Taking on a Small Planet
Rome, Boston, San Francisco. This trip is a two week mix of much-needed (and hopefully very disciplined) relaxation, romantic stay on the coast of Italy, lots of hard work on GNOME stuff, and the accompanying crazy live GNOME fun.
There won’t be much here in the next week, as I’ll be doing the relaxation and romantic bits of my journey, but I’ll be making very frequent entries when I start blogging the GNOME Summit in Boston - you might want to check my user page (jdub) for the ones that fall off recentlog.
Right now, I’m sitting in a free wireless area at Changi International Airport, Singapore. I was going to go for a tour of the city, but I have to finish off some work from home instead. C’est la vie. My legs are okayish, the left one is just weak, the right one feels like lead and has gone all puffy. Can’t squat or kneel very well. GAR GAR GAR!
So, I’ve decided that Singapore Airlines are pretty cool. They call various 747 models, “BIGTOP” and “MEGATOP”, have the little TVs in the back of the seat that you can cue up movies, audio and Nintendo games on, the food was great, and the flight crew were much nicer than the BA or Qantas ones I had when going to Spain. Their little TV feature thingy is called “KrisWorld”. Wacky.
Next stop, Frankfurt. Then Rome. And Pia! Only I have to wait and be patient because I’m still thousands of kilometres away. Grr. The combination of geography, physics, and withdrawal symptoms is killing me.
I’m attempting to combat this by checking out all the electronic toys available in the shops here. Such cool stuff! If only I actually had some money… This trip is putting a significant dent into funds I don’t even have. 
Brain tiring, hacking becoming mindnumbing. I think it’s time to go window shopping again.
Bulging Belgian Pants
thomasvs unexpectedly sent pants from Belgium, intended as a GNOME 2 release good luck charm. They didn’t quite make it on time (complications at this end, it seems), so became a wonderful release present. A little long, and a bit small around the groin, but remarkably close to my size. spiv shared with me (whilst I was taking them for their first walk to the shops) that he “generally feels uncomfortable in pants that have an obvious bulge”. Grr. 
thomasvs: Despite my physical imperfections, I love the pants. Thank you! I had this idea of turning them into corduroy hotpants or shorts…
