Present Perfect

Work

Spent some time getting the GStreamer CVS build back into shape and fixing up the documentation again. Also trying to dust off the old autobuild scripts to get nightly builds going again on various machines. Tinderbox might be overkill, but we need something.

Also tried figuring out why openjade is failing to get the dtd through the transparent squid proxy set up here. It's time to dig out tcpdump or sniffit.

ds has given me access to his debian box, so I can test fixes there regularly as well, or even maybe run nightly builds if he's ok with that.

After that, it's time to rework some documentation and finish the test suite. I also need to set up my home computer because that's the one that contains my error handling code which still needs to go into GStreamer.

dolphy wanted me to install gaim because he keeps in touch with everyone through it. So I gave it a try, again, using my old config from last year.

I still hate instant messengers; the autoconverted smileys make it feel more like teletubbies stuff than Sesame Street. Anyway, I upgraded to the fedora updates-testing 0.74 version, which made MSN work slightly, then registered with ICQ for probably the fourth time in my life, and after some tweaking it worked. I get paid a lot for installing gaim, muhaha.

Home

Two days ago we went to IKEA to get a bed, a table, chairs and a sofa. We managed to find it all for under 1200 euro. Only the sofa was rather big and Tom, Matthias and I carried it up eight flights of stairs. I had a small nervous breakdown when we weren't able to fit it through the L-shaped hallway of our apartment, but after some twiddling we managed to land it in the long part and left it there.

Yesterday we've been told we would be invoiced for paint touchups in the stairwell.

I feel guilty towards Matthias. It seems like every time I try to do something back for him for all of the things he's helped out with, he ends up helping out with something else...

Other than that, we've begun filling holes left by the previous tenants in preparation for the painting work. We're still discussing colors. I think she wants one wall in red or purple and the other three in a broken white. We'll see :)

Life

This morning I got up really early to be first in line at the Police Station to get my identification number. I was there fifteen minutes before opening and I still was only the tenth person in line. After half an hour it was my turn. I thought I had brought everything, but apparently I also need some kind of proof that I have work there. So I'll have to come back in the morning, again. Getting used to Spanish bureaucracy, slowly.

Dave/Dina

salmoni, you're right, I need to touch up the website. It's still waiting on a server move which should be asap. That means, as soon as I have ADSL at home so I can work on it. Which, if the gods are merciful, could be today. It's frustrating - I finished building alpha .ISO images, they're in a box, but I can't upload them yet.

Other than that, yes, I realize I'm lucky to be able to work on what I like working on. Hope it turns out well...

Work Spent some time getting the GStreamer CVS build back into shape and fixing up the documentation again. Also trying to dust off the old autobuild scripts to get nightly...