A few months back, I lost another hard drive. I’m tempted to think that there is something wrong either with the 160GB drives that Apple puts in their MacBooks, or that I’m doing something drastically different from my previous machine. Certainly, I can’t explain why I’d have two drive failures in under a year.
I’ll post some updates shortly; it’s been a busy, but excellent semester, and there are some good stories to tell. Perhaps. At some point. 
Either way, I have a tool to post to the blog installed again, which is a big step.