Not much to report right now. The conversion to CORBA is entering its fourth ridiculous week - its driving me mad - all I've been doing is trying out different combinations of things. I've abandoned the commercial CORBA route and am now trying an open source one. At least if it doesn't work I can hack the source code. Its frustrating though - I feel stuck. I am sure this is a contributing factor to the sore throat I have right now. Being "stuck" is one of the things that seems to have a negative effect on my imune system. Bleh.
Some music stuff over the weekend but being ill wasn't really up for it. Got some great string ensemble samples and I have an idea for a more classical type piece to attempt. I also built myself a soundscaping rig in the pulsar. I need to learn to play with it properly now. Its a great tool for realtime performance though. Its good doing lots of music again - everything I learn though makes me realise how far I have to go before I even feel competent - I like the stuff I do (which lets face it is the most important thing) but there are lots of things I can hear in my head that I can't even begin to realize for other people to hear.
Quiet weekend apart from that. Caught up with some of A.'s family. Got cable internet access (at long last - its so nice to have decent access again) installed. Went to Ikea. Went down to the lake to feed the swans on sunday. Pleasant, relaxing and not in the least bit exciting.
Book of the moment is How the dead live by Will Self. Its exellent so far - the narrator is an old woman talking about the events leading up to (and following on from) her death. She has a dark and pointy humour and the writing is excellent. Music of the moment is the latest Electric Ladyland compilation from Mille Plateaux. The digital glitch brigade take hip hop and r'n'b on to produce work that is both funky and intellectually interesting. It also has the distinction of being one by my cd's that A. doesn't instantly complain about. (A. is not a great fan of the stuff I listen to).
Posted by Mark at November 19, 2001 02:36 PM