Calendaring

Writing the MRD for OpenFlock. Yeah, that's a bit ass-backwards, but now that I've got the time to spend on it, I really want to make sure that I've done my planning right - which means a requirements definition and a real spec for the code. This is, as any software engineer will tell you, the hardest parts of the job but the time really pays off because

• You know when you're done
• You can quickly get others up-to-speed on the project
• You can actually do QA on the code - to see if it meets the requirements and the specification

It does feel good, in the same way that getting to the gym feels good - first it hurts, but you know that later it's going to pay off.

MP3s

Got almost all of my CDs ripped and onto my MP3 server. I spoke with someone tody who told me about some whiz-bang AC-driven computer-controlled FM transmitters which means that I can turn the MP3 server into a FM radio station, thus removing yet another set of cables from the stereo. It also means that all I need to get is a FM radio connected to the speakers in the backyard, and I've got my sound system all set - 802.11-powered iPAQ wherever I am talking to the MP3 server via the server control system, and the MP3 server broadcasting over the FM airwaves...