Progress
Let’s define progress, shall we? Dictionary.com says: “Movement, as toward a goal; advance.” But you knew that, didn’t you?
Originally, I was thinking about updating my list of incomplete tasks in batches — after I had finished two or three or so. But I’m thinking that I’ll update it every time. Gives me more frequent content on this site, and a sense of accomplishment. So, here we go.
A home-made PVR with MythTV. I’m calling this done. There’s a box in the closet of our office running MythTV now, and I’ve successfully recorded (and watched) several shows, mostly The Daily Show. I don’t have the frontend connected to our tv, or anything — I just watch the shows on my laptop. But that’s as far as current budget allows, so I’m calling it done. It needs more babysitting than a Tivo would, but that’s to be expected. For example, it doesn’t seem to want to update its schedule nightly, so I have to do that by hand for now. And sometimes I need to reboot my laptop to get the frontend to work. But it records shows, avoids duplicates, works around conflicts, and auto-expires old shows. Plus, I can schedule stuff through the web interface from wherever, which rocks.
But I kinda cheated. That was pretty much done, aside from some tweaking, when I made my list. So to make up for it, I’m going to add another task, and mark it complete.
Ripping out the old cactus-type-thing. This weekend, my Dad came over and helped me chop down this ugly old cactus-type-thing in our front yard. I think it was dead. I know it was ugly. I’m going to try and dig up a picture of it for everybody, just so you can see. In its place is a large dirt patch, which looks kinda silly surrounded by all the gravel in our yard, but it looks 100 times better than before. I’ve had two neighbors thank me for taking it down already. This was an all day affair that involved axes, saws, a rake, shovels, chainsaws, a wheelbarrow, a hose, a chainsaw, a trip to the dump, blood, sweat, and Dr. Pepper. Did I mention the chainsaw? That was rad. So I think this qualifies as a major project, and thanks to my Dad, it’s done.
I’d call that progress, wouldn’t you?
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