So, just as soon as I spread my wings on Ubuntu one more time, it smacks me down like the bitch I am. For some odd reason, directories just began to disappear from the disks. Disappear! Can you believe that? I first noticed it when network mounts weren’t coming back and there were long, odd pauses on the desktop when it loaded.
Back to Windows again. Sigh.
I had a problem in Windows over the past two months – it was a problem so annoying that it drove me to try Ubuntu again. I had a problem where everytime the computer toked on the hard disks or the network, it would pause. The mouse would stop moving – just enough to annoy. On first glance, it’s easy to think… okie… my hard drives are messed up (especially after what Ubuntu did!) – but then, I rolled back to some ancient revisions of the SATA driver and the problem went away. We’re talking… ancient as in 2005.
Somehow, the garbage is still in my sinuses. (plural of that is sinii? uh, no)
My son has been sick the past few days – now I’m sick too. I don’t think the wifey feels all that great either.
And I get to spend the next two days in the data center! Hooray for dry air! Precisely where I want to be while I feel like garbage.
Okie, I took the plunge and threw Beryl onto Ubuntu… along with all the other goodies.
Now that is some bad-ass 3D desktop goodness. Well worth the effort.
Okie, well, Kubuntu won’t load on my system. It seems to load successfully, but then won’t reboot. Going back to what I know – regular old Ubuntu.
Okie, I’m going to drop an F-bomb here. It’s fucking cold outside. Fucking. Cold.
I have also realized that among my many skills as a server engineer/architect/administrator/whatever you call it in your company, I am NOT a very good cabler. I suck at it.
It’s stupid when it’s warmer in your data center than outside.
Did I mention it’s fucking cold?
I ramble because I have tired. I am in burnout mode. I turned off the work phone. Mail system could go down and I won’t care. Unplugging from work for the weekend.
So Lost re-premiered tonight with quite a bang. There was a guy on a table with an open back… who woke up during surgery and was conscious enough to still play the Others game of dirty pool. There was a gunfight/footrace through the jungle. There was brainwashing. There was a boat. There was love and loss. It had it all. Welcome back to Lost, the best show ever written for TV. I’m glad you’re back.
This dark comedy of errors could only happen in real life. At least it has a happy ending… somewhat.
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I’ve already been asked my opinion 3 times on Vista – once by a power user and twice by “typical home users” who are eying some low-cost computer out there with Vista running on 512mb of RAM.
No, that’s not a typo.
I’m going to start pointing people to this URL, where I heartily recommend they run screaming from Vista and get a Mac.
I will also note that since I will not be going Vista and I’m getting off the Windows bus, I will not be supporting friends and family who get Vista, then expect my help when it screws up. Sorry.
So the negative spin last night and this morning on Vista is Microsoft’s decision to enforce the notion of the “upgrade version.” You cannot install Windows Vista without Windows 2000 or XP already installed on the system. This bucks the previous process of installing Windows from scratch, but proving you own the prior version by inserting the disc for verification.
I’m going to go on record as saying I don’t like this – not one damn bit, but I saw it coming. Given the “smackdown” mentality Microsoft has gotten themselves into, this was just a natural evolution. They’re merely enforcing what the license terms say should happen. One item you might want to be aware of though – when reading the Vista EULA… once you install the Vista upgrade, the Vista rights/EULA completely supersedes all licensing agreements for the previous version. This means you essentially lose your rights to even install the prior version of Windows ever again.
One of the neat things about this 80gb iPod that TaiTai got me for Christmas is… well, the ability to pull down almost my entire library of music.
This has led to a re-enjoying of music that I haven’t listed to in about 20 years. Great stuff.
Today’s selection… Throwing Muses/Red Heaven. Long time, no listen.
I’m on the way home, btw. I’m sitting at DCA, blowing time before jumping on the plane. Lovin it.
