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I've posted a second version of Pocket Gopher Restyled on my GMX share. I will ultimately remove the first one. If you downloaded the first version, you'll probably want to update to the second (the whiter text version). For some reason, the Android theme produced white text in the titlebar and menus, but the text in the textview (where the gopher content is rendered) seemed to be tinted slightly with the base color used in the background, which meant that the contrast wasn't great. A little bit of searching led to a method of over-riding the text settings for the textview window, so now the text is much whiter and the contrast is a bit easier on the eyes. In other news, I'm in the midst of renovating my house. We've renovated and re-wired almost every room in the place already, but the bathroom posed a real difficulty, because it's an old house and there's only one bathroom. Given the age of the place (100-ish), the existing bathroom is rather small and my wife has long wished for something more spacious. So I'm turning one of the bedrooms into a bathroom. During construction, we'll have the old bathroom to use, which solves the major issue. Afterward, I'll gut it and turn it into a small study/extra bedroom. In general, things are going as expected and all the permits are approved. But I ran into an interesting snag. My local landfill no longer accepts pre-1990 drywall unless it has been double-bagged in 6-mil poly bags, owing to concerns over asbestos. While that's the law, none of the local building supply stores sell the bags. I had to order them online. Strange, huh? I suspect that there are an awful lot of false declarations being made at the landfill about the age of the drywall being dropped off. I can't bring myself to do that. While I'm not worried about such a small amount of asbestos exposure, the employees at the landfill are exposed on a daily basis and that's a serious issue. In case you're wondering, I will be suiting up, wearing a respirator, dampening the walls (to mitigate dust), setting up an exhaust fan, etc. I've read through the guides provided for government employees who do this kind of work, and I'm a former coal miner, so I have some experience with safety in unhealthy working conditions. But I'm still waiting on those bags to arrive. I don't care for delays, but I've started a month in advance of my vacation, so that -- hopefully -- the snags and the demolition work will be out of the way by the time I have a sustained opportunity to get at the project. I'll provide updates on the work as it progresses.