It's been about three months since my last blog post here, although if you've been following me on Twitter, FriendFeed or Reddit, you'll know I haven't died or anything. To sum it all up, there were personal matters I had to deal with. And I'm still dealing with them.

Outside of my personal life, I'm still trying to get things done with Taskerrific. There are technical issues that have been quite jarring to work through (some of which are still in my way), but more importantly, there is a funding issue that needs to be resolved for Taskerrific's continued survival.

So, which podcasts does everyone listen to? I'd like to know what podcasts might be of interest to add. Currently, I'm already listening to the following:

Pretty much what it says. So, I got my brother’s old PC, and I’ve been spending most of my waking time getting Vista and various programs installed and happy. Unfortunately I’ve hit on a major stumbling block. The motherboard has no official Vista support (and indeed is out of manufacturer support) and there’s no working, usable audio.

Continuing from my earlier bad news story, my brother might be loaning me his old computer for an indeterminate time. It’s quite a bit newer than the Pentium II, and can even run Oblivion (although Fallout 3 would tax its poor little brain too much). The trick would be getting it home from Oshawa, and I’d need to get a new hard drive into it as he doesn’t want me to reformat the one currently in the machine.

I need a new computer, right away. As of Tuesday I’ll be stuck with a ten year old Pentium II again, running (at best) Windows 2000. No more laptop. Doesn’t look like I’ll be getting a new computer for Christmas, either.

At this point, it looks like the end of my computer programming life. (Yay for pessimism.) Anyone able to help turn my frown upside down? Let me know. And quickly.

My dad and I pulled out his old Praktica SLR camera a week ago, for me to use. We’ve tidied it up, but I’ve not actually started using it yet. I want to actually put that camera to good use. I don’t have the manual any more (years of neglect for the poor little booklet have resulted in its untimely demise) and so I don’t even know what particular make this thing is. The best I can do is this picture of it; perhaps someone can tell me the model and some useful info?

I recently heard of, and looked at Zemanta, a blog enhancement service with various features I can use via Live Writer, Drupal, or both. I’m considering making use of it, but before I actually do, I’d love to get opinions from those who do (or have) used it. What do you think of Zemanta?