Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Sorting out XML, and looking at motorcycles
Spent today checking over some XML, to make sure it matches documentation. It did, of course. Can't help thinking we would have been better writing some tests to make sure it worked. As light relief I looked at a few motorbikes on eBay. I wish I had the time because there are one or two I would consider buying for restoration. Going to see "the chap with the back" this evening. I'm going to draw his attention to one particular russian monstrosity (there's no point putting in a link, but it's 1950's, two-stroke, plunger suspension and has 3 gears with a hand gearshift. I'll bet it's awful to ride. I'd have considered it if I had the time and another bike!
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Back to backs...
Things are going pretty well at work. As usual I'm looking for another job, as usual I don't care as much as I should.
On the Kanturk front, things are progressing as well. The boarding in room 7 is substantially complete and the lighting circuits have been completed and tested. I have pretty complete drawings for the extension to the electricity power circuits, so it's all systems go.
To the east of the Irish Sea things are not so good. Fortunately the "mate with the parents" seems to have sorted things out for the time being, but the "mate with the back" (or trapped sciatic nerve to be more accurate) has had a recurrence of the problem. He was taken in to hospital on Sunday evening. They discharged him with a letter to his GP (general practitioner for any non-english readers) which suggested giving him a different pain-killing drug.
Two days later I'm still stopping at his place and it seems that the new drug is beginning to work. Wish him luck!
On the Kanturk front, things are progressing as well. The boarding in room 7 is substantially complete and the lighting circuits have been completed and tested. I have pretty complete drawings for the extension to the electricity power circuits, so it's all systems go.
To the east of the Irish Sea things are not so good. Fortunately the "mate with the parents" seems to have sorted things out for the time being, but the "mate with the back" (or trapped sciatic nerve to be more accurate) has had a recurrence of the problem. He was taken in to hospital on Sunday evening. They discharged him with a letter to his GP (general practitioner for any non-english readers) which suggested giving him a different pain-killing drug.
Two days later I'm still stopping at his place and it seems that the new drug is beginning to work. Wish him luck!
