Computer fixed

My new computer from ASL was locking up frequently, a problem traced to bad memory. They sent me new memory, I installed it shipped back the old, and now it is running reliably as a Linux box should. Obviously, you can't expect software to run reliably on broken hardware, but the interesting thing is, the program most obviously effected by the problem, the one usually-reliable piece of code transformed by intermittent memory errors into a crash-a-minute experience that often couldn't even get fully started before crashing was Firefox. Back in the old days people said that gcc was the ultimate test of memory, crashing on intermittent errors that sometimes memory test software couldn't find. Apparently these days Firefox is the most rigorous test.

The Germania Building

Milwaukee's Germania Building changed owners recently. "The Germania Building was built in 1896 by George Brumder to house his Germania Publishing Co., which was then the largest publisher of German-language newspapers in the United States." It's one of the city's interesting-looking old buildings, though I don't think I have any photos of it. I do have some of the Mitchell Building, which is also mentioned in that article. Say what you like about modern architecture, but the new buildings lack such things as the gear lady, not to mention boobies.