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                   Why yes, I haven't updated in a while …

Yes, I've been rather lax in the updates here recently. Most of the time I
don't have really anything to talk about, or the desire to talk about
anything. And the rare case when I do have something I want to write about,
well, it's at a time when I can't (not near an Internet capable computer or
involved with some work) and when I do get the chance, I don't feel like
updating.

I've written about this before [1] (and yes, I stopped and spent a few
minutes tracking down the relevant entry, making me loose some steam in the
writing process—sigh). I guess that if it were even easier for me to write an
entry, I would be more inclined to write more often, but I'm still waiting
for that “Perfect HTML (HyperText Markup Language) Editor” that will do The
Right Thing™.

Obligatory Bitching about Control Panels

* Control panels [2]
* Control panels redux [3]
* Control panels redux redux [4]
* User expectation [5]
* Help! I'm drowning in a sea of control panels [6]
* More Server Madness [7]
* And even in the hills, I can't escape [8]
* My life in a bad Star Trek episode [9]
* There actually is a control panel I like [10]
* Uh oh … [11]
* So that didn't work [12]
* Reduced Configurations [13]
* Um … sure … this is easier … [14]
* Why yes, I haven't updated in a while … [15]


Then there's the whole “not having anything to write about” bit, but that's
not entirely true. There's (and here I go, tracking down the relevant entries
again—XXXX brick wall—not to mention actual work—yet more sighage; now, where
was I? … oh yes) the fact that you do indeed require RARP (Reverse Address
Resolution Protocol) to install Debian on a Cobalt RaQ2 [16] (only Linux
dropped support for RARP in the 2.3 timeframe and now you need a userland
program—and it was fun getting that to compile); I finished the network
diagram for The Company [17] (and have been keeping it up to date) and now
that I've finished the physical layer, I have to now work on the IP (Internet
Protocol) layer (which is a bit of a mess, although I'm not sure how much of
that is due to BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) issues, and how much of it is
legacy issues). And I haven't had to deal with a control panel issue in
nearly a month (but even I am bored with detailing the control panel issues)
(as a further note, making that sidebar took a good ten minutes, and yes, I
have no idea what I was going to write about next).

So … well … um … there we are.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2003/11/19.2
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2004/11/22.3
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2004/12/07.1
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2004/12/08.1
[5] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2004/12/27.2
[6] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/01/07.1
[7] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/01/09.2
[8] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/01/15.1
[9] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/02/08.1
[10] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/02/10.1
[11] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/02/17.1
[12] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/02/17.2
[13] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/03/22.2
[14] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/04/07.2
[15] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/05/18.1
[16] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/04/25.2
[17] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/05/02.1

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