Just wasted two days with a stupid upgrade problem (because apparently "Long Term Support" doesn't mean "We will keep libraries up to date so that newly-built software will run on your machine while you get to keep your configuration). Exacerbated by a combination of Canonical's "we know way better than you" policies and the Autopilot Failure ( Read more... )

I'm working on a medium-sized technical document with a couple other people, and the first 10 or 20 minutes of every editing pass I do involves fixing (from my point of view) the structural screwups that the other guy(s) have made, so that the TOC no longer works, references don't refer, formats don't flow etc ( Read more... )

Some friends from Seattle visited thursday and friday, and I've been past deadline since thursday noon, so it's been a wearing time. Beloved offspring most of the day, beating my head against OpenOffice most of the night.( software rant )