/etc/rc.d/ace reload A summary for the impatient: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-feeling make make install ...don't forget to make test To abstract the unconscionably prolix and irrelevant missive that follows, it should suffice to advise the busy or disinterested (or Jack, who's historically expressed frustration for my desultory style of writing) that although I've spent the past five months or so at Let's Talk alternately hunting vainly for a grasp of my duties toward the company and indolently hiding from them, I've had an epiphany of late on both a personal and professional level that's left me with a lucid picture and unshrinking conviction regarding a path forward on the job front, and the marked increase in productivity and drop-off in dereliction you're likely to notice from me is a direct result of this catharsis. That's all for those of you with actual work to do today; I just thought it fair to warn you. The rest is an unabashed (and unabridged) exposition of my thoughts surrounding this emerging ardor, and my suggestion for those who wish to read it is a chapter each night before bed. Childhood (raised by village, confidence, diverse skills) Adolescence (depression) Young adulthood (school, passion, one-man-army) relapse, stultification, disinterest reignition