New hard drive!
October 23, 2001 (12:00 AM) ( link )

Woohoo! I've installed a new 40-gigabyte hard drive on my computer. Installation went smoothly—although there was some brief panic before I realized I had to fdisk it first—and now I have four times the amount of space I used to have. In reading news, my problems with A Prayer for Owen Meany persist: meandering storyline, dull characters, and thinly disguised lectures on political and religious matters. On the other hand, I'm very much enjoying A Fire Upon the Deep. I'm about three-fourths of the way through that one. Although it isn't literature by any means—or even deep science fiction—it's a rollicking good ride and a lot of fun to read through.