dell launches "della"
May. 19th, 2009 02:05via azz on #dw.
dear dell. do make sure all the laptops have flowery pastel designs.
how to reset the root password, for future reference:
as root, create a text file in /etc/mysql, call it mysql-init. put this in it:
SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('pickAnewPassword');
chown the file to mysql:mysql.
now run mysqld_safe --init-file=/etc/mysql/mysql-init &
probably a good idea to delete the file after. :) and tomorrow, run the fix for the new grant-tables stuff.
i wonder whether the printhead is dry yet.
whether you actually need to print anything or not, do not leave your printer sitting around for two months without printing a page every week or so. because gravity sucks. and printheads clog. they clog so badly that regular maintenance self-cleaning will no longer manage to clear them.
and then you have to remove the printhead and try to unclog it.
and that's not how you wanted to spend tonight or possibly even longer.
back home, and logeyness returned in force, so i am just sorta hanging around. am fiddling with a new sock pattern -- what i usually do when knitting socks is to double up with extra, thinner yarn for heels and toes, because otherwise they just wear out too fast. today i thought that if i use tunisian crochet, it'd create a thicker fabric as well (and without the nubbles that single crochet makes, which my feet have never liked). so now i am experimenting with doing short rows in tunisian, which i've never done before.
that'll keep me busy for the rest of the night, i am sure.
oh, and i got X11 installed on drynwyn (mac), so i can play with inkscape, which is an open source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to illustrator, freehand, coreldraw, using the W3C standard scalable vector graphics (SVG) file format. oh boy, has inkspace ever improved since i last looked at it! it's marvelous! also, X11 plays well with the mac so far; i can switch back and forth easily between it and the mac's own window manager (whatever that is called; i am still such a pitiful mac newbie). this means that i can now also use the gimp on drynwyn, which is currently downloading.
p.s: oh gee thanks, jon stewart -- i really needed to see saddam hussein with his shirt off tonight! *shudder*