Its own reward...

[sawyl]

I'm feeling extremely virtuous and efficient. I've done a whole load of tedious household chores I've been ignoring for a while: catching up on my laundry, recycling a whole load of old glass jars, clearing out and defrosting the fridge — there was enough rime in the freezer to start a new ice age — cooking, washing up, scrubbing the kitchen floor etc. And while I've been distracted by all things domestic, in the background mighty programs have been labouring on my behalf, churning their way through half a terabyte of data, trying to distil it down to something more manageable ready for analysis first thing next week.

I feel like I've struck a mighty blow against the tyranny of entropy, but I'm sure it won't last.