Here it is — a .spec file to build an RPM from the current mpich 1.2.4 distribution, which you can pick up at the official home page, or you can just go directly to grabbing the tarball if you already know what you’re doing. I’ve tried this spec file only …
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I’ve been spending way too much time on this, but by later this evening I should have a .spec file for an mpich-1.2.4 RPM available here, which I will also make available to the official maintainers. It’s compiling right now, hopefully with no errors this time…. ?
We saw Croupier last night, which was surprisingly good. It’s very sly and low-key on the plot points, so if you are a big guns and explosions fan, don’t bother. If you like character-driven pieces with some clever twists, you’ll probably enjoy it. Don’t expect a pat ending. It’s definitely …
Argghh! Define “bourgeois tragedy”: Sopranos Season 3, Disc 2 ships from Netflix before you’ve been able to get Disc 1.
Nice weekend now over. ? Had a cookout/dinner party on Saturday night, where except for my slight overseasoning of the steaks, everything turned out nicely. Sunday was a wonderful, rainy, lazy day, and my wife and I baked some cookies and watched Bridget Jones’s Diary, which was quite good. By …
Originally I set out to make this blog simply reflect my practice schedule and progression using The Stick, but I’ve digressed quite a bit. That probably won’t stop, but I should have noted earlier this week that I played a solo Stick arrangement of the Sting tune “Fields of Gold” …
People who are arrogant really piss me off. Far better to underplay your talents and please people, than to puff yourself up and utterly fail to deliver. We have an office fathead who actually talks down to people with twice his knowledge and experience, and he can’t figure out why …
The incredibly talented Aimee Mann has a new album coming out tomorrow, entitled Lost in Space. Her last album, Bachelor No. 2, was critically acclaimed as one of the best albums of 2000, despite being a completely independent release, distributed by Mann’s own label, SuperEgo Records. The official site has …
So I go to Best Buy, where I got an excellent deal on the new Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown collector’s edition DVD’s. $15.99 each, with a free copy of the (non-special edition) From Dusk Till Dawn DVD, which will be on eBay shortly (link to follow). So, the deal …
I just bought a couple tins of Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty and words fail me in describing how truly awesome ’tis. The very fundament of free enterprises quivers at the mention of Crazy Aaron’s name! Tarry not, mortal — order many pounds today! (I chose the Lustrous Bronze and the …