h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Moderately productive day; wrote some code and did some editing. However, productivity came to an abrupt halt this afternoon when a new computer showed up. It's just a cheapo Linux box, with just enough memory to run Oracle server (which is its purpose in life). Of course, my Linux knowledge is spotty, so getting Oracle set up is proving to be a challenge. In fact, I poked at it the rest of the day without finishing the job, and finally ended up in front of a fire reading about the eastern front in WWII instead.