alexpgp | Sans wire, lad!

I spent a few minutes a little while back walking around the house with the eSlate, watching where I was going and also keeping an eye on the machine's display as it was pinging my main Linux box in my office.

We be wireless!

I managed to download and compile the Linux wireless tools by Jean Tourrilhes (an Open Source project sponsored by Hewlett-Packard), which finally helped me over the top. A second download, of a Gnome-based wireless configuration applet (gWireless) died somewhere in the installation phase of the process. You can't have it all, I guess.

* * *One of my Houston clients called with an Excel spreadsheet job. I accepted it, of course.

Oh, when will I ever learn? I tell you, St. Jerome must have been looking out for me today, because I formulated my time estimate for returning the job on the basis of what I saw in the spreadsheet, forgetting that MS Excel allows multiple sheets in a file.

On the basis of what I saw, I promised the job for tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, there were 4 additional "sheets" that I neglected to see (fortunately, they were really small compared to the first page, which I did see). There was also a comfortable level of boilerplate in the job as a whole, which helped me along, though you still have to read each section to make sure there are no subtle differences as you go.

Still, the formatting and the layout of this particular file supports the notion that people who work with computers in "shoehorn" mode, i.e., muck with stuff until it prints out right, really ought to be horsewhipped.

* * *Drew concocted a nice dinner: spaghetti with dried tomatos and shrimp. Mmm-m! Good! I had some as I watched the first few minutes of MI: 2 with Galina before going back down to the office to finish my work for the day.

* * *Huntur is now in active exploration mode, on hands and knees. She managed to climb up half a flight of stairs today while Shannon ran into the bathroom. She also routinely now waves back at people who wave to her. What a (grand) kid!

* * *One project remains on my plate right now, a 50-page edit due Friday. No worries, as the translator is generally good, and was working with the help of edits I made to a previous, related document. Still, it's not something to leave undone until Thursday night...

Time to wind down a little and go to bed.

Cheers...