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?

As part of the fight against piracy, I today switched from the decent VMWare Workstation 6 to the free VMWare Server 2. Besides being free, its significant (and, probably, main for me) advantage is the ability to start virtual machines automatically when …

On a tip from comrade nil59, who said: 3) if I were setting up a mail server today - I would try http://www.citadel.org/doku.php. And would report back to the community :) ru_root: Need advice on a mail server for FreeBSD. I decided to try Citadel. Started …

Today, on Forgiveness Sunday, I want to ask forgiveness from my friends whom I rarely reach out to, or have stopped contacting altogether. Please forgive me. I remember you and I feel truly sorry that things turned out this way. Certain life events that …