Looking forward with some trepidation to a week which will be at the outside, interesting. ADSL modem arrives. Set it up and tried as far as possible to set things up in preparation for the service becoming available. Sort of terrified that I'll mess it up completely of course. Blazing sunshine. Took advantage of a walk, and became involved in some guerilla interior design work. Later, out into the wilds to some country pubs. Perhaps I'm getting old, but I'm so much happier in these wayside inns than anywhere in town nowadays. Learned how to play a dice game called "Shut the Box". A really pleasant evening.
Straight from work onto a train for Bath Spa. First decent weather of the week, and generally a really nice evening wandering about. Visited pubs including the now almost legendary in these parts "Dark Horse" which turned out to be far less sinister than it appeared! Searched in vain for food, finding everywhere amazingly busy. Eventually went for a Latin American place which took forever to get food to us - much to our frustration. Train back absurdly late. Very sleepy, full of food and happy.
An unexpected afternoon/evening out. Good to catch up as ever, and its always a relief to find people who don't think you're completely mad! Drank way too much, and felt the effects. Overall however, a really good day. Some remarkable revalations too. Its a strange world we inhabit.
A quieter day. Felt too agitated to read much today, despite a tantalisingly high stack of books (and more on the way, thanks to eBay). Wandered out to the Post Office, shopping etc. Wrote a little bit about the oddness of the Lambchop show last night. Irritated people on IRC. Finally responded to Gman's mail regarding the GNOME Foundation stuff. It seems that industrial action is on the way. After spending quite a bit of time explaining to people why its not just about 'greed', I'm pleased to see that the majority of voters understood the issues. Released a GNOME 2.0 version of the gpuce viewer, with a much-improved gallery making script. Should probably write a GUI for it. One day.
Lost::MikeGTN
I've had a home on the web for more years than I care to remember, and a few kind souls persuade me it's worth persisting with keeping it updated. This current incarnation of the site is centred around the blog posts which began back in 1999 as 'the daylog' and continued through my travels and tribulations during the following years.
I don't get out and about nearly as much these days, but I do try to record significant events and trips for posterity. You may also have arrived here by following the trail to my former music blog Songs Heard On Fast Trains. That content is preserved here too.
