It pleases me so to read these words. I have not amusing holiday anecdotes, nor tales of wanton drunkenness. Words that I bring to the table describe nerdish tragedy and dorkly triumph. A pair of weeks thence, I stumbled on the notion that if one could use one of these fancy (albeit, underdeveloped) iPod Touch thingamajigs to connect to one's home network through a VPN over the internet and subsequently use VPC to control one's home computer, one would have the power of one's desktop in the palm of one's hand. At least, whenever one was within range of a wifi network connected to the internet. A seemingly brilliant idea.
Such a notion pushed me to research the possibilities. Theoretically, it could work. In practice, there are several technologies that need a bit more development. However, the research involved installing Mac Tiger Server on one of my numerous home computers. In fact, it's running right now with three active accounts; mine, and both of yours. The problem is that Mac Tiger Server doesn't give me the control over FTP and web services that I'd like. Anyway, basically, my news is this: I'm setting up a web and FTP server that we can use for things such as this blog. Also, much more. Currently, I'm working on a project to build an x86 machine into a G4 tower case so that I can test different operating systems on it to see which one will suit the concept the best. Why an x86 machine? Because the Ubuntu project is abandoning PowerPCs (and so is everyone else). Why try to retrofit the damn thing into a G4 Tower case? For shits and giggles. Why embark on this project at all? Because I've spent almost all of my free time lately researching network protocols and modern programming languages and no one has stopped me yet.
Though the initial goal has been long forgotten, I have found new meaning. The project has become as such: Though the Triumvirate doesn't convene as much as it used to, it is not defunct...we are something like retired superheroes, merely going about our lives with one ear pricked up in the direction of our long silent communicator watches, subconsciously waiting for the call back into the action of the old days...I want to facilitate the communicator watch. No, that's not quite it. Not entirely. I also want to recreate that time in the van on the way home from Decorah the weekend the Focus smashed into the ditch...when we had the wifi network setup while driving down the road at 60mph. The same freedom of information and ease of connectivity except, like, wherever we go and whatever we do.
I suddenly realize that I promised tales of nerdish tragedy and dorkly triumph...well, I was really referring to the downfall of my iBook...again. It was replaced by a broken G4 iBook that I got from work for $50 and fixed...it was up and running later that night. It served me well for approximately five weeks. Apparently, the G4 iBooks have a defect. In every G4 iBook, the processor will eventually separate from the logic board in a more or less unreversible way. Long story less long, I fiddled around until I had created a makeshift tablet pc out of parts from my old iBook and this new iBook. Currently, it's serving as a way to control my Mac Tiger Server, which doesn't have a screen, keyboard, or mouse of it's own.
Anyway, I'm buying a used powerbook, building a Frankenstein server, watching too much anime and want it all to somehow add up to keeping in touch with you two assholes more than we have been...
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Tyler! you're so fuckin there all of a sudden! I'm so incredibly pleased, both that you're still a hyper-bricoleur and that I still understand what the hell you're talking about... I was actually just reading something about the built-in real-time remote access features of 10.5... just tell me when our extendo-lan is ready, because while my knowledge of the newest and most esoteric hardware, software and networking bullshit may be a bit moldy, my piracy skills have done nothing short of blossom.... Long Live Minor Triad!
Funny, before I read Peter's comment I had just been lamenting the fact that I no longer have any idea what the fuck you're talking about, but that's ok. I still love it, and that's what I keep you two nerds around for. Anyway, yeah, I say build that sucker and write me a manual on how to use it and I'm in. I really like the retired supeheroes metaphor. That's what I've always wanted to be. My ears remain pricked.
Edit: I really like the retired superheroes simile.
Just because after all, you two are assholes, as we just reestablished. And if I didn't fix it Peter would delight in pointing out that I was supposed to have some type of degree in something about writing. Yeah well I still know what a smilie is and I sell cruises to old people very literarily, so there.
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