Why yes, I haven't updated in a while …

Yes, I've been rather lax in the updates here recently. Most of the time I don't have really anything to talk about, or the desire to talk about anything. And the rare case when I do have something I want to write about, well, it's at a time when I can't (not near an Internet capable computer or involved with some work) and when I do get the chance, I don't feel like updating.

I've written about this before [1] (and yes, I stopped and spent a few minutes tracking down the relevant entry, making me loose some steam in the writing process—sigh). I guess that if it were even easier for me to write an entry, I would be more inclined to write more often, but I'm still waiting for that “Perfect HTML (HyperText Markup Language) Editor” that will do The Right Thing™.

Obligatory Bitching about Control Panels

• Control panels [2]
• Control panels redux [3]
• Control panels redux redux [4]
• User expectation [5]
• Help! I'm drowning in a sea of control panels [6]
• More Server Madness [7]
• And even in the hills, I can't escape [8]
• My life in a bad Star Trek episode [9]
• There actually is a control panel I like [10]
• Uh oh … [11]
• So that didn't work [12]
• Reduced Configurations [13]
• Um … sure … this is easier … [14]
• Why yes, I haven't updated in a while … [15]

Then there's the whole “not having anything to write about” bit, but that's not entirely true. There's (and here I go, tracking down the relevant entries again—XXXX brick wall—not to mention actual work—yet more sighage; now, where was I? … oh yes) the fact that you do indeed require RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol) to install Debian on a Cobalt RaQ2 [16] (only Linux dropped support for RARP in the 2.3 timeframe and now you need a userland program—and it was fun getting that to compile); I finished the network diagram for The Company [17] (and have been keeping it up to date) and now that I've finished the physical layer, I have to now work on the IP (Internet Protocol) layer (which is a bit of a mess, although I'm not sure how much of that is due to BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) issues, and how much of it is legacy issues). And I haven't had to deal with a control panel issue in nearly a month (but even I am bored with detailing the control panel issues) (as a further note, making that sidebar took a good ten minutes, and yes, I have no idea what I was going to write about next).

So … well … um … there we are.

=> [1] /boston/2003/11/19.2 | [2] /boston/2004/11/22.3 | [3] /boston/2004/12/07.1 | [4] /boston/2004/12/08.1 | [5] /boston/2004/12/27.2 | [6] /boston/2005/01/07.1 | [7] /boston/2005/01/09.2 | [8] /boston/2005/01/15.1 | [9] /boston/2005/02/08.1 | [10] /boston/2005/02/10.1 | [11] /boston/2005/02/17.1 | [12] /boston/2005/02/17.2 | [13] /boston/2005/03/22.2 | [14] /boston/2005/04/07.2 | [15] /boston/2005/05/18.1 | [16] /boston/2005/04/25.2 | [17] /boston/2005/05/02.1

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