[ AJV – updating this some 13 years later. For some historical background, even is no one is remotely interested in this minor blip in the timeline of a public organization, I was diagnosed with a cyst in my neck. It was deeply upsetting and uncomfortable until removed – search for “We’ve got a bleeder”…
Advogato – Diagnosis
30 Jan 2001 » cancer of the neck It’s official: I have a cyst the size of a marble in one of my lymph thingies in my neck. I see a specialist next Monday, who will probably use a needle the length and diameter of a drinking straw. Take that, Terrence and Philip!
Advogato – Something pops out
28 Jan 2001 » hackery Working towards an XFree86 patch kit for 3.3.6 and 4.0.2 to address the recently re-released LWN moans. life Have a cyst or some other awful lump turn up in the last couple of weeks. Going to the doctor to get that sorted out. Also visiting the dentist today to get…
Advogato – 25 January 2001
25 Jan 2001 » hackery not much happening. Laptop is getting better. mirwin: Keep up the drugs, good buddy. I’m not sure what you’re on, but I want a couple of kg sent my way. 🙂
Advogato – 22 January 2001
22 Jan 2001 (updated 22 Jan 2001) » life jerry! jerry! jerrrrrrry! work Trying out RH 7.0 on Mr laptop. Work provides me with a Citrix session, so basically I’ll install the Citrix client on Linux and see where we go from there. Problems noted so far: I have a USB mouse. RH has a…
Advogato – LCA Speakers BBQ
[ This is the progenitor of the Speaker’s Dinner at LCA. Such humble beginnings! – ajv 190213 ] 21 Jan 2001 (updated 21 Jan 2001) » LCA speaker’s BBQ Had a great time organising this, managed to get a goodly percentage of the open source mavens in one place eating all the same food under…
Advogato – Linux.conf.au
LCA Having a ball. Finally met a few people who I had e-mailed over the years, and someone whom I respect believed I was a Linux guru. A little bit wrong on that one. 🙂 Finally met Alan and Telsa. Unbelievably nice people. It must be frustrating going to places where everyone sorta worships you,…
Advogato – 13 January 2001
13 Jan 2001 » the blue pill or the red pill? Have a cold. It’s the middle of quite a balmy summer. This is wrong. I have pills that help suppress all but the most determined coughs and sniffles. But the question remains, which color to take? lca: drinking update #1 Only a few of…
Advogato – Melbourne trip planning
4 Jan 2001 » life Just got back from a midnight drive to the Great Ocean Road and back, mostly to charge my mobile phone, partially to see my friend Margaret for the last time and partially as a method of politely disentangling myself from a set of friends I had been with all day*….
Advogato – 1 January 2001
1 Jan 2001 (updated 1 Jan 2001) » life It’s great not using computers for days at a time. I’ve managed to log on and check my mail so irregularly, that it’s started to annoy some of my friends who seem to expect near instant response. house cleaning I’ve archived 140 MB of e-mail from…