Installed the subject. Had no DVD drive, so installed from a flash drive. From the moment I finished partitioning the disk and clicked “Install” to when the system reported it was ready and asked for a reboot, it took 7 (!) minutes. Installed …

Went to my mother-in-law’s to help with the potatoes. Turns out I’m not bad at it — didn’t expect that from myself. I think everything will ache tomorrow…

failed to update … (unexpected error)

Might come in handy for Arch Linux newcomers. If after updating pacman it starts showing the following:

:: Synchronizing package databases… error: failed to update core (unexpected error) error: failed to update extra …

Hooray! The event we had been talking about for so long has finally happened! We now have running water in our yard…

From sources wishing to remain anonymous but considered trustworthy, information has been received that passwords of users from a number of jabber servers who connected through QIP have been spotted for sale. It is claimed that the offer passed preliminary …

We got married. Congratulations :)

Out of nowhere, carpal tunnel syndrome has flared up (or appeared for the first time?): my right wrist hurts, even though I can’t say I’ve been using the mouse or typing on the keyboard any more than usual lately. And I’ve had a pad with …

Starting today, spring has arrived for us: earthworks completed earthworks begun, the house is being chipped away at for repainting, we are clearing rubbish from the garden plots and burned it at night. Hot water (autonomous) is a bit lacking, and cold …

I’ve decided to take up yoga. Ksyusha even found a couple of books on the subject, though I haven’t looked at them yet. I thought I’d ask my esteemed audience — does anyone have any recommendations?