Hrm, I guess it’s been a week already. What happened?
Food poisoning on Saturday - bad, but seemingly ok, orange juice put me on my couch for 3 hours (and in the toilet for about 10 mins). The rest of the day was low-key, reading [heaps] [of] [web] [pages] [about] [DVD] [authoring], cos I got a new burner! Yes, dual layer power, quite speedy as well. NEC re-badged IO-Data. Good stuff.
Oh, and the friendly guys at LAClinux helped me upgrade my kernel (indeed, custom compiled it) so that the system could handle me pulling disconnecting the DVD drive. Silly SCSI disconnect panics. I’m very satisfied that I’ve purchased from them. Support is fantastic. So, what am I running? A fiendish beast called 2.6.12-rc6-kmh-lup41a.1 . And the new kernel lets me use the hibernate/Software Suspend scripts. Turning off the machine to move it has never been easier, and coming back to my session is faster as well!
All of this computing has got we wanting to pick up developing as a hobby…. I like scripting at the moment, and there’s great documentation
What else? Finals started this week, so I’ve got some more time to myself - or DVD authoring. Dice returned to Japan, and I’ve talked with him since. Gonna try to meet up with him at some point. Looking at getting a screen door for the front - wanna have a breeze come thru without all the bugs.
This weekend is the leaver’s party. 100 JETs are leaving the prefecture, so in 3 weeks, 100 new ones will come in. A new guy/girl is coming to Yaizu - at Chuo High School. I’m excited to meet him/her and offer any help I can. I’m also going to stop by the sumo club this weekend. I talked with one of my 2nd years (who’s in the club), and I’m gonna watch, and maybe try!