Tue Sep 6 08:39:46 EDT 2016 Slept from eleven-something to around seven. Mostly sunny. High of ninety. Goals: Work: - Why did nostromo restart?! Done. Solved, eventually. A certain sysadmin copped to accidentally doing ctrl-alt-del on the console. I should probably disable that. Edit /etc/inittab: # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. # ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/bin/echo "CTRL-ALT-DEL is disabled" And: --- nostromo # init q I guess on a systemd box, we'd have to make `/lib/systemd/system/ctrl-alt-del.target` a symlin to `/dev/null`, and run `systemctl daemon-reload`. - MS Office license Done. - Conference call with Yardi Done. Twenty-five minute walk at lunch. Humid. Not too bad when the sun went behind the clouds, but otherwise hot. Crickets and cicadas heard. Saw a turkey vulture. Yvonne called. Trip to the doctor went reasonably well. She got him a script for anti-depressants. Good. Home: - Review https://www.vi-improved.org/recommendations/ No. - Download PDF of Bhargava Algorithms book Done. - Think about monster design, particularly damage Done, a bit. 16 20 aerial servant 5 17 anhkheg 2 3.5 ant, giant 4 8 ape 5 10.5 ape, carnivorous 3 9 axe beak http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/technology/no-sailors-needed-robot-sailboats-scour-the-oceans-for-data.html?ref=technology&_r=0 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12433161 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/health/lonliness-aging-health-effects.html (Spell check your url's, NYT!) Mom called. She called dad today. She spoke with him briefly, and had a long, civil conversation with Yvonne. Dusted, vacuumed and washed dishes. Holy, crap. How did I not know the mode of Readline can be set in `~/.inputrc`: set editing-mode vi It would be nice to have a visual indicator of when I'm in insert mode or command mode.... Breakfast: carrots, mixed greens, yogurt, coffee with half-and-half Lunch: an apple, nuts Dinner: toquitos