CVS
I'm always amazed in interviews when people tell me that in their previous jobs they didn't use a revision control system. I can't imagine doing any sort of serious coding without CVS. If I were any better friends with CVS then I'd probably be sleeping with it.

Finance::Quote
Made a tiny branch for Finance::Quote 0.18, GnuCash edition. F::Q was originally part of GnuCash, and a few months ago I branched it off into its own development. I still roll the changes back into the GnuCash tree, but they require minor changes here and there. It's amazing how the words "feature freeze" can get me to start hacking code again. :)

Rockclimbing and Hackey-sack
Ian injured his arm playing hackey-sack. I don't know how that's possible, considering that you don't even use your arms in hackey-sack, but Ian did it nonetheless. As such, he dropped out of climbing this week. :(

Perl
Makes simple jobs easy, makes hard jobs possible. My goodness, I really do love perl sometimes. Just simple things like being able to throw around references to anonymous functions can really make a man's day.

Work
Spent an entire day on things political. I really didn't join this company to spend my days arguing politics, I actually joined it to code. Unfortunately the culture, values, and many other reasons why I joined have been eroded. Dan is coming back on Monday, and while I'm sure he'll be able to fix some problems, he won't be able to fix all of them.

I'm working on plans should the conditions at Schoolsnet become unworkable, and how to try and stop the decline before that happens. I don't really want to leave -- I love the people here and what's left of the culture, but at the same time I don't want to be working for some corporate juggernaut.