It was a busy weekend, although I didn't seem to accomplish much. I towed on Saturday (I'm so far behind in logging it's not even funny), did some maintenance on Sunday, and put another 250 miles on the bike. I was going to change the oil, but CycleGear didn't have my oil filter (PH4967), and the Harley dealership wasn't open, so it'll have to wait until next week. I did wash the bike and wax the yellow bits.

My boss has an iPod nano. It's so amazingly cute - anyone want to buy a used blue iPod Mini?

Work is heading back to 'hectic' from 'boring'. I suppose it's just the way software development works - I've had these cycles for years. I always thought if I just managed time better they wouldn't happen, but I suspect that isn't true.

What I'm reading: Monstrous Regiment, Terry Pratchett. Well, actually, I'm listening to it, because I finally have an Audible.com subscription. In paper form, I'm finishing up Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books. I've been working on this for a long time, and it's a bit slow-going, but it's a good story, so I keep coming back to it (although I did take a break to read Lolita, which I'd never read). I just finished Sunday's Silence again. And the book in the bathroom is the original Vagina Monologues.

BTW - I'd love someone to swap books with. I'll send you a stack of stuff I've read in return for a stack of stuff you're done with.

What I'm listening to: Still working on the stack of music I scarfed from Dylan. The iPod says I only have 341 more songs that I've never listened to. Girls & Boys (Blur) is my current favorite - I'll probably get their "Best Of" album from iTunes. It really, really annoys me that I have to have iTunes installed to search the music store.

Tags: airplane maintenance, books, motorcycle, music, randomness
Current Mood: busy

I installed fortune yesterday, along with an http interface (found here).

My next step is to render a fortune as a jpg, so it can be embedded in my LJ without needing to call an external CGI script (which isn't allowed). I was using imc to render the text, but quickly found a bug in their regex processing that prevents you from having semicolons and double quotes in the rendered text. I'm hoping to get it fixed today. In the meantime, this is how far I've gotten: Fortune.png.

I finished Arrow's Flight yesterday morning, and started The Professor And The Madman last night. However, Dylan sent me a box of Rincewind books which take precedence, so it'll go back on the stack (is that why they call them 'stacks' in a library?).

Tags: books, geeky

My Angel Flight Saturday was supposed to be an easy 3-hour jaunt to Louisiana. It turned into 4.5 hours, including 3 hours of IMC. I need a bigger plane - one that can climb above 4000 ft with 2 people, a full baggage compartment and full fuel.

Or I need to lose 100lbs.

Sunday, we took my KNS-80 and HSI out to Hobby to test it. After 3 hours of fiddling, Michael thinks he knows what needs to be done - it works okay on east and west, but the linearity is all off, so it won't ever center on North or South - the closest it will come to South is about 210.

Works great on the localizer, though.

I gamed a lot this weekend. I'm dragging this morning, but I don't know why - I was in bed by 10 and asleep by midnight, and I didn't get up until almost 10 this morning.

Currently reading: Arrow's Flight, Mercedes Lackey
Just finished: Undead and Unemployed, MaryJanice Davidson

Tags: airplane maintenance, angelflight, books, flying
Current Mood: working

My new TiVo is recording. Being able to set up season passes on the web rules.

The annoying phone cord across my living room is removed.

iTunes doesn't work like I thought it would - I want it to keep a folder and the iPod in sync, but it doesn't seem to be willing to watch any folder other then it's own. I haven't decided if I'm going to give in and do it their way, or try to make it do things my way.

Last night, Mike and I went to the Apple store. It really made me miss being a Mac person.

Current background thread, from the book I'm currently reading: "Children do not exist to fill the needs of their parents." Hm. I have a feeling that this way lies selfishness, and I'm not sure that's a path I want to take.

Got my next Angel Flight on Saturday, from EYQ to AEX.

Tags: angelflight, books, flying, geeky

What I watched off the TiVo last night: Barberella.
What DVD I most recently bought: Coyote Ugly.
What cartoon I can't not watch: Kim Possible
What I'm reading: The Drama of the Gifted Child.
What else I'm reading: Guards, Guards.
What I'm listening to: Better Than Chocolate Soundtrack.
What I'm wearing: The greatest t-shirt ever.

My next game purchase: Spore.

Tags: books, geeky, memes
Current Mood: mellow

#9 - I am unlikely to be happy in any place where I cannot be surrounded by books.

Tags: books, rules of life
Current Mood: sleepy

Well, I made it here, on the first flight. The hotel is, well, tiny, but it's charming and cute and European...and it has internet access, and a window that opens, so I'm happy.

On the way up here, I've been reading Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. It's really a short history of scientific development, at last so far. I'm about halfway though it. Random fact I never knew: Jean Picard was a French astronmer. Oh, and leaded gas and CFCs were both invented by te same guy.

Off to track down some lunch...

Tags: books, travel
Current Mood: amused