Davyd (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} davyd) wrote,@ 2004-06-13 02:30:00 |
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when people do my work for me...
Some time ago, I mused over writing an iChat plugin for GAIM so I could chat to my housemates using iChat's Rendezvous chatting feature. A mixture of slackness, no time and very little protocol documentation meant I never got around to doing it, and it joined the long list of things I might-of-perhaps-on-day-did (like a daap-method (iTunes) module for GnomeVFS). I discovered tonight that someone has already done my work for me, now I just need for a Macintosh-wielding housemate to test it with. Kudos anyway!
While trying to think of ways to avoid study, I thought about adding wireless information to the gnome-netstatus applet. I figured, since it already tells you signal strength, why not add things like the current ESSID, current channel, mode (ad-hoc, infrastructure, master, monitor) and anything else useful I could glean from the wireless extensions. Possibly even add things like detected available access points (the list you can request using `iwlist scan`*). I was thinking of adding this all in a new tab, since the General tab isn't really suitable, and the support tab is already fill up with things like your IPv6 address.
Life
Have been attempting to study for exams. Digital Systems looks like it should be a walk over, I have pretty good laboratory marks and a fairly good understanding of the material. Physical Electronics is all semiconductor physics. While I am supposedly good at physics units, I don't feel confident about this one. It is quite hard, and I haven't been paying attention. Lab marks are still ok, but the labs don't really require an understanding of the content. I haven't studied for Mathematics yet because it's over a week away. I think I know most of the maths course, assuming I can infact answer the questions. I've done alright in the tests, but I may have to practise some of the harder questions they can ask me. The fact I have real problems with integration doesn't help.
Stephanie goes to Malaysia on the 25th, and will be there a week. I am not entirely sure what I'll do during that week, probably spend a lot of time at work, catch up with my parents and work through the list of GNOME-ideas I have.
My brother's birthday is coming up, he'll be turning 17. I have no ideas for presents, most of the things he's mentioned are much to expensive given our current finances. What do you buy for the 17y.o. Australian team archer who already has everything? (He said Lego, but apparently the-powers-that-be have said Lego is right out). Stephanie's birthday is coming up too, I don't know what I'm going to get her either, following what I got her for Christmas (an iPod) everything else is going to seem not-as-cool. Apple are just to chic to compete with!
*For Orinoco cards `iwlist scan` requires the CVS orinoco drivers (I think). Look here for a relatively recent patch testing against Linux 2.6.6.
Some time ago, I mused over writing an iChat plugin for GAIM so I could chat to my housemates using iChat's Rendezvous chatting feature. A mixture of slackness, no time and very little protocol documentation meant I never got around to doing it, and it joined the long list of things I might-of-perhaps-on-day-did (like a daap-method (iTunes) module for GnomeVFS). I discovered tonight that someone has already done my work for me, now I just need for a Macintosh-wielding housemate to test it with. Kudos anyway!While trying to think of ways to avoid study, I thought about adding wireless information to the gnome-netstatus applet. I figured, since it already tells you signal strength, why not add things like the current ESSID, current channel, mode (ad-hoc, infrastructure, master, monitor) and anything else useful I could glean from the wireless extensions. Possibly even add things like detected available access points (the list you can request using `iwlist scan`*). I was thinking of adding this all in a new tab, since the General tab isn't really suitable, and the support tab is already fill up with things like your IPv6 address.
Life
Have been attempting to study for exams. Digital Systems looks like it should be a walk over, I have pretty good laboratory marks and a fairly good understanding of the material. Physical Electronics is all semiconductor physics. While I am supposedly good at physics units, I don't feel confident about this one. It is quite hard, and I haven't been paying attention. Lab marks are still ok, but the labs don't really require an understanding of the content. I haven't studied for Mathematics yet because it's over a week away. I think I know most of the maths course, assuming I can infact answer the questions. I've done alright in the tests, but I may have to practise some of the harder questions they can ask me. The fact I have real problems with integration doesn't help.
Stephanie goes to Malaysia on the 25th, and will be there a week. I am not entirely sure what I'll do during that week, probably spend a lot of time at work, catch up with my parents and work through the list of GNOME-ideas I have.
My brother's birthday is coming up, he'll be turning 17. I have no ideas for presents, most of the things he's mentioned are much to expensive given our current finances. What do you buy for the 17y.o. Australian team archer who already has everything? (He said Lego, but apparently the-powers-that-be have said Lego is right out). Stephanie's birthday is coming up too, I don't know what I'm going to get her either, following what I got her for Christmas (an iPod) everything else is going to seem not-as-cool. Apple are just to chic to compete with!
*For Orinoco cards `iwlist scan` requires the CVS orinoco drivers (I think). Look here for a relatively recent patch testing against Linux 2.6.6.
