Upgrades REALLY suck.
Damn, I had forgotten how much I hate upgrades.
First, it takes 4 hours to back the silly thing up – and even now I’m not 100% certain that it got everything. Then, I have to dig through and find OS base package CDs to bring the JDK up to speed, just to install Domino; now I get to sit and wait while it decompresses the C API.
[If you understood any of that and are a cute single gay man living in St. Louis, I'm interested. But enough whoring.]
As I wait I’m doing things I really shouldn’t be doing on the Internet – cruising eBay for computer components, reading a hell of a lot of Wikipedia on subjects I wouldn’t read while someone were standing over my shoulder, and blogging (not entirely work-kosher). Oh, and I’m rebuilding my beloved laptop, and I’m about to start coding up a simple page for it for the Linux on Laptops reference index. (I’ll link to and from here when I do.)
I’ve run out of coffee and granola bars and have switched to water ‘n’ willpower to fuel myself. gaaaaaaaah! It’s going to be tough. (That liter of coffee went FAST. Think I’d better bring 2 liters’ worth next time I have a big late-night upgrade.)
Switched to Beck’s Sea Change, and I’m once again mystified by the lushness of his sound. And once again struck by how well the song ‘Little One‘ applies to the movie ‘City of Lost Children‘.
Next up on the Discman – um, I don’t know. Probably some old-school Bj�rk.
So – enough rambling from me for now. I have systems to work on, ya know.
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