I feel the need to vent, but I am containing it. Thankfully the truck loads of laughs I enjoyed when Mick and I went on the offensive over something that was not sitting right with us has put me in a better mood.
To our Gentoo brother (you know who you are): We got u’r back.

Question: How long does it take to emerge X, KDE & Gnome in one big hit?
Information:
-Machine is a 2.8Ghz P4 w/ht (1GB ram) running kernel 2.6.1
-Machine is a clean install of Gentoo, just finished so all the X, KDE and Gnome dependencies have to be built also, not just the main bits.
-emerge line looked like [...]

Nup, too tired, writing starting to become crap, must sleep. I could push on but then I’d only be looking at about 2 hours sleep, at least this way I can get a good 4 hours in, which should be enough to function well enough on. I must be getting old.

Well, this afternoon I was very tired and decided just to write myself off for the rest of the day. Got a good couple of hours sleep on the couch so I’m ready for what is coming. My justification for sleeping as opposed to writing follows. Tuesdays schedule involves two things: A Linux install fest [...]

Much discussion in the last couple of days has centred on the topic of travel, specifically, travel abroad. Michael and I both submitted abstracts to the Euro Simulation Interoperability Workshop last Friday and we are both expecting that they will be accepted. This year the conference is being held in Edinburgh, Scotland. Getting to go [...]