Grumps and chortles

Today I spent about an hour diagnosing what appeared to be a hardware or configuration problem with the network interface on the machine that's becoming my recording box. It was a hardware problem alright -- a partially-unplugged ethernet cable going into the switch! Grump.

On the happy side, my CD order from Janis Ian arrived. All but the shrinkwrapped ones were signed, as I had requested in the comments box on the order form but didn't really expect. One of the CDs, the live double album, had a guitar pick along with the signature. Also in the box were two bumper stickers. Calloo! Callay!

Did I mention that Janis Ian is impossibly cool?