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Mon, May 19, 2008

Upgrade to Kubuntu 8.04

Posted at 6:59 am MDT to Technology

Arg. The upgrade went smoothly except that Ubuntu has doone something to the way they handle driver modules. I cannot seem to generate a current driver for the wifi that will also let VMWare work.

And I need VMWare for work. I had one configuration working last night with and older kernel, but the shutdown and reboot over night seems to have chanes things just enough that it won't work.

I'm running an even older kernel, but I can't get the newest VMWare to load against it. Toolchain inconsistency problems.

I tried setting up the new laptop (which has a different wifi driver) but I'm having problems with toolchain inconsistencies there too. I may upgrade that machine to 8.04 to try to fix those.

I may need to work in my computer room today, so I can use an ethernet cable.

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Four-Lobed Bread

Posted at 6:47 am MDT to Technology

When Nonna made bread she used to make two pieces that were sort of dumbell shaped, and cross them to make a four-lobed loaf. I tried that this weekend, but there is a trick for getting the bread to come out in four lobes instead of just sort of cross-shaped that I do not quite remember. I think the neck needs to be twisted to keep the two ends from pullin back together.

I think the dough may need to be drier, too.

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Pop

Posted at 6:40 am MDT to Exercise

On Friday I managed to put my bad hip out pretty thoroughly. I could feel the lump of soreness in my butt where it was in the wrong place. I did some yoga and my PT exercises, which at least kept it from getting worse.

Saturday, other than the time I spent a Farmers' Market, I spent a lot of time asleep. I took a nap in the afternoon and went to bed early.

I took some ibuprofin before the second time I went to bed, to knock down the swelling that might be holding the hip out of position, and it worked.

I woke up in the middle of the night and stretched my leg through the heel, and I could feel the joint move back into position and pop back into its socket.

That is the weirdest sensation.

In the morning I did more PT exercises and yoga to help seat it firmly.

I need to do more yoga and start free weights again to try to stabilize it. (I've been takig it easy because exercise give me coughing fits.)

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