Well that was fast and easy. Configuring now.

Sunday morning. Today is one of our Christmases, the first of I think three we’ll have with family this year, and the biggest. Per tradition we made our Bacon Cheddar soup, this year an experimental tripling of the recipe (appears to have come out fine). I am currently, though in the field, logged into my home computer and installing Citadel/UX to it. I’ll let you know how it goes.

The semester being finished, I finally upgraded to the latest version of Ubuntu, and for the fun and experience of it switched to KDE, which I so far am enjoying, especially Konqueror. Small adjustments, etc. I do most of my stuff on the command line anyway. Also using the break to do two things iKve never done before: set up a home mail server (which, if it works satisfactorally, I will switch to from my several-years-old gmail accout - not crazy about Google anymore) (I’m trying a ‘turnkey’ open source groupware suite called Citadel, which has its roots in BBS software), and readin Anna Karenina, which I’m only some 120 pgs into but am enjoying, though I only have real affection for one of the characters, Levin, whom Tolstoy evidently modelled very closely on himself. The book makes me crave champagne, because all the characters drink it all the time.

….hard to ignore the feeling of satisfaction.

…is in. Finished it last night. It was for the crash-course class I took over two weeks in the Fine High Summer. Stumbling slick and top-heavy into the sodden murk of December, I have less enthusiasm for the work. Final #2 due Monday and #3 due Thursday.