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Monthly Archives: December 2008
More Linux at home
As mia_mcdavid commented, I did a lot of work on one of my Linux systems last night. As I wrote last week, I had rebuilt one of my Linux systems with Ubuntu, a derivative of the Debian distribution.
mdlbear at the time suggested that I try native Debian rather than Ubuntu. After a couple frustrating evenings trying to get Ubuntu system exactly the way I wanted I decided to take his advice. He was right.
For Bush haters
The beginning of life
We have been working on our family Christmas letter. In it mia_mcdavid mentions that we are almost done raising our children. It reminded me of this old joke.
Oops!
“High today: Not very”
The beginning of today’s weather forecast on the radio at 6:50 AM. Specifically, the high is expected to be between -5oF (-21oC) and 0oF (-18oC). Temperature at the time: -9oF (-23oC). But I am coping
Ubuntu installed!
I have installed Xubuntu on Antrim, one of my P III systems (I tend to use trailing edge hardware when it comes out of my own budget). The problems I had earlier this evening were due to bad CD’s. I burnt a fresh CD from my ISO download, after throttling back the CD burner to a slower speed. This one worked and I got a clean install. I am posting from it here and now.
Lots of configuration still ahead. I will work on that tomorrow between tasks from my day job.
Computer-Intensive Weekend
For Jane Austen fans
From the Inverse Square Blog.
Sweet Home Chicago
haddayr, following an e-mail from smuzikant, linked to this story from our hometown:
Prosecutor: G-Rod’s actions would make ‘Lincoln roll over in his grave’
The details are in a 76 page Federal indictment. The Cliff’s Notes are at
The 18 F-Bombs of the Blagojevich Affadavit.
It should be noted that Blagojevich appears to be a good family man :-)>
Rod Blagojevich’s Wife Appears Just as Corrupt in Affadavit.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 