I just wrote a Java native function that discovers the MAC address of the first network interface. It wasn’t too bad, could have been easier. I would have liked to pass back an array of shorts, but that seemed to cause issues and I already had a working String implementation so I stuck with it. Overall, it was OK, but I’m not sure I’d like to make too much of a habit of it.

Also we took the Christmas tree down today. We have a big gap in the front room at the moment. However, we’re soon going to embark on a huge furniture moving session, which will involve getting rid of the high table and buying a long desk of some kind for Louise and I to share, hopefully solving both our current desk woes.

The little desk I sit at is OK, but it has drawers under the top, these get in the way of my legs and mean I’m always stretching wierdly in one way or another. This has lead to some nasty muscle pain at the base of my spine and around my hips recently. The chair I sit on is also becoming increasingly uncomfortable. I spend a lot of time sitting at my desk so it’s worth spending some money to make sure the ergonomics are good. At the moment it’s a bit of a disaster.