Well, it seems the archive ordering is working again. I really don’t understand PHP sometimes, it seems to read things in a rather arbitrary way. I swear it does it just to make life difficult for me!
Still. Not much to say really. Went back to work today. Was quite a good day. Haven’t done much this evening, apart from watch some Family Guy. That’s, um, it…
Well, apparently the archives are in a funny order. I think this is because my FTP program (gFTP) creates them in a strange order. So, back to the ol’ drawing board for sorting lists of directories…
Well, I think I’m back up and running after losing the old mooseofming.co.uk domain. How’s that for a quick turnaround? I wish I’d remembered to back up the old one though! Ah well.
Only thing is, I’ve lost about two thirds of September’s blog posts. Not really a great loss to mankind, it has to be said! I could probably get them back if I really wanted to… nahhh.
This is a blog update to say, I have no news. I’ve done nothing interesting in the past few days whatsoever. But that won’t stop me from telling you about it 😉
On Monday, I walked over to Leisure World to recycle some bottles. I felt incredibly virtuous… not only did I manage to recycle some stuff, but I walked there (as opposed to taking the car)! That wouldn’t be so impressiv if we had a recycling box which a lot of houses in Colchester seem to, but living in a block of flats you don’t get that.
Yesterday, I watched a programme on TV called “No Sex Please, We’re Teenagers”. It was the first of three I think, about a group of teenagers who – as a sort of experiment – were asked to go without sex for five months. It was from a Christian perspective, very interesting – and for once, seemed to portray Christianity in a positive light!
Anyway. Tomorrow I think I’m going to have to go down to Maidenhead, and sometime next week or the week after I may have to go up to the Peak District. I might be quite well travelled by the time I go down to my course on the 26th…
Just wanted to update you on the last few days! On Thursday, I didn’t do very much … went to the pub in the evening with Alex, Philippa and (later) Chris, Emily and Luci. On Friday, um, I can’t remember… something… um… I don’t know. Various things, including going home overnight! But whatever I did, I’ve got pictures to prove it!
Saturday, I came back to Colchester and did some stuff. In the evening we went round to Alex’s to play “Therapy” – which is a really good game! There were about six of us.
Then today, I went to Fordham in the morning. In the afternoon Philippa and her parents popped in briefly. Philippa is going back home for a couple of weeks to finish off her dissertation… it’s a funny feeling, not actually having a reason to go back to the university any more! I guess there are a couple of people I still know there though, such as Alex.
This evening, I went round to Anne-Marie and Esther’s and watched “American Pie: The Wedding”. To be honest, it’s not the greatest film I’ve ever watched… I don’t think I’d watch it again, but it was quite funny in places.
Anyway, I think that’s just about it from me! All for now…
This has been doing the rounds on the internet so you may well have heard it before, so I’ll just give the link. It’s quite telling, actually… this post explains what the fuss is about.
Tip: If you decide to use Linux, don’t install any new kernels because (dun dun dun) doing that will break stuff!
I’ve upgraded the Kernel twice since installing Linux. The first time the new one didn’t want to work with my wireless card (so I had to boot to the old one every time); and the second time – this morning – after installing the new Kernel it didn’t want to work with my sound card. It transpired that was more to do with volume control issues (i.e. the output was muted), but it took a few minutes to get into the volume control.
So, if you use Linux, be prepared to use Google a lot if you upgrade the Kernel 😉
Let me just say, by the title I don’t mean that Linux isn’t usually better at stuff than Windows. I wouldn’t be using Linux if I thought it was rubbish; in fact, I think quite the opposite: Linux does have its advantages over Microsoft in many ways. The more I use Linux the more I appreciate its power; however I do get frustrated sometimes when I want to (for example) watch a DivX movie but find that installing the media player takes me an hour because of all the dependencies.
So, it came as quite a surprise when something worked pretty much out of the box without me actually having to install anything!
As an engagement present, Philippa and I received some money for a digital camera, so we bought the Fuji FinePix F810. It’s a very nice camera – the only thing is, the only software that came with it was for Windows / Mac.
I searched around a bit on the ‘net, and found that there is something called gPhoto that you can use to connect to digital cameras. Downloading and installing it looked a bit funny, however, I wasn’t sure about it. Anyway, after spending 15 minutes searching around, I found that (miracle of miracles) it was actually installed on my computer!
I connected up the camera via USB and after a brief pause, it told me that a device had been connected that contained photos, and did I want to import them into my photo album! Now that is usability for you. Something that works straight out of the box with Linux (that doesn’t in Windows) is quite rare, but I’m happy to report that… well, I’m happy! I can browse the photos and edit them using the GIMP. It’s great!
This is the first of a two-part blog post. The second part will be part of my ‘Migrating to Linux’ series. This is just about the last few days of the holiday…
Anyway. on Sunday evening we went to the pub to meet up with some of Philippa’s friends. It was a really good evening actually, a good time was had by all! Then, on Monday we went into London after lunch. We went to the National Gallery for a couple of hours. I’ve been there once before but didn’t really get a chance to have a good look round… this time I did.
I was able to see the very famous Water Lilies painting by Monet, Sunflowers by Van Gogh, “Bathers at Asnieres” by Seurat, and the famous Tiger painting by Rousseau. It was quite an experience, seeing the originals of so many wonderful pieces of art… afterwards we wandered round London, through Trafalgar Square and then had tea in Hyde Park. In the evening, we went to the Albert Hall for one of the proms, they were playing the Flying Dutchman Overture by Wagner, a Beethoven piano concerto (no 3 I think), which was gorgeous, and “Also Sprache” by Richard Strauss — the intro of which was used as the theme for “2001: A Space Oddysey”. Unfortunately, the intro was the best bit of the piece, and it wasn’t repeated! Still, it was a great evening — all in all, a very cultured day!
On Tuesday, we went into Bromley where Philippa and a friend of hers were able to try on some wedding dresses… this getting married lark takes some preparation! Still. I wasn’t able to see any of the dresses, so I wandered round Bromley and then went back home. In the evening we watched “The Life Aquatic” with Bill Murray and Owen Wilson (amongst others). It was actually very good – it was by the same director as “The Royal Tenenbaums”. I haven’t seen it but Philippa has; if you liked it, then you’ll probably like the Life Aquatic.
Anyway… I think that’s just about it for now! More to come on the Linux side in a moment, other than that – goodnight!
Hello there! I’m currently on holiday 🙂
I just thought I’d write a message to update you. Last Wednesday I came down to London amd have been staying with Philippa and her parents. It’s been a really good week so far! On Wednesday evening we went to see Gorecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs at the Royal Albert Hall (the Proms). It was really beautiful – hearing it live brought a new meaning to it! My first time at the Albert Hall too, I enjoyed it.
On Friday we bought a digital camera with some engagement money that we had been given. It’s a Fuji F810, seems pretty good so far! I haven’t had a chance to get it connected with my computer (because I haven’t been home, obviously; my only worry is that I won’t be able to get it connected to Linux but I’m hopeful).
On Saturday, we went to another Prom, this time to see Sheherezade (I’m not sure if I’ve spelt that right) by Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as a few other short pieces. It was really good too 🙂
And this afternoon I watched the cricket… what a match! I have to say I didn’t think England were going to make it in the end with all those wickets falling, but they pulled through. Bring on the Oval, let’s hope we can win the Ashes!
That’s all for now. I’m back at home on Wednesday, hopefully I will be able to update more then.