Life
I haven't really had any time to do any Free Software hacking recently. It's not looking hopeful for the near future. I want to polish up auto2rpm a bit and finally get subscripto to do something useful.
I moved house, which went pretty smoothly. 2 weeks without Internet - how did I survive? My ADSL router's power supply did die just after I got ADSL back again, which was a bummer. One new power supply from Maplin and I had my ADSL back. Yay for Maplin's customer service. Maplin is like Fry's, but much smaller scale and more expensive.
Work has also been manic and probably will be for a month or so. Hopefully it'll settle down then, so I can actually think about what needs doing long-term. I'm stuck in the "get it done" state, which sucks. My coffee consumption has gone through the roof, which isn't a good sign (faster, damn you, faster!).
Edinburgh Festival(s)
I went to Edinburgh Fringe Festival last week, which was excellent, although I now have no money. I went with a friend from uni and one of his mates. We saw quite a lot of comedy: improv, a bit of stand-up, a spoof play ("Bad Play 2: Worser Play", which was hilarious), a musical and a bunch of other stuff I probably forgot. If you're up there, I recommend going to the free improv at the Stand Comedy Club on York Place at lunch (12:30-13:30) - their show in the evening is also excellent and well worth the money.
One conscious decision was to avoid everything that had any mention of Dubya or Iraq - I've had more than enough that to last me a lifetime. It's not like they can say anything particularly new.
I also spent some time at the Book Festival. I tried not to see too much, because Cheltenham has a literature festival in October. I liked Taras Grescoe's talk on his travel book about the people he met while travelling - probably because I love travelling. The other talks (on ethics in politics and on dying languages) were not quite as interesting. The one on dying languages was basically hijacked by the host, which ruined it for me.
I also saw "Super Size Me" at the Film Festival, which made me feel really hungry (not for a burger, though!).
I lost count of how many festivals there are in Edinburgh in August - at least five! I didn't see anything at the International or Jazz Festivals, for instance.
Music
"Zillion Dollar Gravy" by London Elektricity