ajeThu, 06 Oct 2005 11:10:29 +0000Name change<p>So I finally got it sorted, I am now Andrew Jonathan Elcock Williams.</p><p>That makes Michelle and I Mr & Mrs Williams - wow, sounds cool!</p><p>Online you can catch me at <a href="http://handyande.co.uk" target="_self" title="handyande.co.uk">handyande.co.uk</a>, which I had my eye on for a while anyway ;) </p>Andrew Williamsandy@handyande.orgHoneymoon<p>Erm, OK maybe this is a bit belated, but things have been hectic here!</p><p>We
spent our honeymoon on Rhodes (Greek island off the coast of Turkey)
near a small town called Kolympia. The sun was beating down, the
cocktails were making themselves and the food was delicious. Needless
to say we had a fantastic time.</p><p>The room we had was great - a
deluxe junior suite with a balcony that looked out over the bay. We
were on the terrace nearest the beach, so the sand was only 10 yards
away - a quick hot, skip and jump over the roasting grains and you were
in the sea. As warm as I am sure the sea was (comparatively) we much
preferred the pools where there was a bar and many sun loungers.</p><p>It was a shame to have to leave, but being back and unpacking our presents has been a lot of fun too. </p>Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgWedding Bells have rung<p>OK, so back from the wedding now and can honestly say that not only
have I never been happier in my entire life, but also that I never
realised a single day could encompas so many of the happiest moments of
my life!!!</p><p><a href="http://handyande.co.uk/Gallery/Misc/_previews/IMG_5867.JPG.html" target="_self"><img width="160" height="120" border="0" align="left" src="http://handyande.co.uk/Gallery/Misc/_images/IMG_5867_JPG_thumb.jpeg" /></a>The
day was fantastic, perfect, special, sunny, cheerful... yes I have run
out of ways to describe it, this is the only problem I am encountering
- I cannot express how fantastic a day it was, everything was exactly
as we had dreamed it might be and better.</p><p>We plan to put up all the pics, videos, speeches etc on our website <a href="http://www.andyandmichelle.co.uk" target="_blank" title="Andy and MIchelle">www.andyandmichelle.co.uk</a> sometime soon, but you will understand if we go on honeymoon first!!!</p><p>Finally
a huge thankyou to every person who helped by planning, taking part,
attending or even sending best wishes - without everybody involved it
could not have been so perfect!!! We love you all :) </p>Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgBang on the head<p>OK, so I honestly thought I had seen the end of the crash ramifications, but oh no!</p><p>I
went to the opticians about a funny blur in my eye, well - it turns out
(they think) that this is a result of my accident. Apparently a small
piece of tissue has broken off from inside my eye and is now floating
around indside! Still - apparently my vision is still perfect and this
"floater" will disappear over time, so am still lucky really. </p>Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgCycling crash<p>OK, so it has been a really long time now, but I finally got round
to taking a picture of the damage, so I thought I would write it up.</p><p><a title="Helmet damage" target="_self" href="http://handyande.co.uk/Gallery/Misc/previews/helmet_damage.jpg.html"><img width="160" height="135" align="right" title="Helmet Damage" alt="Helmet Damage" src="http://handyande.co.uk/Gallery/Misc/_images/helmet_damage_jpg_thumb.jpeg" /></a>When
cycling home along the cycle paths a few weeks back some
idiot-without-helmet-cycling-as-fast-as-he-can fool darted out in front
of me on his bike not looking and not realising that he as on a
footpath! Anyhow, after quite a while in Accident and Emergency (not
caring, cos the shock put me in a really giggly state) the worried that
I might have broken my wrist! </p><p>Turns out that everything is
OK, no lasting injuries, but my helmet is a writeoff and the bike has /
will require > £100 to repair it all, i have done some but think it
might be a good time to get another one, this seems to give me bad luck!</p><p>Cycle safely out there IRL...</p>Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgDeeply moving conferenceNo, you did not read it wrong! I am currently in Italy attending a
Technical Committee meeting by OGC along with many other interested
parties. As it was I was unsure if I would make it along it was agreed
that I could have a couple of days in Rome first to make up for it, and
what an event that turned out to be! We had obviously heard on the news
that the Pope's health was faltering, but when we heard it was getting
worse we went down to the Vatican along with thousands of others to
hope and pray for the ailing pontiff. Each night we were down in St.
Peter's square and were present at the Mass held in the open air at 9pm
Vatican time on Saturday. Just after 9:30 we saw some lights on the
upper floor switch off and we feared the worst. Of course, our Italian
not bein quite up to scratch we could not decipher the announcement at
the end of mass, but the meaning was clear. Never before have I seen so
many thousand people huddled together in such silent reverance!Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgWedding arrangementsOK, exciting time! Michelles parents came down last week to help out
with the planning and things really sped ahead! Plenty of things sorted
now and we are all quite raved! See plenty of you on the day :) <a href="http://handyande.co.uk/Files/_files/lennoxlove.jpg" target="_self"><img width="115" height="152" src="http://handyande.co.uk/Files/_files/lennoxlove.jpg" /></a>Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgThe incrediblesWell, it was just incredible - go see it. Now. Seriously! Best animated
feature I have seen in a long time - beats even Finding Nemo. If you go
see it can someone please explain what the crazy short animation at the
start is about?Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgE17 entered into main CVSparty time all!!! E17 has finally got to a state where we can see it
and work on it (and for some, use it!) party! As a celebration I have
started a <a href="/Coding_News">coding blog</a> to let folk know what I am up to in the land of code. much hard work follows...Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgTravelling NewZealandTravelling all going well - having a fantastic time. Sitting in a cyber
cafe in Christchurch as it is no longer baking hot outside today. Hope
to catch some skiing tomorrow :) I try to cope!Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgEngage icon file license difficultiesDue to the E code all using the BSD license it is proving difficult to get a nice iconset to use by default in E apps. This is being looked into by the E team and over time we expect to have a nice solution involving user contributions etc, but for now I have uploaded some icons for engage. This is a collection of .eet files to use in mappings and launcher folders. The icons are from Gnome and thus the set is PL for the time that it exists. Get it <a href="http://handyande.co.uk/Files/_files/applications.tar.gz">here</a>Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgEngage uses E_App watchersWell, now engage is using rasters excellent e17_pre5 code for configuring the iconbar aspect it is time to have some fun, so now if you add or remove an icon from the configuration engage will automatically adjust - cool no? :)Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgEngage gets system trayFinally the long haul of learning the X system tray (or "notification area") specification has reaped some benefits. The code has pulled together to provide us with the tray you see below - it may not be perfect yet, but it certainly rocks!!! <img width="324" height="96" src="http://andy.elcock.org/images/engage_tray.png" />Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgMore Enotes themeingWell, more of the same really, but I thought that this was looking so nice it deserved an entry. The control center now has two modes, buttons as shown before and icons as per: <img width="71" height="31" src="http://handyande.co.uk/images/enotes-control.png" />. The modes switch using a cool little animation too :) <img width="80" height="85" src="http://handyande.co.uk/images/enotes-anim.gif" /> Also of interest is the nice detail I added to the corner of each note vis: <img width="51" height="57" src="http://handyande.co.uk/images/enotes-detail.png" /> cool no? :) Engage folk don't worry, I have been working on that, and in line with rasters E17 iBar code I will be rewriting the configuration to make things a lot easier!Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgEnotes gets a new lease of lifeEnotes the desktop notes program based on the EFL has obtained a new lease of life this week!
With the addition of some features I requested and a tidyup of the display comes my offering - the postit theme :)
Looking like a postit <sup>tm</sup> note this theme offers new compact notes to your desktop with many new features still to be added.
A screenshot of this first version looks a little like this:
<img src="/images/enotes.png" />Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgChicago TourWell, this tour is rocking! the music is going very well and we have been performing to 9000+ people on a good night - crazy.
Got a new digital camera which I have loads of pictures to download from when I get back :)
Although all is well I cannot wait to get back... there is a great lego store with an apple store next door and I fear that I may spend all my money!Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgEngage gets embedsHey hey - well how is this now, engage got the ability to have embedded "applications" (well, edje/embryo .eets anyhow) which opens up a huge list of possibilities. Just to demonstrate I added the recently created "Expedition" clock to the bar as seen below:
<img src="/images/engage/engage_expedition.png" />.
I shall keep you up to date with new developments!Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgThe Enlightenment repository - ideasWell, following some inspiration on #edevelop one day we came up with the idea for a central way to manage our E apps/libs/themes in packages. This did not get very far for a while, except neofeeds mountain of mockups.
Well, I decided to give it a shot, and a first "proof of concept" can be found at http://e1x.codewordt.co.uk/repos/ so check it out and see what you think!Andrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgAndrew Elcockandy@elcock.orgFirst camping trip since scoutsThis weekend I was away camping with Michelle and her parents. It was much fun - we headed to a campsite next to seahouses south of Berwick on Friday ready to pitch up and find tea. On saturday we headed to holy island and the local towns for a bit of sight seeing - plenty of lovely scenery down there, but pity about the rain. Sunday saw a swift packup and heading back via a car boot sale. A wistle-stop tour, but much fun!ajeandy@elcock.orgPlanet Enlightenment StartedWell, here we have it - planet enlightenment - check the development address of http://e1x.codewordt.co.uk/planet for a peek. As I am the second member it is not hopping - but it soon could be :)ajeandy@elcock.orgOh Gmail, where were we without you?So I finally got an invite to Gmail and man was it worth the wait!!!
Not only is it a slick and fast system but my spam just dissappears without help.
The best of course is conversation threading which is just beautiful.ajeandy@elcock.orgE gets into boot screensHey hey I got bootsplash together with a screen from Rasters E17 code and got a fantastic boot screen for my linux machines, and damn does it look sweet! Check http://gallery.codewordt.co.uk/aje/e_boot for the pic. Go Raster!ajeandy@elcock.orgHandyAndE gets knownw00t, I got added to the E team pages - I am now up on http://enlightenment.org/Main/The_Team/ajeandy@elcock.orgExamine moves onAfter rather stupidly starting the examine application in the library area I have moved it (with exsh) out to apps/examine in E CVS. This marks the end of proto/examine, as it is now app ported to ecore_config and apps/examine...ajeandy@elcock.orgEquate news\o/ Equate is now on the portage tree of Gentoo Linux! woohoo.
For those who do not use gentoo the tarball is still available on the software pages.ajeandy@elcock.orgCatchup: codingOoops, been a while!
Anyhow, just to catch up - the config libs that I drew together from Azundris' code have been moved to ecore_config in E's e17/libs/ecore module. I also started work on a calculator to demonstrate some of the new E libraries, you can check it out from the software -> equate page, or from E cvs at misc/equate.ajeandy@elcock.orgFaure Requiem and Old St PaulFirst service with the choir was mainly Faure Requiem. All went well and was very enjoyable!ajeandy@elcock.orgStarted development for E17YAY started coding for Enlightenment *finally* writing libs for easy configuring of applications. More news to come!ajeandy@elcock.orgJoined Old St PaulFinally got round to it and auditioned for Old St Paul's.
Well - not really an audition, but I went along and they asked me to come back so that is cool!ajeandy@elcock.orgNYCoS at the Proms Well another NYCoS event approaches.
Later today we head over to Glasgow to rehearse for the last night of the proms.
Should be a big event. If you have a TV, switch it on for the performance on Sat eve.ajeandy@elcock.orgDigimap Rocks OnWell, after a gruelling 15hr shift at work the other day we got the new Digimap interface up and darn it rocks!
If you have an Athens login go check it out at edina.ac.uk/digimap.
And for the stress I get some days off :) :) I forgot how cheesy weekday TV was!ajeandy@elcock.orgSunglasses\o/ my Pince Nez sunglasses arrived today - now I too can look like Morpheus.
Need to get the coat next!!!
Can't wait to walk down the middle of Princes Street parting the crowds ;)ajeandy@elcock.orgDigimap DowntimeWell, I did it, I survived my first downtime at work.
The good news is that everything went as planned.
The bad new is that as always Carto was the exception to this rule!!!
Mr Anderson may you be forgiven! GRR
Anyhow, better fix it up tomorrow and get it live asap.ajeandy@elcock.orgHifi RackDid myself a real injury trying to carry a large (flat packed) hifi rack from richer sounds via the picnic basket to work. Later that day I managed to walk all the way home with my bike AND the rack. Ouch.
Now it is all set up I am glad I made the effort. You can see it on my new Hi-Fi pages.
Sweet tunes man!ajeandy@elcock.orgWise words and missing NYCoS Boast not of tomorrow; for you know not what any day may bring forth.ajeandy@elcock.orgJava, java, java Finally added my current java pages to the software area, yay - have a look, some nice stuff there, and also some promising not so great looking code going on.ajeandy@elcock.orgNew Rectang site YAY \o/ finally got the new rectang site up at www.rectang.com. Thanks very much to Dhruba for his help with the design, content and motivation on this one!
For those worried that the software is not clearly linked try www.rectang.com/software.
Enjoy and give me some time to fill in all of the content area!ajeandy@elcock.orgNYCoS Wow, what a great course.
I have just(ish) returned from the NYCoS course this year having been away for 5 years. Although thoroughly exhausted I had a fantastic time!
Thanks to all there for making it want it was and thanks to Chris and all staff for the sucess of the concerts as well.ajeandy@elcock.orgGraduation YAY!!!
Graduated. The ceromony rocked. The words spoken were very moving and it was amazing to see all my mates being slapped by a bunnet ;)
After that I feel that the work may finally have been rewarded.ajeandy@elcock.orgWelcoming Feathers It finally happened - the new server arrived.
Well, not so much arrived, but was constructed out of the ashes of my previous machines. This beast is now running gentoo and is ready to take on the world.
Apologies for any downtime that folk noticed over the last week!ajeandy@elcock.orgDegree GOT MY RESULTS!
2-1, not bad at all, in fact rather reasonable.
Pitty that my mark this year did not match the 70% last year!
Am I the only one, or does a small number seem like an anti-climax after 4 years work?ajeandy@elcock.orgWebsite SkillsOK - so this site may not be the best in the world, and maybe the one I am working on at www.cadenza.org.uk is nothing too fancy either. However behind the scenes lies the biggest and best online web site management software that a man has ever written in one night!!!
Just hope the client can appreciate it - this always seems to be the major problem!ajeandy@elcock.orgNYCoS Monies Bah, as everything was going well I got the nice latter telling me that the course fees for NYCoS this year are now due! ah.
On top of two cable bills and the TV licence it looks as though I may be putting off buying that kickass new machine for a while.
:(ajeandy@elcock.orgThe *real* end of Uni Finally, the project presentation is over and my Uni work has indeed finished!!!
woohoo o/
With all this spare time I may do some,..... coding, erm ah well!
Lets all chill and partyajeandy@elcock.orgWorking Lad Well, my first week at work as a full time working lad has come and gone, and how great was it!
I have a website set up on my machine:
http://sandwood.ucs.ed.ac.uk
which has useful info etc.
Just a project presentation to go and I am free and happy :)ajeandy@elcock.orgDissertation NO MOREYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Well, I cannot begin to say how much of a relief it is to be finished with Uni work.
Unfortunately I still have to get ready for the presentation of the project work, but still - hear enough.
Sorry all you still working away... see you in the pub tomorrow.ajeandy@elcock.orgWork goes on Well, as we all know it is difficult to write this damn dissertation.
Thankfully today has been a good day for it.
Got a collegue from work (Emma) to look over it all which was a lot of help. Between her and Michelle I am starting to belive that the examiners may understand what I am trying to say.
Also got boxed code includes working - ROX!ajeandy@elcock.orgCadenza RecordingWell, this eve found me wasting my time in Chrichton church singing away Ken Johnstons new piece for a recording for the media.
The recording went well, but the guilt set in so I ran back to work again :(