Getting Back Into The Swing

07.28.05 | Coding, Ramblings, Yasu

Man, it’s been a hectic couple of weeks. I’m wiped out, and have nothing productive to show for it really.

We’ve finally gotten settled into the new place, except for the final 10 or so boxes left in the garage, which will be attacked this Saturday. It always takes me 3 or 4 weeks to adjust after a move. I just don’t feel like I’m “home” until I’ve been there for a while, if you know what I mean. There’s something about getting the feel for the way doors swing, cabinets open & faucets flow. I know, it sounds strange…

On top of that, I’ve had to deal with getting my car into the body shop. Some knucklehead pulled away from the side of the street in front of my office without looking as I was passing by him a couple of Fridays ago & took out the passenger side of my 4Runner from the front door to the rear quarter-panel. If there’s one thing I hate more than working on Windows, it’s having to deal with insurance companies. Fortunately, this dude has a reputable carrier, so my car is being fixed at no cost to me, and I wound up with a decent rental for the duration, again, at no cost. But still, it’s just not my “Little Red Wagon.”

I think I’ve finally gotten past the network issues that were causing trouble for those trying to access the site over the past couple of weeks. I run my site with an old B&W G3 450 on OS X Server 10.3 tucked under the desk at home via a dedicated cable connection. With the move, there were some signal strength issues that the cable company had to come to the house to solve. Plus, it turns out they basically rewired the entire neighborhood during the last two weeks too. That caused some “mandatory outages” as they call them. Since then, we’ve seem to be trouble free, as far as I can tell.

I’ve begun the preliminary stages of creating a new version of Yasu (2.0) this week. It’s still in the specification stage, so don’t hold off downloading the current version in favor of waiting. It’ll be a while yet before alphas are even available. I’ll be sure to post progress on my work as it progresses. My biggest goal is to make Yasu distributable as a single binary for OS X 10.2 - 10.4 and beyond again. It really bugs me that I have two versions to choose from. It just feels unprofessional.

And finally, my left arm has been out the cast for the last week now. I’m supposed to be keeping it in a sling as the last bit heals, but, being left handed, that just isn’t feasible. I must say it’s nice to be able to eat properly again, as well as brush my teeth. If you’ve never tried to go about life using your passive hand, give it a shot. Frustrating as all heck, and comical to boot. I’ve got one more week to “go easy” on it according to the doctor. I still can’t quite bend or straighten it all the way (which bugs me). I’m hoping physical therapy will help get it back to normal before too long.

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