Category: Journal

Since I have never seen any evidence that anyone ever reads this site, I think I’ll try to turn it into more of a journal and less of a news blog. So:

Finished up the system integration part of my project at work today. Now I just have to get it working with real data. Always nice to have.

Finished reading the relevant chapters of Tannenbaum today. The description of how capabilities are protected in Amoeba was a forehead-slapping moment. Of course. So I think I’ll work on the design of the object store a bit, and then dive into some actual code. Someday.

TKD practice today. Completely blanked on the first part of the form we’re learning, but had the middle and end down. My right hamstring seems to be in permanent spasm. I should stretch more, I suppose.

I’m trying to get back into flight simulator a bit more. Yesterday I flew the 737-400 a bit, but crashed on landing. Today I flew it from San Fransisco to Portland, and greased the landing. Something wierd with wxRe, though: ATC assigned me the reciprocal runway that ground was assigning takeoffs. So a heavy jet got takeoff clearance on 28L just as I was over the middle marker for 10R. I landed anyway, since there’s no go-around option for the ATC. Hope the new version handles things better.

Hand-flying the big jets is getting easier. I’m still not up to flying an approach, but I hand-flew the 737 to altitude, making course changes as necessary.

It’s high time I heard Beethoven’s 9th again.

Today I mostly got out of the funk I was in yesterday. Did some good work, cleaning up and refactoring some new code for work. It’s amazing how much work you can get done with a whole day of no interruptions…

Seems George Bush has mentioned his opinion that a certain African leader should step down for the good of his people. I think we all remember what happened to the last person he said that about. Hah, we should be so lucky.

Couple of differences here, though: it’s a jungle, not a desert, which brings up unfortunate memories for certain people. However, the population would be whole-heartedly exctatic, I think.

Loaded up a couple new planes in FS2K2, as well as wxRe. Didn’t see much special, but then the day was generally clear and hazy, and that seemed to be the case here as well. Dunno whether it was the planes or the weather thing, but had a lot of stuttering. Have to do some more experimenting.

Went to see a couple of one-acts that a friend of mine was stage-managing tonight. There were no programs left when I got there, so of course I’ve forgotten the names. Pretty intense family dramas, very well done.