Daily Archives: 15 July 2004

Chore Leave

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So, on the list of things I ought to do this weekend we have:

  • Download and install MySQL, PostgreSQL, and ImageMagick on my iBook.
  • Download MT 3.01D, pMachine, Expression Engine, and S9Y to my iBook for later installation.
  • Wash, dry, fold, and mutilate massive amounts of laundry.
  • Practice reading with Marcus.
  • Practice numbers with Becca.
  • Clean up hot spot next to the couch.
  • Find tiramisu. Buy tiramisu. Eat tiramisu.
  • Turn 25.

Learning Experience

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I will confess, I have never installed software on a Unix system before today. (Content management systems don't count.) This is largely because I have never had root access, but never mind that.

I am hating every minute of this.

"So, how long is this going to take?", I asked Matthew as I watched my terminal screen hang a few lines after typing "sudo port install 'ImageMagick'".

"Depends… what's it hanging on?"

"It says, 'Building XFree86 with target World'."

"Um… you're going to be doing that for a couple of hours."

As Marcus would say, "Dagnabbit."