RIP Tarantula

After all the relevant backups were made, Tarantula (the system name for my aging laptop) was wiped clean last night. He now awaits a new hard drive from Singapore (thank you manufacturer's warranty) and has received a tripling of his RAM in preparation for his spiffy new operating system - Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron! Bring on the release!

This screen, by the way, may be the saddest screen ever to see...