anything! (sometimes the post office charges you duty, the idiots).
Oh, one more thing. We bought my mother an iPod Shuffle yesterday, because her old 128mg MP3 player wasn’t working properly. We chose the Shuffle because it’s easy for her to use. However, it wasn’t easy for me to get working! I installed the iPod software… or tried to, it crashed. Trying a second time got me further before it crashed. So I restarted, tried again, and it installed successfully, so I had to restart again. I copied all the songs onto the iPod using iTunes, but it wouldn’t play them! In the end, I had to reformat the iPod and use the Linux Gtkpod program to transfer the songs. Now it works fine.
Three cheers for Ubuntu for getting my Mum’s iPod working!
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