In a miscalculated move I put all my zillion bookmarks in Google Lists (e:tinypliny,55528) mainly because it integrated so well with the context menu of Google Chrome - my favourite browser.

I recently migrated to delicious and found that I couldn't export any of my bookmarks that were under lists (in my case, all of them) to delicious.

Thankfully, with the imminent shutting down of Google lists, this problem will be solved.

From the "Goodbye, Lists: FAQ at this

What happens to my Lists once the feature is discontinued?

Lists that you own: All items will be saved as bookmarks with the label "MyBookmarkList". Comments will be saved along with each bookmark.
All other lists (including those shared with you): You’ll no longer be able to access these lists. If you want to save items from these lists, you should bookmark them before December 19th, 2011.

Whew. Finally a way to export those pesky isolated list bookmarks. I don't have to lose my zillion R, Perl and linux references.

Internal PDF links are not working in Evince. I don't know why. Maybe they never really worked ever and I only thought they did. I am reading a heavily cross-referenced long book chapter and it is extremely painful to not have internal links working on the PDF reader.

So I am installing okular.

It's a 61 meg download with around 41 components. Looks like it's pulling the entire KDE library with it. But guess what is making up nearly 50% of this byte-age?

(29/41): oxygen-icon-theme-4.7.3-1.fc16.noarch.rpm 28 MB

An icon theme for the blasted reader.

I think that is such a telling statement about the priorities in KDE, in general. But it sure looks good, is oodles better than Evince and internal as well as external hyperlinks and cross-references work! I think that's all that matters in the end.

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Strangely, there are just 3-4 flashy icons on the reader. But it downloaded all this crap:

What is going on? :/ Every time I go to tinypic to upload a picture and one of their flash address containers loads, my gnome shell crashes and I am back to the bootup terminal.

These is the tail of my /var/log/messages in between one crash and the next.
{(e:paul), try pasting these messages in a journal without the code tags, a messed up TOC turns up! I had no idea (e:strip) could do TOCs! Since when do we have that functionality?!}

abrt[3481]: saved core dump of pid 2733 (/usr/bin/Xorg) to /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-12-04-10:49:29-2733 (14278656 bytes)
abrtd: Directory 'ccpp-2011-12-04-10:49:29-2733' creation detected
gnome-session[2838]: Gdk-WARNING: gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.#012
systemd-logind[1147]: Removed session 6.
abrtd: DUP_OF_DIR: /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-12-02-10:04:26-1229
abrtd: Dump directory is a duplicate of /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-12-02-10:04:26-1229
abrtd: Deleting dump directory ccpp-2011-12-04-10:49:29-2733 (dup of ccpp-2011-12-02-10:04:26-1229), sending dbus signal
kernel: [ 7175.953207] libfcoe_device_notification: NETDEV_UNREGISTER lo
systemd-logind[1147]: New session 7 of user gdm.
systemd-logind[1147]: Linked /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 to /run/user/gdm/X11/display.
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): Enabling debugging
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXsmpServer: SESSION_MANAGER=local/unix:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/3542,unix/unix:/tmp/.ICE-unix/3542#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmShell: Not connected to the shell
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: setting client store 0xafdb20
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 1: signum=4 (nil)
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 4 signals
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 2: signum=7 (nil)
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 7 signals
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 3: signum=11 (nil)
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 11 signals
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 4: signum=6 (nil)
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 6 signals
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 5: signum=5 (nil)
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 5 signals
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 6: signum=8 0x41bf30
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 8 signals
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 7: signum=1 0x41bf30
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 1 signals
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 8: signum=10 0x41bf30
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 10 signals
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 9: signum=15 0x41bf30
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 15 signals
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Adding handler 10: signum=2 0x41bf30
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Registering for 2 signals
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Getting session 'gdm-shell'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /var/lib/gdm/.config/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session is a valid session file
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/var/lib/gdm/.config/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session': non-existing or invalid file.
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /etc/xdg/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session is a valid session file
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/etc/xdg/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session': non-existing or invalid file.
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /usr/share/gdm/greeter/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session is a valid session file
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session': non-existing or invalid file.
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /usr/local/share/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session is a valid session file
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): Cannot use session '/usr/local/share/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session': non-existing or invalid file.
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Looking if /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gdm-shell.session is a valid session file
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Launching helper 'bash -c 'gnome-shell --help | grep -q gdm-mode && /usr/libexec/gnome-session-check-accelerated'' to know if session is runnable
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Checking required components and providers
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking for file 'gnome-shell.desktop'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/var/lib/gdm/.config/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/etc/xdg/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/var/lib/gdm/.local/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: found in XDG dirs: '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications/gnome-shell.desktop'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking for file 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/var/lib/gdm/.config/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/etc/xdg/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/var/lib/gdm/.local/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: found in XDG dirs: '/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Done checking required components and providers
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Adding required components
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking for file 'gnome-shell.desktop'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/var/lib/gdm/.config/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/etc/xdg/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/var/lib/gdm/.local/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: found in XDG dirs: '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications/gnome-shell.desktop'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: read /usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications/gnome-shell.desktop
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Adding object id /org/gnome/SessionManager/App1 to store
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: adding required app gnome-shell.desktop
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking for file 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/var/lib/gdm/.config/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gnome/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/etc/xdg/autostart'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/var/lib/gdm/.local/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/gdm/greeter/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/local/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: Looking in '/usr/share/applications'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmUtil: found in XDG dirs: '/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: read /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Adding object id /org/gnome/SessionManager/App2 to store
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: adding required app gnome-settings-daemon.desktop
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Done adding required components
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Adding default providers
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): fill: *** Done adding default providers
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: GSM starting to manage
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: App startup summary
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Phase INITIALIZATION
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager:#011ID: /org/gnome/SessionManager/App2#011app-id:gnome-settings-daemon.desktop#011is-disabled:0#011is-conditionally-disabled:0
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Phase WINDOW_MANAGER
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Phase PANEL
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Phase DESKTOP
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Phase APPLICATION
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager:#011ID: /org/gnome/SessionManager/App1#011app-id:gnome-shell.desktop#011is-disabled:0#011is-conditionally-disabled:0
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: starting phase INITIALIZATION#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: starting app '/org/gnome/SessionManager/App2'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): Starting app: /org/gnome/SessionManager/App2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmAutostartApp: starting gnome-settings-daemon.desktop: command=/usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon startup-id=103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089455500000035420001
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmAutostartApp: started pid:3552
Dec  4 15:49:31 why rtkit-daemon[1427]: Successfully made thread 3573 of process 3573 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '42' high priority at nice level -11.
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: RegisterClient 
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Adding new client 103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377161401000000035420002 to session
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): uid = 42
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): pid = 3575
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Adding object id /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1 to store
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Client added: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1 interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties method=GetAll
Dec  4 15:49:31 why rtkit-daemon[1427]: Successfully made thread 3577 of process 3573 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '42' RT at priority 5.
Dec  4 15:49:31 why rtkit-daemon[1427]: Successfully made thread 3578 of process 3573 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '42' RT at priority 5.
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Presence interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties method=GetAll
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties method=GetAll
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager interface=org.gnome.SessionManager method=RegisterClient
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: RegisterClient 103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089455500000035420001
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Adding new client 103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089455500000035420001 to session
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): uid = 42
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): pid = 3552
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Adding object id /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2 to store
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Client added: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): App gnome-settings-daemon.desktop registered
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: ending phase INITIALIZATION#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: starting phase WINDOW_MANAGER#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: ending phase WINDOW_MANAGER#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: starting phase PANEL#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: ending phase PANEL#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: starting phase DESKTOP#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: ending phase DESKTOP#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: starting phase APPLICATION#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: starting app '/org/gnome/SessionManager/App1'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): Starting app: /org/gnome/SessionManager/App1
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmAutostartApp: starting gnome-shell.desktop: command=gnome-shell --gdm-mode startup-id=103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089417800000035420000
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmAutostartApp: started pid:3579
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: ending phase APPLICATION#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: starting phase RUNNING#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmPresence: adding idle watch
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GSIdleMonitor: creating new alarm for positive transition wait=600000
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GSIdleMonitor: creating new alarm for negative transition wait=599999
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2 interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties method=GetAll
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2 interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties method=GetAll
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmShell: Connected to the shell
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXsmpServer: accept_ice_connection()
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXsmpServer: auth_ice_connection()
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient: Setting up new connection
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient: New client '0xb583f0 []'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Adding object id /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client3 to store
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Client added: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client3
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient: Initializing client 0xb583f0 []
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient: Client '0xb583f0 []' received RegisterClient(103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089417800000035420000)
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Adding new client 103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089417800000035420000 to session
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient: Sending RegisterClientReply to '0xb583f0 [103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089417800000035420000]'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient: Set properties from client '0xb583f0 [103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089417800000035420000]'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient:   Program = 'gnome-shell'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient:   UserID = 'gdm'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient:   RestartStyleHint = 0
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient:   ProcessID = '3579'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient:   CurrentDirectory = '/var/lib/gdm'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient:   _GSM_Priority = 20
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Presence interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties method=GetAll
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Presence interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties method=GetAll
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Presence interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties method=Get
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Presence interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties method=Get
dbus[1156]: [system] Activating service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' (using servicehelper)
dbus-daemon[1156]: dbus[1156]: [system] Activating service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' (using servicehelper)
dbus-daemon[1156]: Launching FprintObject
dbus[1156]: [system] Successfully activated service 'net.reactivated.Fprint'
dbus-daemon[1156]: dbus[1156]: [system] Successfully activated service 'net.reactivated.Fprint'
dbus-daemon[1156]: ** Message: D-Bus service launched with name: net.reactivated.Fprint
dbus-daemon[1156]: ** Message: entering main loop
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
systemd-logind[1147]: New session 8 of user jy.
systemd-logind[1147]: Linked /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 to /run/user/jy/X11/display.
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: handling signal 15
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Found 1 callbacks
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: running 15 handler: 0x41bf30
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): Got callback for signal 15
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Logout called
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmShell: Connected to the shell
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: requesting logout
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: ending phase RUNNING#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: starting phase QUERY_END_SESSION#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Client /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Client /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Client /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client3
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: sending query-end-session to clients (logout mode: forceful)
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: sending QueryEndSession signal to :1.7
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: adding client to query clients: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: sending QueryEndSession signal to :1.2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: adding client to query clients: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: adding client to query clients: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client3
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): Caught signal 15, shutting down normally.
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GdmSignalHandler: Done handling signals
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient: Client '0xb583f0 [gnome-shell 103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089417800000035420000]' received SaveYourselfDone(success = True)
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Response from end session request: is-ok=1 do-last=0 cancel=0 reason=
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXsmpServer: sms_error_handler (0xc41e30, FALSE, 3, 9, 32771, 0)
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2 interface=org.gnome.SessionManager.ClientPrivate method=EndSessionResponse
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2 interface=org.gnome.SessionManager.ClientPrivate method=EndSessionResponse
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: got EndSessionResponse is-ok:1 reason=
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Response from end session request: is-ok=1 do-last=0 cancel=0 reason=
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1 interface=org.gnome.SessionManager.ClientPrivate method=EndSessionResponse
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: got EndSessionResponse is-ok:1 reason=
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Response from end session request: is-ok=1 do-last=0 cancel=0 reason=
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: query end session complete
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmShell: Connected to the shell
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: ending phase QUERY_END_SESSION#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: starting phase END_SESSION#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: adding client to end-session clients: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: adding client to end-session clients: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: adding client to end-session clients: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client3
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient: Client '0xb583f0 [gnome-shell 103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089417800000035420000]' received SaveYourselfDone(success = True)
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Response from end session request: is-ok=1 do-last=0 cancel=0 reason=
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXsmpServer: sms_error_handler (0xc41e30, FALSE, 3, c, 32771, 0)
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2 interface=org.gnome.SessionManager.ClientPrivate method=EndSessionResponse
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2 interface=org.gnome.SessionManager.ClientPrivate method=EndSessionResponse
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: got EndSessionResponse is-ok:1 reason=
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Response from end session request: is-ok=1 do-last=0 cancel=0 reason=
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1 interface=org.gnome.SessionManager.ClientPrivate method=EndSessionResponse
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: got EndSessionResponse is-ok:1 reason=
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Response from end session request: is-ok=1 do-last=0 cancel=0 reason=
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: ending phase END_SESSION#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: starting phase EXIT#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: stopped client: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: stopped client: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient: xsmp_stop ('0xb583f0 [gnome-shell 103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089417800000035420000]')
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: stopped client: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client3
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient: Client '0xb583f0 [gnome-shell 103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089417800000035420000]' received CloseConnection
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: disconnect client
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: disconnect client: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client3
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: in shutdown, not restarting application
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Unreffing object: 0xb583f0
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Client removed: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client3
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmClient: disposing /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client3
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmXSMPClient: xsmp_finalize (0xb583f0 [gnome-shell 103c4e899bebd90b2c132301377089417800000035420000])
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: disconnect client: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: disconnect for app 'at-spi-registryd.desktop'
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: unable to find application for client - not restarting
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Unreffing object: 0xb61ec0
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmClient: disposing /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: emitting removed for /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Client removed: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: disconnect client: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: in shutdown, not restarting application
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Unreffing object: 0xb61e40
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmClient: disposing /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: emitting removed for /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Client removed: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: last client disconnected - exiting
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: ending phase EXIT#012
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): Unreffing manager
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: disposing manager
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Clearing object store
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Unreffing object: 0xb5e8b0
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Unreffing object: 0xb5e990
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: emitting removed for /org/gnome/SessionManager/App2
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: emitting removed for /org/gnome/SessionManager/App1
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Clearing object store
gnome-session[3542]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Clearing object store
systemd-logind[1147]: Removed session 7.
gdm-simple-slave[3509]: WARNING: Child process 3542 was already dead.
Dec  4 15:49:38 why rtkit-daemon[1427]: Successfully made thread 3758 of process 3758 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' high priority at nice level -11.
pulseaudio[3758]: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
Dec  4 15:49:38 why rtkit-daemon[1427]: Successfully made thread 3765 of process 3758 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5.
Dec  4 15:49:38 why rtkit-daemon[1427]: Successfully made thread 3766 of process 3758 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '1000' RT at priority 5.
dbus[1156]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service'
dbus-daemon[1156]: dbus[1156]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service'
dbus[1156]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service' for details.
dbus-daemon[1156]: dbus[1156]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service' for details.
pulseaudio[3758]: bluetooth-util.c: Error from ListAdapters reply: org.freedesktop.systemd1.LoadFailed
gnome-session[3606]: Gtk-WARNING: Theme parsing error: gtk-widgets.css:58:14: Themeing engine 'unico' not found
goa[3897]: goa-daemon version 3.2.1 starting [main.c:112, main()]
dbus[1156]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service'
dbus-daemon[1156]: dbus[1156]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service'
dbus[1156]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service' for details.
dbus-daemon[1156]: dbus[1156]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service' for details.
dbus[1156]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service'
dbus-daemon[1156]: dbus[1156]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service'
dbus[1156]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service' for details.
dbus-daemon[1156]: dbus[1156]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service' for details.

If there is one thing that error messages in /var/log/messages are really good for it is for regular expressions practice. I think I am getting better at regex by using the regex tool in geany to sort out and condense the list of errors my system encounters almost daily. I don't know what most of these errors mean but I gather than anything that has "error|warning|failed" is a problem.

I am realizing that the error messages are organized and labeled pretty well. I was able to isolate all the problematic messages from different components of the system with some regexing, sorting, deletion of duplicate lines and numbers within brackets. I guess the numbers within brackets are IDs of sorts but I am just focusing on the unique errors for now. I whittled down the list of 933 lines to around 100. It would have been nice if I could get the count of how many times the error occurred right next to the error line, but I haven't figured out how to do that yet. Some of these errors/failures/warnings occur numerous times; some as many as 100 times.

Kernel

• pci0000:00: ACPI _OSC request failed (AE_ERROR), returned control mask: 0x1d
• Marking TSC unstable due to check_tsc_sync_source failed
• Not enabling x2apic, Intr-remapping init failed.
• [drm:intel_dsm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO call failed
• [drm:ironlake_update_pch_refclk] *ERROR* enabling SSC on PCH
• [drm] MTRR allocation failed.Graphics performance may suffer.
• [drm:ironlake_update_pch_refclk] *ERROR* enabling SSC on PCH
• Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 12
• WARNING! power/level is deprecated; use power/control instead
• vlc: segfault at 0 ip 00007effc1acba80 sp 00007eff9a8ec420 error 4 in libtag.so.1.7.0[7effc1a90000+91000]
• [Hardware Error]: Machine check events logged
• usb 2-1.3: clear tt 1 (0040) error -71
• wacom: wacom_sys_irq - usb_submit_urb failed with result -19
• nautilus: segfault at a8 ip 0000000000488444 sp 00007fffed693650 error 4 in nautilus[400000+159000]
• [drm:pch_irq_handler] *ERROR* PCH poison interrupt
• rhythmbox-metad: segfault at 9 ip 0000000000408255 sp 00007fff05453690 error 4 in rhythmbox-metadata[400000+12000]
• rhythmbox-metad: segfault at 9 ip 0000000000408255 sp 00007fff3764fd10

NetworkManager

• GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Missing callback called fullpath = /var/run/ConsoleKit/database
• [nm-device-wifi.c:1815] nm_device_wifi_set_mode(): (wlan0): error setting mode 2
• (wlan0): IP6 addrconf timed out or failed.
• (wlan0): device state change: config -> failed (reason 'supplicant-timeout') [50 120 11]
• (wlan0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
• (wlan0): device state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable') [70 120 5]
• Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (JetBlue Hotspot)
• [nm-device-wifi.c:1815] nm_device_wifi_set_mode(): (wlan0): error setting mode 2
• (wlan0): IP6 addrconf timed out or failed.
• (wlan0): device state change: config -> failed (reason 'supplicant-timeout') [50 120 11]
• (wlan0): device state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
• (wlan0): device state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable') [70 120 5]
• Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (JetBlue Hotspot)
• get_secret_flags: assertion `is_secret_prop (setting, secret_name, error)' failed
• bluez error getting default adapter: Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service' for details.
• Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (RPCIpublic)
• GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Missing callback called fullpath = /var/run/ConsoleKit/database

Hmm.. so basically, everytime I want to connect to a wifi hotspot, the system has this error: Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (ESSID of hotspot) Googling for this error brings up an enormous number of threads, for eg. This is definitely a problem with the kernel module for my wireless card. I guess whoever made that module must not have tested it on multiple-point wireless access spots or where hotspot signals are weak. It does connect comfortably with a single access wireless spot at home. Kind of defeats the mobility of the laptop. Wish the people who made the kernel module would revisit the module in less than ideal wireless scenarios and do some bug-fixing because I am way in over my head trying to troubleshoot this. I tried (e:uncutsaniflush)'s suggestion of trying other kernels. Every kernel that I tried and that has a wireless module for my card pretty much has similar problems. So no luck there.

All this drama makes me conclude that the biggest thing that linux has going against it is hardware support. There is no dearth of software genius in the community.

dbus-daemon

• UPower-Linux-WARNING **: energy_full (4.676000) is greater than energy_full_design (4.500000)
• UPower-WARNING **: saving directly to disk as low power
• dbus-daemon: Job failed. See system logs and 'systemctl status' for details.
• dbus-daemon: dbus: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service' for details.
• dbus-daemon: Exception TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in ignored
• dbus: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.bluez.service': Unit dbus-org.bluez.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus-org.bluez.service' for details.

"firstboot"

• Window manager* 0 stored in GConf key /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/cursor_size is out of range 1 to 128
• Window manager* Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x400031 (firstboot)
• Window manager* CurrentTime used to choose focus window; focus window may not be correct.
• Window manager* Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on display ':9'.
• Window manager* Got a request to focus the no_focus_window with a timestamp of 0. This shouldn't happen!
• Window manager* meta_window_activate called by a pager with a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.
• error reading information on service* No such file or directory
• firstboot: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :9.

gdm-simple-slave

• gdm-simple-slave: WARNING: Child process 1240 was already dead.

Erm, what? I often wonder who makes up linux jargon... Do they play a ton of dungeons and dragons? Daemons, slaves, you name it. All the weirdness of game terminology can be seen in the /var/log/messages file.

gnome-session

• DEBUG(+): GsmXsmpServer: sms_error_handler (0x1714a90, FALSE, 3, 9, 32771, 0)
• Gtk-WARNING: Theme parsing error: gtk-widgets.css:58:14: Themeing engine 'unico' not found
• Gdk-WARNING:* Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.#012
• WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal

Others:

• mcelog: HARDWARE ERROR. This is *NOT* a software problem!
• mcelog: mcelog: Unsupported new Family 6 Model 2a CPU: only decoding architectural errors
• nm-dispatcher.action: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/11-dhclient' exited with error status 1.
• pulseaudio: bluetooth-util.c: Error from ListAdapters reply: org.freedesktop.systemd1.LoadFailed
• systemctl: Failed to issue method call: No such file or directory
• systemd: Failed to read PID file /run/sendmail.pid after start. The service might be broken.
• systemd: Failed to read PID file /run/sm-client.pid after start. The service might be broken.
• systemd: Unit sendmail.service entered failed state.
• udev-configure-printer: Failed to get parent

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Text Processing Tools:
Apart from regexing, I found TextOpus online I wish I could write perl programs that replicate the functionality of this tool. Or just download an offline version of the tool.

Actually I just want to be as skilled as Tomasz Klekot at text processing.

I think I have the magic ratio, finally.

1: Water
+ 2.00 ~2.25: Whole Wheat Flour
≥ 0.25: Ground Flax Seed {I think this is where you can add "whatever"}
+ 1 Tbsp: Fig butter
+ 2 Tbsp: Extra Virgin Olive Oil
+ generous salt
+ ~1/2 packet yeast



Let the yeast feast on
1:Water
1:Flour,
1tbsp olive oil
generous salt and the fig butter. (they like fig butter! It's basically food for the yeast. I couldn't taste it in the bread probably because the yeast ate it all.)

The feasting period ends with a warmish bubbly looking liquidy flour. Add the rest of the flour and extras and knead till your arms fall off the dough is not sticky but slightly tacky. Use the rest of the oil while kneading the dough.

Let the dough rest for 2-3 hours. (Up to 12 hours if you want to intensify the sour taste. I didn't have any patience today and allowed just 2 hours before I harvested the dough for the next phase.)

Punch it down, knead, shape and put in loaf pans.
Cover the loaf pan with an aluminium foil tent as a lid.
Put it in the oven. Let it sit for 30 more minutes.
Turn on the oven and set the temperature to 350-375 deg F.
Bake the loaf covered for around 30 minutes
Uncover, spray the bread with water and bake for 20~30 more minutes.

Let the bread cool (gluttons will be tempted to slice whiles it's still hot. I did! The result is super delicious but the bread is kind of wet and doughy with the water vapour and not like what you would expect from bread).

Slice after cooling. Spread speculoos paste or butter generously on slices and Enjoy!

Mission 5 accomplished! *
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\*Ref: (e:tinypliny,55637)

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PS: The pizza I made alongside this bread was an unmitigated disaster. The less said about it the better.

Why does every corner shop and big retailer want me to "like" them on facebook?? It's so annoying especially when they link offers and discounts to this asinine practice.

I want those offers, dammit. But I don't want facebook. I won't get those offers and discounts if I don't submit to the lameness and sheep-herding on facebook.

Hmm...

I guess my resistance against facebook trumps my attraction to those offers.

I am glad it took so little time to get this quandary sorted.

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PS: Where did the drawing gadget on (e:strip) go?

0. R completely and thoroughly
1. Perl well
2. Unix commands well (so commandline becomes second nature)
3. to churn out papers like a maniac (aka postdoc)
4. how to make perfect stovetop popcorn
5. how to make a perfect sourdough bread every single time
6. how to make perfect pancakes or waffles
7. how to make pizza base without a recipe and well.

I intend to get a head start on those resolutions.

181,456 X $13 (out of which McD's get $6.50) and counting.

I am tempted to get those 5 large fries.
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EDIT
Whoa. They extended the deal by a day. And 20K more people have been caught in the fly fry trap. That is almost approaching the size of the whole population of Buffalo.


And damn, I totally missed out the $10 Whole Foods deal! I need to check my spam folder more often. :)

I obviously wasn't thinking much or even clearly last week. I have weird-feeling nails now thanks to that phase of temporary brain-fog.

I unconsciously scrubbed my kitchen and bathroom sinks without any gloves on. The bleach eroded the top layer of my nails and my palm skin off. It looked pretty scary. Moisturizing didn't make any difference. I was afraid that my nails would just keep unraveling, become brittle and fall off before the new growth had a chance to come in.

My bout with fogged non-existent thought processes didn't end there.

I don't own any clear nail polish and didn't want to get an entire bottle, so I actually went in to a nails parlour to see if they could apply a clear coat of polish to the damaged nails. They gave me a manicure. I should have just walked out, but I didn't because I was too worried about the rough and torn appearance of my nail surfaces... and I admit I was curious about how my nails would look like with a coat of polish (even though I could not bring myself to select anything other than clear polish).

It was a really bad idea. I should have listened to the tiny voice in my head that usually warns me about impending doom. It was totally yelling and I ignored it. The result is my nails feel weird now. I know that there are no nerve endings on nails but I can actually feel the coat of clear polish on them. It is almost as if my nails are having trouble breathing and moving. Ugh, how do people tolerate this weird-feeling? It doesn't feel good at all to have this extra sensory input from things that usually stay out of my conscious senses. I want to rub off the polish but I don't want any more chemicals on my nails - at least for now. Nail polish remover seems worse than nail polish for eroded nails.

Well.

I guess there is a positive aspect to this nail drama. It's good to know that I haven't missed anything by not owning any nail polish all these years and I am pretty sure now that I can live the rest of my life without it. And it doesn't pay to scrub sinks without gloves on.

(e:lilho), you are not just a fashion icon, you are a brave woman.

Fedora's inbuilt display management GUI has no way of turning the primary laptop monitor off and use the secondary external monitor as the ONLY display. {BOO! I hate you fedora 16. I. hate. you.}

So I installed ARandR, a very nifty display manager.

And of course installation can never ever be straightforward on linux. On the webpage of arandr, there is no rpm (or binary) for the arandr gui, so I tried to follow the compile-and-install instructions:

From

wget
tar xzf arandr-0.1.5.tar.gz
cd arandr-0.1.5

sudo ./setup.py install

Easy enough, right?
Wrong.

An error popped up:
ImportError: No module named docutils.core

So I went to this and installed docutils:

wget
tar xzf docutils-snapshot.tgz
cd docutils/

sudo ./setup.py install

And came out of that directory, went into the directory I un-tared the arandr files and ran this again:

sudo ./setup.py install

Success. I now have arandr installed on this wretched system and can finally turn my laptop monitor off.