Entries from December 2006 ↓

Well, it’s been a decent year so I guess I should really wrap things up. Of course waiting until the last day of the year to actually start writing is not the best example of planning that I have ever seen. Par for the course I guess; I’ve been neglecting this blog.

Having Mihwa with me here at the start of the year was great. We certainly had our ups and downs in the short time we were together but that’s normal. If we didn’t, I’d be worried that we weren’t being honest with each other. It was as she was leaving that I decided I had better ask her to marry me before someone else did.

Our family lost Lowell in the spring which was difficult. What can you say about that? Losing someone is never easy.

I didn’t get laid off in 2006 which is obviously good. In fact I’ve been in my current job longer than any other tech job I’ve had to date. This in spite of the fact that I booked a trip to Korea in September, which normally irritates the layoff gods. It’s been my experience that I get laid off shortly after booking my Korean trips. Let’s hope this pattern holds as I’m off again soon.

I got engaged on September 15th (yes, I remember the date) which is great. I’m a lucky guy to have a girl like I do and I’m looking forward to 2007 being the year of M&M… Getting married, having her be here… it’s a lot of changes but all for the best, to be sure.

There is a lot to be thankful for and I am. There’s a lot to look forward to and I do. I hope that 2007 is as good for you as it’s looking for me. Happy New Year!

So my motherboard died a couple of days ago. Of course it decided to give up while I was in the midst of working which is always convenient.

This was on my PC, not my PowerBook so there was no need to freak out too much. Actually, a dead PB would be kinda cool as I’d likely end up with a PowerMac due to my Apple Care coverage.

Having grown tired of Ubuntu and it’s failure to use my remote, I decided it was time to try something new. I found MythDora (Fedora Core 5 and MythTV) and decided it looked good. I was installing it and got some errors. I suspected that I might have burned a bad DVD but soon I couldn’t boot the damn thing at all; wouldn’t even POST. So I started to unplug and remove stuff and nothing… That can only mean one thing; a dead motherboard.

Dammit, I really don’t want to put any cash into this thing as I only use it for TV. On the other hand, it’s no good the way it is. I managed to find a board that would take my CPU and came home to put it together. It all went pretty well given that I hadn’t swapped a motherboard in a while and soon enough I was trying the install again.

20 minutes later, the install was all done and the configuration began. 15 minutes after that, I was ready to give it a try. I have to say, MythDora is the sweetest implementation of MythTV I’ve ever seen. Everything just worked, including the remote and the features are amazing. I still need to get it to see my second drive but other than that, it’s all good.

If you’ll excuse me, I need to go play and watch some TV…

Yes. Yes it has been awhile. Thank you for pointing out the obvious. I have been stupidly busy as of late. So busy that I ended up sick on Sunday evening and missed 2 days of work. Good thing for the VPN. I guess…

So, my evenings for the past while have been comprised of Skyping with the wife and trying to plan the wedding, pick out invitations, sort out the immigration bullshit, buy a ticket and pick a place to go on the honeymoon. I should contact Google and see if they’ll sponsor us. The whole thing is being planned with Google Docs and Google Calendar and we both agree it’s the coolest thing ever.

“No I don’t read Korean, why do you ask?” “Why yes, reading Korean would have made this all much easier on both of us.” Apparently there is a holiday coming up; it’s the last thing on my mind these days.

So let’s have a look at the checklist:

This summary only scratches the surface. Compared to what MiHwa has been required to do, it’s nothing. She’s had to do all the booking, including going home to GwangJu last weekend, all the while working 11 hours a day like all good Koreans do. With that being said, I’m really excited. The first week is likely to suck as it’s immigration related but the second week should be fantastic. This is all assuming that I don’t expire before I get there.

Now, go away. I should be working. I ran out of gas this afternoon and left early. All I really want to do is crawl under my bed and go fetal for a few hours… Good thing for the VPN. I guess…