To be announced

so I have a doorstop to test out xubuntu, which is likely to be the Os I will use on Homonculus once I figure it out.

but I went for the 6.06 alternate install, because of the limited memory capabilities on Golem (she's a compaq presario 1200, be nice) and apparently something is screwed up, as when I re-booted I got me errors:

SMBus controller not enabled! - upgrade BIOS or use force=1

via 686a 0000:00:07.4 base address not set - upgrade BIOS or use force_0xaddr

okay cool, obviously I've got to get into the BIOS and adjust that. but yo. HOW?

so anybody who can point me to "installing Linux for the confused and wandering" can consider themselves the recipient of big squishy hugs.

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The yarn diet continues apace, which means I got work done on durrow.

Well that i did, as I finished knitting a sleeve today. though I fear it's actually too short - I just thought that if I went for one more repeat it would be too long.

I might just rip it back and throw in one more repeat and let it be too long. because waif-like in the sweater is better than bony wrists sticking out, I am sure.

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Lately I have been listening to Jethro Tull. I'm not terribly familiar, and I've asked people in the past to enable me, well I've been doing a bit of my own enabling - and I've got a pretty decent list to select from so far.

First of all, I'm surprised by how many Tull songs I actually know - but hey, I was alive during the 70's. I shouldn't be all that surprised. It's a real kick to hear a song and think "wait, I know this."

Anyway, this song was a previously unheard one, and I have all kinds of love for it off the first listen. (you there - you who does not get prog rock - beat it, heathen. This ain't for you. I will give you some love later.) I exclaimed in surprise in aim:

[22:08] cpolk: ok
[22:08] cpolk: Minstrel in the Gallery?
[22:08] cpolk: has cowbell.
[22:08] cpolk: it wins.
[22:08] stillnotbored: lol
[22:09] katallen: heh
[22:10] cpolk: I just want to lie down in a dark room that smells of sandalwood and patchouli and smoke a HUGE joint while listening to this song.
[22:10] cpolk: it is. SO 70's.
[22:12] cristalia: heeeeeee
[22:13] cpolk: that was 8 minutes and 14 seconds of awesome.

yow I need this whole album right now

It's no surprise that the economy in cowtown is booming just now. but:

are you, or do you know...

someone who is at a mcJob or has no job or just hates their damn job?
someone who is comfortable with technology?
someone who scored as "geek translator" on one of those silly lj quizzes that floats through every six months?
someone who has crappy/no extended health benefits?

then for ghu's sake, take a gander at the career listings at Star Choice television. they're hiring CSRs, TSRs, Field Support, and Admin, plus more than that. You get extensive training, a gonzo stupid tv discount (zomg CSI Eight TIMES a DAY,) the people I chat with on my breaks are really good folks, and the benefits are just wild. there's no reason for anyone I know on lj who is local to calgary to not have a job at this level or better.


and yeah, between still - fried hard drive and working the 3-11 shift, I have not been on LJ in over a week. honestly? more like two weeks.

so tell me. what's new?