Advogato: Blog for inri

4 Sep 2000 inri » (Apprentice)

Mon Sep 04 04:49:08 2000 Nils Barth <do.spammers@com.here>

GTK+: Got a patch accepted/applied that improves submenu navigation (i.e., makes it Mac-like). This was (really) exciting in that: it was the first substantive patch that I've made to GTK, and it was looked over and worked on/improved by others; and it'll actually help lots of GTK/GNOME users in a minor way. It kinda came alive... Also, a previous GTK patch (converting int to boolean in many places, for language binders) was incomplete, as pointed out to me by someone writing Java bindings (though I suppose the rest of the patch was useful, so they only had a few bugs to point out). New patch to plug the holes easily done.
Advogato: Wow! Some people have certified me as apprentice (which is exactly what I am, and will probably stay for a long while, seeing as hacking isn't my vocation). Also, added myself to GTK and Dr Genius projects. Advogato needs a <proj> tag.
Life: Still in MI. 11 days (max) to go. Mom and brother didn't figure out I was away for a week. Just went to Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival. Jazz bagpipes and conchshell (among other instruments). Mmmm... Also, saw an exhibit on Ottoman art, mostly for the calligraphy (okay, I'm into Turkey lately ;-), and met the translator of Letters In Gold, the catalog of a gorgeous exhibit on calligraphy that I saw at Harvard's Sackler Museum. Calligraphy is an art that gets much more respect in the Islamic world and CJK than in Europe/America; more's the pity, as it can be very beautiful. Also, Spike and Mike's Classic Festival of Animation 2000. Funny, as usual. Lots of young (20s) viewers. With higher bandwidth and micropayments (say, 10-25 cents for a short), short animation could be quite commercially viable in 3-5 years or so.
Mom: Currently dating a pastor (who apparently didn't read the ten commandments, seeing as he's married and all). In fact, the same pastor who buried my dad (well, presided over the viewing of the corpse in that peculiarly american tradition (wonder if my mom read The American Way of Death, (expose on the US death, er, funeral industry) which I gave her while dad was dying to help her plan a funeral/alternatives) (probably not)). Though she hasn't told me. Came home day before yesterday and his car was in the driveway. Came in, started watching a movie (to give him time to escape, as I don't want a confrontation with mom). Mom comes down and starts watching it with me (Chinatown -- pretty good Hollywood updated noir), not explaining which visitor she saw fit to entertain in her bedroom.
Previous item: I kinda wonder how suitable person material is on advogato, though I suppose these are diary entries.
Mozilla: M17 started crashing on me, so I'm back to nightly builds.

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