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Siberiacuse

Here in Syracuse, we have a much more accurate way of measuring the temperature in the morning than any weather service can, at least in the winter.

When the frost forms interesting geometric patterns on your bedroom window, it's friggin' cold

Fortunately, Henry and I have found adequate, rustic, and inexpensive methods of heating our humble abode.

All hail the Earth Spirit, which makes mountains that we can climb, and dirt which can grow vegetables (and trees)

The face cord of mixed hardwoods and cherry was delivered over the weekend; currently, we have a fire burning so hot that it would put a sailor with herpes 'checking the wake' to shame. Also on the plus side, it gives the apartment a nice aroma when we bring in loads to thaw and warm in the living room. Ah, a wintry treat!

Additional good news came over the weekend when some folks at Infimed decided to contract my services as a GNU/Linux and QT guru. Seems that doing all that building and packaging of QT for debian wasn't such a bad thing. I get to set up a development workstation for them for a decent post-Christmas bonus, with possible future contracts teaching their developers how make and qmake work, and other fun things.