unb0rked

I gave in and recompiled php5 and now the dates are fixed. "Yay".

Bah

Cloudy weather in Oita, where I will be spending New Year.

I was hoping to try out my Tak FCT-125 for the first time - I bought it in Japan, unseen, and had it delivered to my in-laws. Oh well, at least I can bring it home. Shiny shiny.

The cold weather will be a nice change from Singapore and I'll enjoy the trip to Kyushu.

I had to shrink the image to stop WordPress screwing up the aspect ratio. WordPress appears to be buggy as all hell.

Still b0rked

The Big-endian specific date bug in php is still not fixed in Ubuntu, and I can't be bothered compiling php from source, so the dates are still wrong.

Meanwhile, in the irrational desire department, we have the Norhtec Gecko Keyboard!

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/12/18/norhtec_keyboard_pc/

http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/norhtec-gecko-surfboard-keyboard-pc-18-12-009/

Not as good a spec as the Eee keyboard, maybe not as cool as the TouchBook, but I love the retro look and it would make a decent little server at the low price of USD99.