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Yup, there's a backlog of articles that need to be written right now. Life stuff has been keeping me sidelined. I've managed to secure two days off work in a row (a rare event, but my boss needs my normal day off, so I'm taking his) which should let me get caught up on the two large articles I have on the go (being the "Anatomy of a manpage" and "Mac OS X initial long-running processes" articles).

At any rate, there are still a few (possibly) interesting articles on the site -- check out http://www.unixkb.com/.

I have started on an article that detail the anatomy of a manpage. What each section is for, what the conventions for the section are, and so on and so forth.

I anticipate having the article done sometime Friday night -- I work late tomorrow night, and probably won't finish it then.

If you're bored or curious, check out the site (it's my homepage listed here). If you have any suggestions, comments, etc., write to me at my e-mail listed here.

There is now an article on the traditional eight Unix manual sections on unixkb.com.

It's a little different than my average article so far, because I let a little opinion get in there.

Have a read, check out the site, and hit my page in the Authors section for my e-mail to give me feedback, if you wish.

The order from the American seed company arrived yesterday, via FedEx. A large sigh of relief was heard as we confirmed that the order was filled correctly.

We bought chamomile and a few more packs of seeds today. This weekend marks approximately four weeks before last frost in our zone, so there is much seed starting to do.

Much yardwork was done. Ellen was a real trooper, as usual -- I whacked the lawn with the weedeater, and she did the truly disgusting work of dealing with the refuse strewn over the yard by the upstairs neighbours' kids. My hat is off to her, as it would have driven me insane.

With luck, we'll be able to start ripping the turf off the garden plots tomorrow. It's supposed to rain, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Still formulating a plan to teach Ellen XML. I think I will teach her XHTML as a start -- at least that will push back the time required to figure out some sort of tag-substitution tool.

Our order from the American seed company still isn't here. It's annoying. In talking with the company, they admit that it's mix-ups on their end, which is refreshing -- but some of the stuff we ordered was supposed to be started eight to ten weeks before last frost, and that time is now past.

We ordered in mid-January, but we might get our order in early March. Needless to say, we're not impressed.

On the bright side, they have refunded our money, and will only charge us half if (and when) we ever take delivery.

Life is otherwise fairly good, though.