Spent much of yesterday opening wedding presents. Yummy! Got lots of free stuff. Got lots of stuff that we didn't ask for, but hey --
don't look a gift horse in the mouth (who came up with that expression, anyway?). We cataloged everything in our handy-dandy wedding software database (don't laugh -- there are a good 10-15 wedding software packages out there these days; it's big business! And it was truly helpful in organizing stuff). Now comes the hard part -- gotta write all those thank you letters.
Got a 40GB hard drive from CompUSA for all my MP3s. I'll install that RSN. Got some net books at B&N, too. There's a new Cussler book out, but it's still in the Big Paperback size (which is just about as expensive as the hard cover). The final Reality Dysfunction book is still not out in paperback (bonk!). And the latest Area 51 book is still not out yet. (Ok, I just admitted it to the world --
I'm into cheesy sci-fi and action books for recreational reading. You'll deal.)
Got some replies from Tord about parallel bladeenc. I read them, and I think I understand what he's saying. Unfortunately, action on these items gets pushed on the stack until other things finish up. :-(
Setup GNU mailman on wedding.squyres.com for Don and Ed. Might move my journal mailing list here, too, but probably not before I get bind running to give this machine a decent name. Still haven't quite decided what to do with squyres.com mail yet, because several other members of the family use it, and I don't feel like hosting it. Hmm. Will require some thought.
Went over to Laura and Paul's later because they had tons of extra food from a wedding that they went to on Saturday. Saw Melinda and Reuben as well. Good fun. Came back and crashed afterwards. Mmm... sleep...
Oops - the GNU mailman that I setup for Don/Ed isn't quite functional. Had to fix a few things (I only briefly tested the web interface yesterday before we left for Laura/Paul's). Mailman's woes seem to be related to some sendmail issues, too.
I've now spent a good chunk of this morning fighting with sendmail w.r.t. my firewall and whatnot, and getting it to do what I want (it still doesn't). I remember the days when sendmail setup was simple and easy to understand. Wait... no I don't.