I can't remember where I heard the following quip, but I think it rather fitting, considering how the (female) keynote speaker for OSCON is now getting hostile and patronizing comments from (male) commenters here.

Q: Why are there so few women in Open Source?
A: Because there are so many jerks.

This entry was originally posted at http://kerravonsen.dreamwidth.org/579906.html.

( cut for vylentz )
(slight revision suggested by aadler, thanks)

I have mentioned previously that my desktop (server) is quite sick, going up and down like a yo-yo (though it's been better today and yesterday, probably because the weather has been cooler). The day I got back from NZ, I ordered a replacement computer online.
( but wait, there's more! )
Moral of the story: do not make purchases online when one is spaced out from exhaustion because one had to get up at 4am to fly home from overseas.