Well, in the good news department, I've finished the fine tuning of the image adder software and given it a couple new features. So from now on Phil and I will be able to work at the same time without using each other's resources or even having to share an office. It's all running over the new gigabit network and is really blazing fast and a pleasure to use…
BTW, Can I just interject here how much we hate our current ISP. The IAM and BME servers are running fine, but traffic isn't being routed to it. We'll get it dealt with ASAP, but parts of it are out of our control. I apologize for the inconvenience and we're moving ASAP.
Other than those two things, the shift linkage for the
Manta Montage is all built, but now it's apparent that it was covering up a bigger problem with the transmission iself. One or two of the gears don't appear to be active, and when you shift into them, it hooks the gear next to it instead.
Argh! I just want to drive this car and it's such a pain in the ass! But it will be worth it I think…
Can I just say what a pain in the ass it is to convert a Windows single-user application to a multi-user networked application with a master-slave setup due to ridiculous “security” bans in Windows like not being allowed to share your Program Files folder over the network? Seriously, if you don't see me post here over the next 72 hours it's because I've finally cracked, moved to Goa, and am spending the rest of my life learning how to play the flute on the beach. I kid you not.
If someone knows a quick and easy way to allow that folder to be shared (I literally want to share my entire C:\ drive as a single unit), drop me an IM, because if it can't be, I'm going to have to handle it as separate shares which will mean a lot more code in an already monstrous (about 10,000 lines of code) and ancient program… Ha ha, good news for Phil I suppose because if I can't get this done today he gets another day off while I fiddle with this all! I think I'm going to put some black plastic over my windows to block out the action and screaming coming from outdoors…
In any case, I should have a BME update posted soon.
Thursday, December 1, 2005
I went to the beach today with Jodi (my brother's wife), Milo, and Auden (their two sons). My brother is currently serving overseas so they came down here to take a break from the cold weather up north. We climbed a mountain, took pictues with giant cacti, saw starfish, urchin, and sea cucumber, walked way out on sandbars, and more… A very nice day before tomorrow's day of programming.
Later Michael and I went to the C.C.C., a local supermarket, to buy vegetables and such for supper. As I understand it this is a good company; locally owned with fare wages and decent benefits. But it was a surprise to find these shirts (available in kids sizes through adult) here in Mexico at a left-leaning supermarket. That said, freezing cold Jordan was not so surprised.
It wasn't just Nazi swastikas — there were also
communist logos, knock-off
West Coast Choppers stuff, and of course poor old commercially exploited Che.
