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 […]
Friday, May 11, 2001
Work’s been kinda intense; we have a deadline of 9:00 a.m. on Monday to get a bunch of help files cleaned up. I’ll probably be coming in to work tomorrow. Of course, if I’d simply buckled down and really attacked this work, it’d be done by now. But no, instead I’ve been fiddling with other things, or just plain goofing off at times. So, fine. I have to pay the piper. […]
Thursday, May 10, 2001
OK, lots and lots to talk about. I tried to get AtheOS installed on Lady last night (I really should put up bio pages for each of my computers, so people will know what I mean when I say things like “I brought home Tramp tonight”). That was a trip. First, I kept getting corrupt boot disks, and then the installation would hang partway through (Lady has its hard drive divided […]
Wednesday, May 9, 2001
After arriving home last night, I was completely unproductive. I managed to answer my e-mails and do my devotions, but I neither sketched a sketch nor wrote any writings. I’ve determined to follow my schedule tonight, even though I’ll be getting home late. I will have time. I’ll make time. Went to the hospital at 9:00 this morning for an echocardiogram, which was surprisingly quick and easy. This was not my first echocardiogram; […]
Tuesday, May 8, 2001
Well, Scot Hacker has written an excellent article (since removed) about the current state of the BeOS, and its current situation and future. I can’t disagree with anything he says. Personally, I’ll continue to use BeOS for the foreseeable future. I can’t imagine using Windows regularly at home; BeOS is the best OS out there for my tastes. And no matter how dire the situation, nobody can make mede-install BeOS. It will […]