chuma.org

Category: my ramblings

  • today

    • The bus smelled like paint thinner. I got a headache.
    • I forgot my lunch in the fridge, so I had to buy.
    • Other things, I’ve forgotten them, but there were other things.

  • you know people have been working over the long weekend when…

    …the output tray on the laser printer has overflowed all over the floor, and no one has picked it up.

  • my weapon of choice

    Rogers@Home sucks a little less, since we finally got connected. But I still can’t change my password, because their web login is horribly broken.

    Now I generate an index to the huge list of old entries.

    Let’s make another list of things I’m working on, shall we?

    • Resurrecting the NewtonTalk mailing list. Planet Newton seems to be dead, but somehow I don’t think anyone will be attending that funeral.
    • UNNA database. I plan to have this done by the end of the summer, hopefully much, much sooner. Of course, now that the cable is back, I can actually work on it…
    • RotateBook patch. Almost done…

    Coming back to Guelph for the weekend is always good. I really like this town. And I always have a great time with Sandy, of course.

  • want this

    gekkomat

    Rogers@Home still blows goats.

  • too low to find my way, too high to wonder why

    I finally got the Newton Resources redesign done. I need to do a better logo though, but other than that it’s pretty standard. I decided to keep the same chuma colour set after all, with only a few minor CSS changes, which I’ll probably move over to the chuma CSS soon.

    Things on my plate right now:

    • Work.
    • UNNA. Well, actually, this has been reduced to “wait for Rogers@Home to get their collective shit together and get my cable modem delivered in Guelph, so I can bring by development database box back up and work on the UNNA DB.”
    • I’m working on a patch for the Newton’s book reader, with the help of Paul Guyot. I also think I found a bug in the book reader, but I’m not sure yet.
    • My SCSI drive(s) are trying hard to die again. Next paycheque, I need a hard drive.

  • throw your hands in the air

    Why I like Bomfunk MCs, I don’t know. I think it’s the same part of me that listens to Len and Aqua. Sometimes, cheezy dance music with stupid lyrics is good. However, extended exposure can lead to permanent brain damage.

    Summer is going to be hard. I guess I already knew that. I love my work, but I also love Sandy and love being in Guelph with her.

    I need to redesign Newton Resources very, very badly, but I can’t get any design inspiration. I started to think about how to put it together, but I can’t decide on a nice colour scheme. Maybe I’ll just use the same colours as chuma.org – then I don’t have to write another CSS. I should seriously try to get this done tonight after work.

    chuma.org just went over 8000 hits since May 24, 2000. Over 8000 hits for a personal website in just a year is pretty good.

    Oh, and Rogers@Home can go to hell.

  • why the heck does my desk shake all the time?

    It’d really annoying when your monitor (FD Trinitron or not) shakes from side to side on your desk all the time. Could it be the streetcars going by?

  • quiet nights and quiet stars

    Well, I’m at my second day at work. This morning I wasn’t quite runing around like a madman, so I guess I’m starting to remember the daily morning routing quickly. The other daily routine is also starting to come back: coffee. I need to get some green tea and bring it in to work, before this starts getting serious again.

    Random thing in the garbage at work today: a copy of Solaris 2.5 server.

  • bye, bye, Bell

    Well, we got fed up with bell not being able to update the darn DSLAM fast enough, so I called Rogers and they’ll be around on Tuesday, guaranteed. Now that’s some decent service.

    Of course, this won’t help me much because I’m in Toronto now for the summer. Dial-up for me, yay. Woo-hoo. I’m so happy. <sarcasm>

    On the bus today I finally got around to starting to read the excellent sci-fi novel Bellwether by Connie Willis. Calum, you would appreciate this book, especially:

    1. Optimize potential.
    2. Facilitate empowerment.
    3. Implement visioning.
    4. Strategize priorities.
    5. Augment core structures.

  • the net… what is that thing again?

    Well…. we’re finally finished setting up our new apartment. The furniture has been built and moved, the posters have been hung, the bed has been assembled, everything has been cleaned, polished, or put away. Now, if only Bell can get off their sorry asses and get our DSL hooked up properly and send us the kit, we’d be 100%. As it is, I’m writing this from campus.