24 Apr 2000 topher   » (Master)

Holidays...

Had an enjoyable Easter. I hope everyone else who celebrates the holiday had a similarly nice day. It was absolutely beautiful here. I actually spent a good bit of the day outside just because it was so nice. I also totally stuffed myself. And loved it.

LDAP Fun...

I started playing with LDAP again today. I'd like to eventually set it up with libnss_ldap to replace some of the flat files in /etc as an alternative to NIS.

I'd also like to set up a web accessible address book for my own personal use. It could make things easier on me.

I am finding out that LDAP is really cool, though. Whether I can get it working like I want or not, I'm definitely gonna be playing with it more. I also came across a nice 'Understanding LDAP' book in PDF format from IBM. It provides a nice overview and introduction to what it is, how it can be used, etc.

I wonder what else I can do with LDAP....

QScheme...

Started playing with QScheme, but it's a touch more work than I'd hoped to setup and install. It requires the installation of a few custom libraries, seemingly by the same author, but I couldn't find much in the README's about them being seperate projects. Out of the three parts, only one uses auto*. That makes Debianizing them a touch more work than I was expecting, so I'm putting it off for a few days.

Good Omens...

I'm a good 50 pages into Good Omens (Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman) and I have to say, so far it's been good. It does have a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy feel to it.

Movies...

I watched End Of Days today, for the first time. It was a pretty decent flick. It's weird, I seem to be into some kind of religious 'thriller' movie kick. In the past week or so, I've also watched The Prophecy, one of my favorite movies, and Stigmatta, another movie that I enjoyed a lot. I wonder what'll be next?

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