While discussing a new software feature, I made the following typo:
17:56 <@jbowes> and then people would use it, and then we’d have to paintain it
17:56 <@jbowes> i meant to type maintain, but that word is awesome
I think paintain aptly describes what many of us do daily.
Today was a good day, TCB-wise:
I finished reading Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman. There are a few really terrible entries in this collection of short stories, but mostly it’s a good read.
Upgraded this blog to the latest Wordpress, and switched to the veryplaintxt theme. I’m enjoying the minimalist theme, but Wordpress appears to have eaten [...]
I like using gnome-terminal, but I find the default fonts hard on my eyes. So I don’t forget (and for anyone who is interested), here are the steps to use xterm’s default font in gnome-terminal:
As root, run `yum -y install bitmap-fonts`
As root, run `ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/`.
Close all open gnome-terminal windows.
Launch gnome-terminal and edit the [...]