When I initially moved to Mutt, I basically just imported my old mail without worrying about organizing it further. I didn't fully understand Maildir format, and I didn't realize how much I could do with fetchmail and procmail if I organized my folders intelligently.
I finally found the time to reogranize things yesterday. I'm definitely reaping the benefits with Mutt now. I've got the tab key bound to display my folders. Hitting tab again displays my mailboxes, along with the number of unread messages.
Another reason for reorganizing my email was to try Evolution again. I was tired of using two desktops - one for Mutt and one for J-Pilot - when I could use just one for Evolution. I figured that I could still use Mutt to access my email remotely, but use Evolution for when I'm in front of my computer.
I was impressed with Evolution's ability to read my Maildir mailboxes, and also with it's GnuPG support. The next step was to try to setup my Visor with gnome-pilot, which I figured wouldn't cause any problems.
Boy, was I wrong. Maybe it's the fact that I'm running Linux 2.6.0 (which absolutely rocks, by the way), but gnome-pilot caused some serious problems. After telling gnome-pilot to use a USB cradle, I instructed it to get my user ID from the device, since I already had a decent amount of data on there that I didn't want to lose. No matter what I tried, gnome-pilot would bomb out at this point, causing my mouse cursor to freeze. Other USB devices didn't seem to be working, so I was glad to have my keyboard's PS/2 cable plugged in. Switch to desktop 1, sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now. (I learned the first time around that neither switching to a virtual console nor zapping X worked.)
After a little bit of searching, I found another person with the same problem, but no resolution (granted, he probably sent it to the wrong place). I've given up on gnome-pilot, since J-Pilot and pilot-link have served me well for years, and resorted to bitching about it in #gfd:
<dwc> it's official: gnome-pilot is a piece of dump
<@cxreg> piece of dump
<@zaxon> wel what do you expect
<@zaxon> a gnome can't honestly be expected to be a good pilot i mean how can he reach all the levers and buttons and such with those little arms.
I finished watching most of the Björk live DVDs and I have to say that - overall - I'm disappointed.
I started with Björk - Cambridge (1998), which Suresh let me borrow. I was thoroughly impressed with not only her performance, but that of Mark Bell and the Icelandic Octet. The filming made me feel like I was at the concert. In fact, I was so enthralled by the DVD that I went onto Amazon and started buying the others in the live set.
Next, I watched Björk - Live at Shepherds Bush Empire (1997). Overall, this was a disappointment for me. It has a nice selection of songs - including "The Modern Things", "Isobel", "Hyperballad", and "Violently Happy" - but the camera work and editing is nowhere near Cambridge.
Björk: Live at the Royal Opera House (2001) returned my faith. This one felt more relaxed, which was nice. The orchestra and choir mixed well with the electronics, surprisingly. Indeed, the DVD gave me more respect for Verspertine than I had initially.
Finally, I watched Björk - Vessel (1994) and Björk - MTV Unplugged & MTV Live (1994). Neither lived up to Cambridge or Royal Opera House, and the MTV one was an utter disappointment for me. The MTV Unplugged portion was okay, and I enjoyed the saxophones, but the MTV Live section was horrible. One, I couldn't even tell that it was a concert - it looked more like a series of poorly edited music videos. Two, the video effects were simply distracting. Oh, well.
I've yet to watch Björk: Live on Later... With Jools Holland (2000) or Björk: Minuscule (2001), but I'm not going to rush out to purchase these like I did the others. If you're going to buy any of the Björk live DVDs, I suggest you start with Cambridge and Royal Opera House. If you like those, consider purchasing Vessel, but don't bother with MTV or Shepherd's Bush.
On another note - watching Björk do MTV Unplugged has reminded me of Nirvana's performance. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find it on DVD at Amazon, which is a shame. I can't say that I like Nirvana all that much, but their MTV Unplugged performance was amazing.
"That's what I see when I close my eyes yeah".
On drama: I remember this phase, just glad I'm not involved this time.
