I have long sought to configure X to never-ever, no matter what, no consideration given to which sort of term I happen to be using, never, ever ring the terminal bell again. I know the obvious answer is to claw out the bell piezo with a fork, but on the laptop the terminal bell goes through the system speakers and as I mentioned the other day, I must be able to listen to IRC conversation.
I finally gave up and just asked and in about two seconds hoyhoy piped up with:

“if you’re running X, can’t you do a xset b 0 0 0”

I mean, it’s like he was just thinking about that. Weird, but it has made my life just a bit better. And maybe someday, someone will type “never ever ever ring terminal bell in X” in a search box and this’ll make his life just a bit better too.

I went and saw my prospective new work environs yesterday. It’s the area where all the detectives used to be when I was just a pup matriculating at Catalpa Community College.
It’s a little depressing, like Barney Miller, but with cubicles. The only thing that has me a little stressed though is the thought of wearing adult clothes. I can’t seem to get a handle on just how I would dress were I all grown up and zero-hour is fast approaching.
Mostly it’s the shoes that are bothering me. If I can find some suitable clothes that I can wear with my Fort Lewis Go-Devils I’ll probably live.