And for those wondering, mobile phone service seems to be out but the land lines are working. I am in the process of looking for a non-electrical phone (i.e., non-coreless) so people can call the apartment and so we can call out. As of right now, the Internet is the only way to reach Melanie or I. Well, as long as we have battery power in the laptops.
It’s starting to get dark outside. Should be a unique night in the city. I just might have to walk around a bit.
Still no word from Melanie. I’m sure she is safe, but she is probably very annoyed. And I don’t blame her. I hope she gets home soon. I really miss her. If you have heard from her, please send me an e-mail or make a posting on this blog. Thanks!
I finally talked with Melanie. She is fine and safe. A nice New Yorker in Brooklyn has taken her in for the night. I miss her but I’m glad to know she is okay.
Meanwhile, I am going to walk around the city for a bit.
The Register: “Novell is beefing up its Linux play with the cash acquisition of Ximian. The company has confirmed that it will continue to support Ximian-sponsored Mono and GNOME open source projects.”
For grins I decided to install the latest version of RedHat Linux version 9 and play with Mono. Mono is an open source effort to port the .NET Framework to other platforms. Once I had everything installed, which was fairly simple and straight forward, I wrote a sample console application using C#. It compiled and ran without a problem.
For fun, I decided to copy the .exe to Windows XP and run the same program under Microsoft’s .NET Framework. I was delighted to see that the program ran without the need to re-compile. I also copied a program to RedHat that I had compiled using Microsoft’s .NET Framework 1.1. It ran under Mono without a problem.
There are still features of the .NET Framework not yet implemented under Mono, but there is a lot that is there. Even a test of XmlSerialization ran without a problem. And best of all, I was able to run programs under the two different operating systems without the need to recompile. Now how sweet is that!
Melanie gave me a sweet surprise the other night as we celebrated two years together. She treated me to an evening on the Blues Cruise with a live performance by Buckwheat Zydeco. For those wondering, the Blues Cruise is a cruise around New York harbor with live music. Buckwheat had the boat a-rockin’ and Melanie is the sweetest girlfriend ever for treating me to this unexpected surprise.
Pictures from our weekend in Vermont on online in the gallery.
One additional last minute New Orleans highlight for me…Matric Reloaded on IMax. It was awesome seeing it on the really big screen.
My New Orleans trip is almost over. Events are winding down and people are heading home. The trip highlights for me have been (in no particular order and aside from the primary reason for me being here):
I’m in New Orleans this weekend and having a great time. Last night I ran into 4 or 5 buddies from St. Louis, which was cool. Talked about old times. Unfortunately I have had very little sleep over the last few days but I have had many, many beers. After all, it is New Orleans.