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I'm not sure if this is specific to the Ubuntu Live based installs, or if this would apply to any Ubuntu installation. However, attempting to install sun-java6-jre (or sun-java5-jre) has left me with a continuous string of errors until I did this…
ln -s / /cow
It seems as though one of the installation scripts has this [...]

07:47 Heading to Dallas office. #
07:52 Traffic is bad this morning. Very bad. #
08:11 Damn. Traffic just got even worse. Wreck on Tollway at gwbt. Grr. This WAS my alternate. #
08:52 Finally made it. I got to wave at a lady on the hwy today. She loved me. #
09:12 When someone does something stupid on [...]

Thanks to a tip from Bryan, portable Ubuntu is now working for me, though not quite in the same way I envisioned it in the beginning.
I assumed that, in the end, I'd boot a real Linux partition with a real Linux boot loader. However, this is not the case. It seems that my laptop, and [...]

04:32 awake. making coffee. day planning. editing photos. #
06:37 running late. about to shower and then head to dallas office. #
07:33 Heading to the Dallas office with an icy wind shield and a stick shift. #
08:01 @agingdragqueen ugh! Good thoughts your way. #
08:07 @strandloper no. #
08:13 @strandloper yeah. Unless it's really funny and other people [...]

Despite the ever decreasing amounts of free time I have these days (it was bad even before the baby) I feel compelled to force myself to continue to create and explore. I think a forced schedule is the best way to accomplish this. While it doesn't produce outstanding results every day, forcing myself to produce [...]

12:19 Adventure lunch at "best buffet" in the colony. Very afraid. #
12:40 Wow. This is actually quite good. It's not bread winners (yum!) but isn't 45 mins of driving either. #
12:46 When I'm single in an alternate reality, I want @agingdragqueen to be drew barrymore. #
12:47 @joiseyguy "best buffet" #
13:33 @agingdragqueen it stands to reason [...]

00:25 On the parking shuttle. #
00:28 @evolvinglines if I'm lucky it'll be fresh and ready for me when I wake up. #
00:32 @farrisgoldstein awesome. Then I imagine mine will be waiting for me when I get home assuming my server didn't get kicked offline. #
00:49 Driving home. Very sleepy. #
01:46 Home. @evolvinglines is awesome. #
09:55 [...]

05:11 Very tired this morning. Not sure why. Not looking forward to today. Events are boring and I have a late flight. #
06:53 I am the ONLY guy wearing jeans this morning. Oops. Fuck em. #
07:01 @agingdragqueen, you know what I do to someone on the hwy going 50? Get in front of them and [...]

05:18 Big storms in DFW early this morning. I hope everyone is ok. #
05:23 Local PA news indicating that the DFW storm will be here on Friday evening, possibly delaying my flight. #
06:13 Heading down to the conference for breakfast. #
07:10 At a VZ conference and I hear a TMO ring in the audience. Ha! [...]

05:46 awake; morning yoga practice; coffee. Now catching up on email and getting ready for a 7am meeting. #
07:32 on a conference call #
07:42 @evolvinglines I know, right. Most of the participants didn't even join on time. Grr. #
09:49 Heading to the airport. Barely remember how to drive a stick. "whatever differences our lives have [...]