early post meridian, EST
ApacheCon
The
Big Feather
finally arrived from the UK, after sitting in US Customs
because no-one could figure out how to supply an invoice for it. Customs
was threatening to destroy it soon, so I faked one up with MS Word. {sigh}
Bureau-rats.. It got broken on the way to the UK, but the return trip didn't
make it any worse. A little white glue, some bamboo skewers, black
marker.. It's about 2-3kg; excellently crafted firmfoam.
Some interesting news may soon be forthcoming on the ApacheCon front; it'll be announced on the announcement list if all works out.
Perl and DBI and..
I finally got off my arse long enough to finish scripting something to convert
data in a GDBM file into MySQL. All praise DBI! Now the Web access
stuff needs to be converted, Perl -> PHP. Then I'll give more details
here for the insanely lifeless. :-)
Advogacy
{sigh} I need to find some time to go through the Advogato user list and
do some people-research and possibly some certs. More publishers and
editors after me to write stuff; there are certainly enough projects being offered
me to make writing a full-time job. Now, if only the benefits and pay were as
nice as those IBM is currently providing me..
self-improvement
I've pretty much determined to take the plunge and migrate one of my
systems to qmail. Now, should I do it to my laptop, or one of my desktops?
If I do it to the laptop, it'll force me to use it -- but it may also torque me off if
a lack of understanding on my part gets in the way of some important
mail activity..