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…
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…
Various Geeky Bits
Sam wants a way to be notified by email when certain people update their journals. I think that would be nifty. I found one entry in lj-nifty talking about Bloglet, but 1) that requires that the journal owner subscribe and…
More Hard Drive Woes
So yes, fixed the MBR on my hard drive. I used the disk utility that came with the drive when we bought it 3 years ago—one victory for being a packrat! 😉 I ended up having to do a low-level…
MBR Problems
Grrr. The master boot record on my hard drive is screwed up. That’s a first for me, in over a decade of working with PCs.
Weekend, Geekery, & More
We’ve had an absolutely lovely weekend together. I didn’t get my dark chocolate, but I did get something better 🙂 I took the hard drive out of my machine for reasons I won’t go into right now. Now that machine…
Bloody Spammers
Thanks to Spamcop’s filters, I’m not really seeing any virus-infected messages in my inbox. I am getting the bounces and some other responses from messages that spoofed my addresses, though. I can only hope that the individual(s) responsible for this…
Friday Frittering
I’ve never had a reason to walk into a Bath & Body Works store before. Now I know they carry Burt’s Bees products, so I do. shadowkatt got some in her Christmas stocking last year and has loved them, so…