Weird stuff which I have witnessed in the past few days includes a bungled and half-assed citizen's arrest, a man impersonating a doctor, and a train cancelled due to a "lack of unavailable train crew". Delayed gtkdial release in the hope of new icons. More 'under the bonnet' tweaking too. Brit Quiz starts with amazing round, a narrow win in the second, and a loss to a great score in the third. Overall we didn't win, but swept the board due to nice 'nearest the bull' question on lunar temperature. Wished "good hacking" on departing a friend's house tonight. This makes me happy.
Promising start to day, with some more gtkdial hacking on the train to work - mainly around help files. Later half-way fixed stuff for people using .wvdialrc instead of a .conf file. Surprise night out, lots of interesting talking. An OK day all in all, which is pretty good by recent standards! More Journeyer votes on Advogato leave me feeling humble.
After a weekend in some sort of suspended animation, things finally moved a bit today. Went to Burnham again, but was so preoccupied during the journey I forgot to enjoy it. My dad had stripped and repainted a really nice little cabinet for me. Later, tidied up this site, put my latest essay online, having played with WvWare to convert the file - worked really well. Tonight, a nice surprise dinner which was a pleasant end to a very strange weekend. Feel reconciled to the immediate future at least, which is a good thing.
A very dull day here. Woke early - great weather. Did domestic stuff, and finished too early. Wandered around Weston in the sunshine, getting vaguely irritated at the crowds - it must be summer! Messed about doing nothing useful all day. Damn frustrating. Awaiting appropriate moment to release new gtkdial in the past two days it has gained a French and a Traditional Chinese translation - which I think is actually pretty amazing!
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.
