Mac OS X 10.5.3

So Mac OS X 10.5.3 has hit the Update today. Being the brave soul I am, and plagued of problems, I installed it.

So what’s new? Nothing so far, as far as visual changes go. But holy shit, has a lot of stuff happened in the background. The update file is a ginormous 420MB, almost a half-gig.

I immediately noticed that I’m getting a lot less beachballing on a lot of tasks, such as listening to music in iTunes, switching tabs in Webkit/Safari, starting apps, and just overall tasks.

I’m even able to load up the most intense Myspace page and not have Safari crash on me. Before, Safari used to crash if I even thought of myspace. Which is definitely an improvement.

It seems like things just got all-around faster in Leopard.

HAHA, DISREGARD THAT, I LIE. Also other stuff.

So, went to work today (well, I work at a grocery store, so I’m at work a lot more than I should be off-hours.) to get my schedule and to pick up some caffeine.

Now as you can see a couple posts previous, I got written up for not punching the sweep log. Well, look at what I found on the published sweep log…4PM was missing. I was off the clock at three, thus meaning IT ISN’T MY FAULT.

So yeah, whatever.

AIM Mobile fails miserably.

So I set out to find out why my new Nokia 6555b wasn’t receiving any messages from AIM.

Now, I have two accounts: itoilet9 (Primary AIM) and anticitizen@mac.com. I left Anticitizen signed in on the MacBook and itoilet9 on the Nokia. But before doing that, I tried some local tests to make sure everything worked okay.

A horrible horrible week.

Okay, I know this may get a bit personal, but I’m going to post this anyway.

 

This week just seems to be a series of bad bad things. Let’s begin with some things.

1. My wallet has been stolen.

Yeah, this obviously sucks a ton. My bank card, ID, Social security card, everything was in there. I stashed it in the breakroom at my work, in a place no one else would know where it is, unless they knew exactly where it was. Since two people saw me put it there (Both co-workers), obviously something’s not right here.

But then, I dial up my bank, and lo and behold, someone’s already managing to use the card. I got it locked up pretty quick, thankfully, before too much damage was done.

But now, I have to go through a ton of red tape to get things back in order. Woohoo.

2. iPod has keeled over…

Those of you who know me know that the iPod is my life in a little device. Music gets me through anything. So imagine my surprise when my 5G iPod just suddenly gave up the ghost. Doesn’t charge, doesn’t power up, nothing.

Perfect. I’m sure that’s going to make things just fantabulous.

3. The water lines below my house have broken.

Meaning the water’s going to have to be shut off for an entire week. That’s just fucking perfect. Most of the food I have depends on water.

4. My ex is harassing the crap out of me.

She’s starting to IM me and message me saying that I should be ashamed of myself for talking to her the way I did, and that she has a heart too…and such. Playing the guilt trip card, basically. And it’s driving me insane.

5. Getting shafted at work.

I got written up for not punching the sweep log, and written up the week previous for taking a week off due to the flu. Perfect.

Not only that, they have decided that I can’t close for shit (actually, I can…) and slapped me with morning shifts. I cannot do mornings well…

6. My memory is gone, gone, gone, man.

Someone stole 512MB of memory out of my MacBook. My ex, to be exact. So now, I have a really slow MacBook that crashes all the time.

Bringing back the blog.

Seems I have a solid road to the internet now, so I will be trying to post again. Yay.