They need to fix the damn pen tablet service

At least 50% of the time when I start my PC, the Wacom Bamboo Pen & Table fails to move the mouse. What’s necessary is stopping the TabletServicePen and restarting it. This problem is very well known among Wacom users and it’s pretty damn annoying. So the question is, why don’t they fix it? Latest OS, latest drivers, the whole shebang. I don’t really care who’s fault it is, whether it’s Windows 7 or Wacom drivers, but one of these guys should pick up the phone to the other guy and say “Hey buddy, how about we fix the issue that’s pissing off thousands of customers?”

In other news, Dreamhost has gone back to snailing. Kevin Rudd ejected by shady trade unions and big business largely because he did what they wanted (kill the ETS), new PM chick promptly caves to miners demands making a sell-our liar of herself but the Australian public, who have just been shafted to the tune of billions, increasing their taxes and lowering their public services, really like her because she’s a woman and she doesn’t sound all educated like that Rudd guy. Australian politics is depressing.

It’s one week until Uni results are out. My mid-year application is in, there’s little to do but sit tight. I’m working hard getting up to speed on my part time gig and of course studying Chinese every day.