Progress against the odds

Woohoo! Thanks in the end to some help on KnoppMyth forums, I've gotten the Myth box ready to go. That is, all the software is working. Right now the drive is in a cruddy little box, because the good box has a higher end video card than I have drivers for. I could fix the drivers but honestly I'm not that into it. The machine is a PITA to work on due to having a TV as a monitor.

I have a new video card coming which should work fine, then I can clean up the pile of computer bits lying all over the place. Also at that point I'll need to copy all the ancillary stuff that I had running on that machine; there was some stuff in the web server and a bunch of scripts for pulling comics, and a javascript reader I was working on.

In the basement, I got all the luaun plywood down on the floor last night before bed. Next is drywall, then patching the seams on the floor with levelling compound, then laying the tile, then we can move some of the stuff in and set up preliminary working areas while I continue to work on putting up the island table between the support posts and build the cedar closet. And at some point we'll be building cabinets. We may have a ceiling at some point but at this point I'm not really sure. We certainly need better lighting, but the ductwork is already low enough; putting in a ceiling would lower that at least another 2 inches.

This should be fun

Weird Al Yankovic is playing at the JCC auditorium in Jackson on the 23rd. It'll probably be a bit more laid back than normal; it's in what's basically a large high school auditorium.

Still, from everyone I've talked to, his concerts are probably the most fun and most inclusive concerts you can find. A friend at work said something like "There are old people and little kids, cool kids, uncool kids, jocks, theater geeks, goths, punks, everything, and they're all happy and having a good time. There are usually a lot of people dressed up like in his videos."

There are still a hundred or so seats open from the looks of things, but they're in the back/balcony. We'll be in the right balcony, 2 rows back.