jon.dowland.name log

In April this year, Trent Reznor posted the multitrack source for one of the songs from the most recent Nine Inch Nails album. I decided to download it and have a play at remixing/re-arranging things.

I do not play a musical instrument to any standard and I've never had musical training. My only experience in this area is listening to music and occasionally thinking "that bit is good, I don't like this bit, it's a shame they put this bit in" etc.

I've been thinking about getting a new freedoom release out for quite a while. It's quite hard to motivate myself to work on it however, as maintaining freedoom is a very thankless task.

Last week, whilst I was away in Edinburgh, I received an e-mail from one "Julian Marchant" asking how FreeDM can be used. This morning I received the following from him:

A week ago, I sent a message to you (see attachment), and I still didn't get a response. I demand that you respond immediately.

I'm assuming that one of these days someone I respect will explain to me why libtool & friends are a good idea and how to use them properly; until then I'm going to ignore them and hope they're replaced. This technique allowed me to avoid ever learning either imake or C++.

DebConf kicks off in less than a week (at least for the organisers) and I still don't have broadband at home. I'm typing this whilst sitting in a furniture shop around the corner from my house, where there are some open wifi points within range, which is what I've had to do for the last three or four IRC meetings and at various points in the weekends.

Organising conferences is hard!

The "Art is Resistance" Alternate Reality Game recently posted a list of "dissidents, including myself (as jmtd). My case number is apparently 24.24.2.1447.

I'm still here, despite the lack of activity. A lot has happened and is still happening to me, but I can't write about it without seeming trite, and I can't write about anything else without it looking like I'm ignoring the big issues. So I write nothing.