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Sort of still here
Well ... Westnet fixed my DNS problem fairly promptly. Their customer service is good - in fact rather better than my previous ISP. However the weirdo nature of the problem and the approx 12 hour action / re-action cycle did stretch out the elapsed time for the solution. Then I updated my Gentoo configuration which involved a considerable number of hours compilation. Then I found that Evolution was broken. Reallllly broken. Won't start and won't even leave an error message broken. Something in the yards long toolchain that supports Evolution is broken and hiding it.
At this point I gave up and went away. We're doing audit updates for one major customer at work while migrating to (and configuring) a new CM tool and by the time I get home anything more cerebral than vacuous game playing is not on the menu. So if you have sent me e-mail since before Anzac day I haven't seen it. Sorry.
I got the Z3 to talk to the computer. One of the USB drivers that is supposed to load automagically wasn't. I'll post some photo's soon. Actually there is one of mine over on Lympago. That is about a third of the image area so the quality seems pretty good.
I'm building a tail box for the trike on the weekends because it isn't anything even vaugely to do with computers. The structure is about three quarters done and I will soon need to start applying varnish while I can still get inside. The structure is 3-ply braced with 13mm aluminium right angle extrusion. I originally started the project using roofing bolts back before Christmas. Now I am using liquid nails and pop-rivets. The tail box will hold the 12V power system and the mounts for the solar panel. It is large enough that I can carry a suit bag without having to crunch it up. And it is a moderately secure container that I can leave on the bike ... unlike the pannier.
In case you are wondering I am about 75% of the way through recompiling the tool chain. I wish Gentoo would use a Configuration Management system rather than a crude (from a CM PoV) Version Management system. Still given that I continually see commercial systems that fall short of the mark ... mumble ... mumble ... *sob*.
Posted on 09 May 2005 at 07:59 PM by Stephen Gunnell