Okay, I know, I’m posting too much. But I’m wondering about having a weekend-long stitch-n-bitch here at our place sometime. I know that waya and hopeevey stitch. I think devichan does (will ask when she comes back). ottergrrl, do you…
Memories
Sam started going through his “memory box” to find something, then opened mine. He found it, and we framed it—the cover of his novel now hangs in our home, as it should have quite a while back. While it was out,…
Guests
I walked away from the geek stuff for a much-needed break. I colored and stitched a bit, and Sam and I gamed for a while. I need to do homework. I haven’t done it yet. I don’t wanna at the…
Linux Error
A completely clean install of Linux on the server was lovely—until the second reboot (I don’t remember why at the moment). And then it decided that XFree86 absolutely cannot run. Nope, not at all. Trying to use the configuration utilities…
PC Nattering
I cleared the CMOS on the server, flashed the BIOS, repartitioned and formatted the hard drive. I took out the sound, video, and IDE controller cards we’d added, as well as the really huge hard drive (which requires the added…
Patches Mystery
Okay, Patches has us completely mystified. I shut Patches out of our room last night, since she was so unfriendly to Sam and didn’t want to stay out of the bed. Somehow, that seems to have caused her to realize…
Malware Author Arrested
YES! Arrest due in ‘Blaster’ computer worm case Okay, he isn’t the true originator of it, but he did make it more lethal. I still want the spammers who created the original drawn and quartered. The amount of spam I’ve gotten…
Patches and the Migraine
Patches bit Sam last night (sigh). He was trying to put her leash on her for a walk — part of the “get dog to attach to Sam instead of Cynthia” campaign. Apparently she felt threatened and she bit him.…
Shunra’s Birthday!
Happy Birthday, shunra!
Executive Dysfunction/LJ Geekery
Fascinating stuff about “executive dysfunctions”—thanks, jenk. It’s definitely of interest to anyone with a close friend or family member with ADD/ADHD. Grr. I can’t get the style thingie to do what I want. I don’t have a “read comments” link…