Pretty much the last bits of Lionel I died this morning, as the original 1.2gb hard drive finally decided that enough was enough. Expensive morning, but all seems well, with Lionel II having 20mb more storage to chew on. Another failed attempt to install XFree86 4 leaves me foiled and unhappy. Still, got some nice music via Gnapster and got deeply drunk.
Lots of updating done on the workdump tonight. Not much else to report despite my long absence from the daylog. A couple of revisions of Gtkdial have sneaked out, and I think with some tidying up of the horrendous spaghetti which is my code, it'll soon be ready to share with the world. Its a useful direction as the tension level at work shoots reaches new heights.
Well, technically this is being written on <<lionel>>, as the frenzied week of upgrading has resulted in very little of the original machine remaining. Many thanks to Steve for his invaluable guidance in rebuilding Lionel. Managed to duplicate both audio and data CDs successfully now, more by luck than judgement maybe...
The fuel crisis which I disparaging put in quotes a few days back is biting hard here at GNEHQ, and coffee is being served black - this is not helping the sleeplessness situation! The CD Writer is here, and I'm having limited success in getting it going between bursts of study. Not much webserver or other work going on (Gtkdial is in pieces at present, pending a major rewrite). The effects of monitor sickness appear to be wearing off, but I'm having to sit further away than my cheap Argos workstation really allows. Picked up a highly discounted soundcard earlier, but there's just no room in the case at the moment.
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.
