Some bean counter at Kinko’s decided that it just doesn’t make sense to support Macs as part of their in-house systems. So they’re phasing them all out. Which means you gotta bring a Powerbook if you need to print something in color. Ain’t that just great?

Some early thoughts about Panther: God, this thing is so much faster. It’s a pleasure to use this laptop again- something I thought I’d never say after I left OS9 by the side of the road. The redraw and UI feedback are almost as quick as OS9 used to be, which is saying a lot. I’m usually about three steps ahead of the UI in terms of what I’m trying to do with the computer, so when Jaguar got slowed down figuring out how to draw this fancy transition or make that button blink, I got stuck waiting for the machine to catch up to me. Very annoying. Command-Tab for the applications menu is a fantastic addition—something from Windows that I miss on the Mac. Expose is OK but I haven’t found a real need for it just yet. (Designing on a laptop screen means you get real picky about workspace organization.) Overall, I’m impressed and very happy that I can squeeze another year out of ol’ reliable here.

Whupped. This weekend was a blur of nothing but work, work, work on the house. Pictures are here and here. That is all.