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Well, my iMac G5 died Friday morning. The power shut off while checking email and it just looses power when trying to boot again. After talking to Apple support Friday night… prognosis: bad power supply. This is the second time the Mac died in less than a year. Last time it was right before Christmas. That time, the transistors on the mother board went bad and I had to replace the mother board. Luckily, after the first incident (just days before the 1yr warranty went out) I purchased the extended warranty.

One good thing did come out of this, finding the new and improved Google Reader A while back, I had imported all my NetNewsWire subscriptions into it. I never used it much because the interface was too primitive. So, wanting my rss feeds Friday night, I gave it a try again.

Whoa! Apparently they just updated the UI that day. The interface is very usable. Once they fix a couple of kinks, like occasionaly not iterating to the next unread message, I may be able to replace NetNewsWire. I’m especially happy because I can use it at work on my linux box too. The Google Reader developers made me a very happy camper.