Quieter Day
Things have finally calmed down. I mostly did last week to myself, but either way it was taking its toll.
I reformatted my personal laptop a few days ago and reloaded most of my files. My recent foray into video processing and editing resulted in a last-ditch carpetbomb of all possible free applications that could make a DVD out of Flash video. It was time to purge after all that.
I also started messing with TrueCrypt, which lived up to the hype I was already beginning to repeat without even trying it. It’s a clean, simple program (didn’t even have to install it), and I’ve got a 512 MB file-based partition I can mount to drive Z: by typing a password any time. This is great for financial data and minor password files.
I also managed to get Eclipse up and running on the new Windows install. This was not as easy as I would have anticipated, but not having to install my own extensions was a welcome feature.
Having to install a Python “toolchain” was not a welcome feature. But, whatever, I guess it promotes choice and flexibility.
So, Sigma runs inside Eclipse now. I realized very quickly that I need an actual player (administrator) command that will shut down the server “remotely,” as I can’t push a Ctrl+C combination through the little embedded console that Eclipse provides.