Okay, it's been a while since I've written. Sorry about that. Here's a catch-up on what's been happening.

Mojotoad Visits
Jacinta and I met with with mojotoad the other day, who's doing his world-victory-lap after being published in The Perl Journal along with yours truly. We had a few pints and went out for Indian. Talked about everything from computers and geek stuff to biblical fruit and erosion of privacy. A very enjoyable evening.

New T-shirt
I now have a new SourceForge T-shirt that arrived the other day. Giving feedback can be worthwhile sometimes. :)

Consluting
The work that I have been doing has started to dry up a little, and my next project is due to start "any day now". It's been starting any day now for a few months, so I'm not holding my breath on the timelines. I'm very certain it will happen because they've sunk so much work into it, I just need the green light. (Actually, I'm thinking of starting work now and getting to the milestones a little early.)

Been also calculating how much full-time work I'd need to do at modest consulting rates in order to support myself for a year. If I wanted to take a bog-standard contract I could live most comfortably working five months each year. Whilst working for five months at once is unattractive, the thought of a seven month holiday without the thought of work is most attractive indeed.

House
Been looking at getting some repairs done to the house. The gutters need replacing before autumn/winter begins to rain in earnest. Having spoken to one particular builder about how he can bring in approximately $AU450,000 tax-free in a good year, I'm considering changing industries. :)

Computer Security
One of my old old servers which I should have finished decommissioning ages ago got cracked. Still investigating, but it looks like the other machines on my network are unaffected. I'm currently in the process of doing clean-up and locking-down. The machine in question that was compromised is now removed from the network and will almost certainly go into the spare parts cupboard. The moral of the story is (a) Don't get lazy because the O/S makes it a pain in the arse to upgrade packages, and (b) Don't use an O/S that makes it a pain in the arse to upgrade packages, because you will get lazy.

Hooray for apt-get. :)