I am seriously beginning to think of moving away from GMail.
When I finally find the time, I want to finally set up a decent, well-configured mail server (yes, novakyu.net will finally accept mail!), get it to encrypt received mail, and use that exclusively.
It’s not that I have any particular problem with GMail … it’s just that I am finding it increasingly harder to trust any corporate (or governmental) entities.
Well, it happened. The LCD of my Inspiron 700m died. I’ve done what little checking I can do, bu I think it’s gone forever.
On the one hand, it’s a good thing that I have a monitor at my desk (in the office) that I used to use as the second screen for my laptop. I made a few adjustments to the xorg.conf file, and I can still use the laptop as a computer + keyboard.
On the other hand, that’s probably where the laptop will stay, until come up with a better use for the laptop. So, for the next couple months (I expect a few weeks waiting to consolidate my plan for next academic year, and then a little more looking for deals on parts—I’m almost decided on the MSI AMD whitebook), I just won’t have a computer at home, or a mobile computing device. I don’t think it will be that big of a problem.
After all, I could almost count on my fingers how many times I used my laptop not in my office or home in last half-year, and I can do without a computer at home for a while. I’ve done that for longer (oh, a year?) than that before, and maybe this means I will stay at office more (where I inevitably get more done), or get some good reading done at home.
From a mailing list I am on (about someone asking if there is a Perl binding available for the library):
=== > Can anybody offer me a pointer in the right direction? === Sure! Switch to Python.BTW, I have a newer Python binding, if you want it.
Priceless.
I have to agree though, switching to Python (and switching to Emacs) was one of the best things I have done in the last year.