Present Perfect

Currently in the French Alps (Tignes) for a week of snowboarding ! I'm in the internet center with my laptop because there was a bug in Flumotion for a client and I made a small patch at the apartment and have now uploaded it. Waiting for the client to verify the test works now.

Having lots of fun here. Andy seems to be really happy going down the slopes. Kristien has improved immensely and can keep up nicely. Wim is taking snowboarding classes as it's his very first time. He bought a set of clothes here and looks very stylish. Christian arrived yesterday, against all odds, on the bus from Geneva airport. For some reason though he's sitting here next to me playing World of Warcraft. He's soooo addicted. Also good to see Sven and Anja back. We're having a great week.

Going back to the apartment for some lovely dinner and lazying about with the guys. The snow is great, the weather is great, and it's incredible how much better it is to go a whole week...

Currently in the French Alps (Tignes) for a week of snowboarding ! I'm in the internet center with my laptop because there was a bug in Flumotion for a client...

Completely forgot to notify my homies in Belgium of some fabulous news: Willeke,
coolest rock chick of Gent, is pregnant ! You go girl ! Here's the father. The lucky bastard... Well, she's his now probably forever !

Completely forgot to notify my homies in Belgium of some fabulous news: Willeke, coolest rock chick of Gent, is pregnant ! You go girl ! Here's the father. The lucky...

Thursday, we had a day off that I didn't know about before. Cause for celebration, you'd think. I set up a jhbuild on my home machine the night before so I could take a look at some bugs with the GNOME freeze coming up.

In the afternoon, my machine started heating up, as I've mentioned before. Weird stuff started to happen, until the machine stopped dead and did not want to boot anymore. It would start and run for five seconds, turning on lights and fans, then stop. I assume the CPU was shutting down the power supply. Last time I had a problem was with this same computer - the store replaced the motherboard (that was not due to overheating).

Anyways, after some reseating, taking out the whole stack of junk, and putting everything naked on my desk, the machine booted again. It did cost me a good four hours of twiddling though. So I didn't really get round to doing what I wanted to finish.

Today, Saturday, I woke up to my desktop's mounts being read-only. Uh oh, disk errors. Reboot. The machine doesn't want to even boot from the disk anymore. For some reason hardware I get or use here in Spain is about ten times more prone to breaking down than back at home. Last summer I blamed the heat in general, but it's not too hot at the moment, so that's not it.

OK, let's give up and buy a hard disk and thermal paste for the CPU. But let's check our bank account first. Wait a minute. This can't be right, I was sure I had more money than this. Check statements.

Somebody cashed out 3681 euros three weeks ago. It's supposed to be a teller cheque, one you withdraw and sign for personally. Either I'm finally schizophrenic, or someone took money out of my account. Of course, I realized this slightly after 1 PM, which is when the banks close for the weekend.

I should never have gotten up this morning ...

I think I'm going to go to San Andrea for a bit, shoot everything that moves, and find some banks to blow up. Hopefully that gets me through the weekend...

Thursday, we had a day off that I didn't know about before. Cause for celebration, you'd think. I set up a jhbuild on my home machine the night before so...

I like my new shoes. But.

They are a bit rubbery.

No big deal, you say.

Well, since getting them, each time I get in or out the office and grab the door handle I get an electrostatic shock. Pretty harmless, but big enough to be annoying. You'd think that after a month I would have learnt to anticipate, but no. Pavlov would have a field day with me.

Part of me hopes that the problem will go away when we move office next Monday. But it's the same floor, the same kind of door, and the same kind of office.

If you see me coming alive and Frankensteining into your living room, remember: it's the shoes.

I like my new shoes. But. They are a bit rubbery. No big deal, you say. Well, since getting them, each time I get in or out the office and...

... was spent at Benjamin's place, with Kristien and my sister, Christian, and some other people from the sister company. Way too much food, and that combined with the week of restaurants pretty much made me lose my appetite for two days. Never happened to me like that before.

As for new year's resolutions, let's give this a try. In no particular order:

• finally completely finish learning Spanish by studying two times an hour each week
• clean up financial stuff
• make sure Kristien and I keep doing tango
• start working on my music database plans
• start working on my GStreamer audio apps
• write the best streaming server out there
• keep better contact with friends
• get more physical exercise before I turn into a whale

... was spent at Benjamin's place, with Kristien and my sister, Christian, and some other people from the sister company. Way too much food, and that combined with the week...