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.
I am spending the work week in Bloomington (southern suburb) at a class on the Oracle database management system. It is my first exposure to the product.
However, I do know the office complex. It is on the 8th floor of the 8000 W.84th building. I have often been to the 8300 building, where Oracle’s rival Microsoft has its local offices.
Note the time stamp. Most Americans just “fell back” and are getting an extra hour of sleep. A few are up because it is their job to provide essential services (e.g. police, firefighting) just like on other nights. A very few would be asleep, but are up precisely because of falling back. I am one of them.
The passion of the USB, with links back to previous events. I particularly like the Book of Common Prayer quotes at Dead men walking, USB-stick variety.
Via (with entertaining comments) The Perils of Pauline — if Pauline were a small solid state device.
I was pleased to see that I have the same model USB drive.
….You get assigned a job!
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As mia_mcdavid wrote early Friday morning, we were extremely busy all last week. She left out a few things–notably all the meetings she had about our children, and my full week at work. There was nothing terrible that happened during the latter, but it there was a lot going on. The weekend was even busier.
