Done yesterday (20100625 Fr)

[mdlbear]

0625 Fr
  * up 7?; W=193.6; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee, dishes
  @ 5 Surprising Salt Sources In Food | Georgia Public Broadcasting
  @ A better way to keep cool (via yesbewordsmith) 
  x Sheraton:    has guest laundromat.  About 1000' from the Hilton.
  http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=1196
    also full.  No rollaways, nothing but king beds, no accessible rooms
  * walk: to the middle of DeAnza and back.
  * attempted calls to Callie, Al
  * move planning at work.
  : official title on new business cards: Principal S/W Engineer
  * installed Ubuntu 10.4 on work desktop.  It rudely failed to make itself
    dual-boot with Debian.  Emacs differences; other oddities.  Grump.
  : I love _Palimpsest_ for much the same kind of mysterious beauty I love
    in Cordwainer Smith.  Small wonder N has problems with both.
  = not at Conterpoint.  Ah, well.  Perhaps someday.
  * bath, bed, snuggle

Hmm. OK, I guess. A nice walk through parts of the DeAnza campus, again. A couple of phone calls that ended in voice mail, but at least I got off my arse and called.

Finished Palimpsest -- it's full of the same intricate, mysterious beauty and unstated background that I love in Cordwainer Smith. Not for everyone, certainly, but this Middle-Sized Bear enjoyed it immensely.

Found out my official title that's going on the new business cards. Principal Engineer -- which sounds impressive, but I still miss the autonomy and relaxed schedule of research, and most of all I miss being part of the design, planning, and decision-making process. I'm trying to stay optimistic.

And I installed Ubuntu 10.4 in an open partition on my work desktop machine. It recognized my 1920x1280 display, which Debian didn't, but impolitely failed to install whatever it needed for dual booting. And it's not the old grub, so I don't know how to fix it. Grumble. It'll work out, and it's what we've standardized on for servers, so I was going to have to do it eventually.