Something nice and slow on a Sunday

As mentioned yesterday I have been working on a new theme for one of my Ubuntu installations.   As you can tell I am going for a Mac look.  Opinions welcomed.  Any thoughts on how to improve the look also valued 

In a French kind of mood.  Enjoy

Hmm,  its been a few days since I last posted anything.  I’ve been busy.

This week has been a little trying at work to be honest.  Short summary:

Monday:  More work on that blasted image crop for an online magazine.

Tuesday:  Continued the work on the image crop.  Started worrying about crop exceeding boundary of the page

Wednesday:  More work on the image crop.  Focussed on multi-page crop

Thursday:  Started working with the cropped image. What exactly do we want to do with it.  In this case an option to download.  Looking to include email functionality when I have a minute.

In short, I’ll be glad when this feature is boxed off.   I am getting sick of looking at the math now.  Hehe

As mentioned last week I have been able to get Lucid Lynx to boot.   Sadly I cannot commit to an installation as it does not recognise my wifi.  Some debugging to do.    I don’t know how hard I will try to get it going as the OS is still an alpha release.

Tonight I have no plans.  Usually end up in a pub,   but not overly bothered if its a quiet night in.   I might continue my work on a new look for my desktop.  Going for a Mac look.   I should post a screen shot tomorrow    Nearly done,  just one or two little issues with desktop icons to resolve.

This Saturday I don’t really have any plans.  I plan to hide away from the world.  I suspect that this is going to end in failure.    Looking to try and finish my DVD / CD editing.    I might also start packing my stuff for my trip to Paris next week.

Hooray

I have managed to get Lucid Lynx to boot in Virtual Box in a Live CD environment.   To be honest it looks very similar to Karmic (shock).  So far its been okay,  though I would say that I am yet to be “wowed”.    A quick glance at the pre-installed applications shows some differences.  Namely the lack of several games.  The games seem to have been replaced with something new called gbrainy.  Its actually quite a good brain trainer game

At some point this week I shall probably install it properly and see what its like.   I was involved with testing Karmic UNR last year and I am looking forward to finding bugs with this release.  Expect an update on this at some point during the coming week on how the installation goes.

I downloaded the alpha from here if you would like to try it out for yourself

I have been listening to classical music on and off today.  This is one of my favourites.

Its Saturday.  Today has been good so far.  I have cycled to the gym (and back) for a 2 hour game of badminton.  I only lost a couple of games so I am really happy with the way it went.   I was going to go back to the gym later for a swim,  but I am feeling a little peaky for some reason.   I don’t think going for a swim would do me any good today.

So instead I am now having a day at  home.   Currently I am copying a few live concert DVDs onto my laptop.  I also plan to play with the media a little and extract the audio.  Once I have done that I will have to put on CD   Gosh, I have such “big ideas” .  Laugh out loud.

I have also got to fix  my bicycle pump this afternoon.  Silly rubber tube seems to have perished in the cold.  New tube needed methinks    I shall dwell on this job over a cuppa tea.  I might get motivated and do it in the next couple of hours…

Oh the phone you know it never stops
It’s the last thing I hear at night
And the first thing in the morning
And as I let it start to burn my head
You slowly creep into bed
And I’m done talking

You say you know how I’m feeling?
I just need to try to settle down

Oh a million faces pass my way
Oh they’re all the same
Nothing seems to change anytime I look around
Oh who knows just what the future holds
All I want to know is if it’s with you

Tired as hell and falling up the stairs
Filled with a thousand cares as you walk out from the bedroom
Though it feels like all the fire has gone
You just turn me on

We’re distracted by the hard times
The troubles that we make
Let us throw them in the ocean
Let it wash our cares away

Its Wednesday already.  This week seems to be moving along quite nicely.  Soon be the weekend

Yesterday I was in Gloucester for a meeting.   The meeting was okay,  if a little long.   It was “nice” this morning to see over 200 emails in my inbox.  Seems I can’t have a day out the office without people wanting something.   Finally read through them,  and appropriate actions taken.

Last night I finished my project for the beginners team.    Paultag suggested that some kind of cookie system be introduced.   While I do not agree,  I feel that I should at least put something forward.  Some testing is needed with a few close friends to confirm that my final deliverable works across the board.

Tonight I am going to the cinema.  I am going to see a film called It’s Complicated.  I am not sure what it is about,  but I am still looking forward to getting out.  I can also confirm that the gym has finished the refurbishment.  To celebrate this I have booked a badminton court for 2 hours on Saturday morning   Guess I shall have to be halfway good and not get completely drunk on Friday night.  Haha

Not posted a video for a few days. hope you enjoy this one