Ok, well, we'll just call it a "failed experiment".

I had Ubuntu 9.04 all installed, configured, and customized as the only OS on my machine. The desktop was highly customized, with AWN, conky, and screenlets all setup and such. Sound was working, I had my media directories shared and everything. Then I installed WINE and copied over my EQ2 directory. Even though EQ2 is listed as "Gold" for WINE and Cedega, it doesn't work at all on my hardware combination. So...

Reinstalled Windows 7. Luckily W7 is a very quick and painless install and it wasn't too big a deal, other than having wasted all that time. The one cool thing is that this W7 installation, unlike my previous, wasn't done as a Vista upgrade so it's actually (subjectively) running a little smoother.

Speaking of EQ2, my old friend Lummy finally re-upped his subscription and is playing. Now it's down to just Onte that needs to get off her ass and re-up!

We got in about 10-12 miles on our bikes over the weekend. We're both unbelievably happy with them. If only we'd stayed with the hybrid/fitness geometry all along, heh. We'd be into the dozens of miles for the summer. Oh well. We've got Ergon GC3 grips on order for both of us, and when we take the bikes in to have those installed, we'll have hers outfitted with a light kit like mine is. Then both bikes will be fully kitted out for any kind of riding we'd want to do.

Still waiting on a part for MUS 2.0. Seems Horizon is refusing to replace the entire plane, and instead will only replace the tail section, which is out of stock. Leaving me to wait, as the flying season ticks away. This is not making me happy one bit. :/ But, not much I can do. At least the Fokker should be flyable at some point this week.