My main desktop PC, the one I play warcraft and occasionally code in, has been bizarrely unstable lately. In a way that hasn't been too easy to diagnose. At first, it was only when I was in Windows, it would lock up or suddenly reboot. Usually right in the middle of a melee.  Yesterday, it started happening when I booted into Windows, it was crashing/freezing at random times. 

Since its happened in both OSes, it must be a hardware problem, I've long suspected that the power supply cables are flaky because if they're not in a the exact right position, the box might not boot up.  But this morning, after another crash, I reset the BIOS, turned off all the power management settings and left all the other settings at their default values. The computer has operated without problem all day today while I worked from home.  

Any suggestions, short of replacing it with a Powermac? I'm thinking of replacing the power supply, and if that doesn't do the trick it might be time for a new motherboard.

Mobile GMAPS displays Google maps and Keyhole imagery on J2ME phones and devices. Its available under a Creative Commons license for non-commercial uses only. Plus, they use a picture of the phone I have on their website! I'll have to play around with this...

Another reason why you don't want to upgrade to Longhorn - Microsoft's next major revision to windows. Of course, that assumes it'll come out within the next few years. That version of the operating system will have hardware enforced digital rights management to restrtict audio and video playback. The analysis linked above makes an interesting point that:

The only way I see this approach as really working, where there is no consumer/news media backlash like when Microsoft planned (but later abandoned) rights-protecting recorded TV shows on Windows Media Center PCs: Make the DRM invisible, or nearly so, to consumers. A major reason for Apple's iTunes/iPod success is the near invisibility of the DRM; JupiterResearch surveys validate that consumers don't really mind DRM when they don't see it.

Please! A "major reason" for the success is the "invisiblity of the DRM"? Are you kidding me! A major reason for the success is that it plays unencumbered MP3 files, which we all have filling up our hard drives (legit or not). A mojor reason for the success is the great design and simplicity in using the device. No one says "I love my Ipod, especially that I can't see the DRM".