Monday, May 21, 2001
Sheesh, I’m getting behind in my diary entries. Sunday was quite uneventful, though. After an excellent service in the morning at The Falls Church, and a sermon on fasting, I spent most of the (drizzly) day mucking about with AtheOS programming and writing. Well, that’s not really true. Saalon shot me a heartfelt e-mail about an argument we’d had the night before over a script he wrote. He felt worried and just sort of lost […]
Monday, May 20, 2001
Sun Got some feedback today from Saalon on “Anime Explained,” and have been making a number of changes to the article as a result. I’ve decided to take the “history” section and make it a sidebar, and I’ll add a new section on the positive aspects of anime. I’ve also been increasingly interested in writing some present-day fiction. Perhaps it’s due to my recent subscription to the DorothyL (a mailing list devoted to mystery literature). No matter; I still want […]
Saturday, May 19, 2001
Well, I met with “Dave” this morning (remember, the guy I met at B&N?). That was an experience. He’s involved in a sort of MLM business, but based online and using discounts at online stores. The idea is that I sign on and get discounts at various stores. If I sign on anyone else, then when they buy stuff, I would get a small percentage kickback, as sort of a referral bonus. If I sign on a lot of people and they […]
Friday, May 18, 2001
Well, this morning Kurt Skauen answered my plea for help, explaining why my test AtheOS application kept bombing out. Now it runs; it just doesn’t display the window. :sigh: Back to checking every single character of my code for a typo…. Of course, I should be using this time to work on the design of the AtheOS word processor I’m trying to make. I know what I want to do, but I really should get it […]
Thursday, May 17, 2001
Tried to work on Wine tonight, but just didn’t have the energy. I had a really upset stomach all evening, so I couldn’t face writing. I even opened up script 3 and put my fingers on the keybard, but nothing came out. It wasn’t writer’s block; it was lack of mental energy. I just couldn’t think, which is terribly frustrating as a writer. And I know I’ll be really busy over the next […]
Wednesday, May 16, 2001
So, here it is, Wednesday. I’ve been having trouble going to sleep lately, so I feel a bit like a zombie. I’ll apologize in advance for anything weird in this entry. I had trouble drawing last night. I’m trying to draw twelve consecutive female figures from a couple of fashion magazines that I have, to improve my skill at drawing the human body. Last night’s attempt just didn’t come out right. […]
Tuesday, May 15, 2001
I had the oddest experience last night. I’ve been wishing for a copy of vi (the text editor) for AtheOS for awhile now. I couldn’t stand it any longer last night, so I went to vim.org, downloaded the latest Unix source package, transferred it to my AtheOS machine (Lady), and tried to compile it. To my shock, it compiled and ran fine. I’d just ported vi to AtheOS. I’ve never ported anything before. I’ve always […]
Monday, May 14, 2001
Work was uneventful today; we had to get some work done by close of business today, but we were able to do it with plenty of time to spare. Now we’ll be entering a bit of down-time, which we hope to use to get ahead in some other projects. After returning home, I finished my dinner from Saturday night, and immediately cleaned my part of the house. Mom had decided to clean much […]
Sunday, May 13, 2001
Spent most of the morning upgrading Kamidake, my AtheOS software directory site. It’s getting quite feature-rich now, I must admit; I can now add software entries using a web-based form (instead of hand-editing the files), and I’ve put in the substructure for separate developer entries. I’ve just realized that I’ll really need to create a separate MySQL database for Kamidake. Which is sort of unfortunate. Anyway, today we went to my sister’s house […]
Saturday, May 12, 2001
I drove to Maryland this morning to a meeting of my “Coffee and Classics” book club. We’ve decided to forego meetings at The Tea Cozy in Alexandria, and instead meet at Suzie’s house. Her directions were flawless, and I had a great time driving through lovely neighborhoods. Suzie had copies of Pilgrim’s Progress, which will be our next book. We mostly just chatted, had tea and scones (which were excellent), and ended up watching […]