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I started Gaim today, and it complained that it could not log into Yahoo Instant Messenger. Network outage, or Yahoo following MSN's lead and locking the Linux-using riffraff out of their network? Time will tell...

I've gotten to the point where I can't fit any more music on my 20Gb Archos Jukebox Recorder without deleting something, and I've deleted most of the obvious things I'm not going to listen to. (The fact that I rip my MP3s with lame --preset standard probably contributes.) I'm tempted to void the warranty and replace its hard disk with one of those new 60Gb laptop drives. (Given that there's no Australian distributor and calling on the warranty would involve shipping it to France or wherever, that's not much of a dilemma.)

Update: Yahoo's back. Looks like it was one of those network outages.

Quest for the perfect mango tea

With my stocks of mango tea dwindling, I decided to try some of the local varieties while I'm in Australia, rather than ordering some Whittard's and braving high postage fees and the goodwill of Customs officials' interpretation of "fruit pieces". So, on the weekend, I went to T2 on Brunswick St. and bought some of their mango tea.

IMHO, the T2 mango tea is not a patch on the Whittard's; it tastes a bit too sweet and doesn't quite have the substance, for want of a better word. Mind you, I didn't think too much of the batch of Harrods tea I bought in the UK either. Next time I may try some from that place in Sassafras that cyflea told me about, or possibly one of the other independent tea shops around town.