An interesting article to read on ebooks

And for Z to read when he gets back (and has time...)
Charlie's Diary: Why the commercial ebook market is broken

In the pre-internet dark age, there was a subculture of folks who would get their hands on books and pass them around and encourage people to read them for free, rather than buying their own copies. Much like today's ebook pirates, in terms of the what they did (with one or two minor differences). There was a closely-related subculture who would actually sell copies of books without paying the authors a penny in royalties, too.

We have a technical term for such people: we call them "librarians" and "second-hand bookstore owners".

Hmph.

Ok, 3 hours (DVD 1 of FotR with director commentry, and ABC news), ~50cm of interlocked seam done by hand (2 needles going concurrently, 1 awl). And a sore neck.
This leaves 2m of that seam to go ie ~12 hours work at that rate, spread over the next 2 days so as to not bugger the neck.
Then there are 2 more seams of the same length and style.
Conclusion: I am not that stupid.
We do the remaining seams same style as we did the ones of the Viking A-Frame, but this can't be done til Z gets back. Then it will be the roof seam, the hem and eyelets for pegging down. That's all...

So, do I finish the other 2m or unpick what I have done?

In the mean time, time to play with lamps while watching TV instead.

And dinner smells ready.

Edit: dinner smelt overdone - luckily toast, not pork.
Things of note:
Smoke detector in the hallway failed miserably - just as well from an I can't reach it to stop it point of view, but not good from a saving lives point of view. Probably battery as I could see the smoke swirling around it.
I didn't know you could get toast to glow red.
Ventilating house now - will the mozzies be kept out by the smoke or what?
Lets try for a less eventful rest of the evening.