- Had our 3rd TV stolen in Las Vegas by the #IBS 2010 people. Such BS... #
- Woohoo! Looks like our missing TV was "found"! #
- Had some bad hardware mojo tonight, and wasn't around to troubleshoot. Glad I work with some smart people! #
- We had a network switch die at a remote location, but they got it replaced before I knew about it! #
- Took my lashing for last night's failure like a man. I cried.
# - Seriously, though. Things are being put in to place to improve processes and emergency response. Because failure makes us better. #
- Dude, seriously. Get your hands off my hamburger! http://img70.yfrog.com/i/g7ap.jpg/ #
- Got a great deal on a 1U rackmount chassis, motherboard, 2.4G XEON proc, 4Gb RAM, and 1Tb hard drive from NewEgg. Just over $600 last week. #
- If you have a Cisco wireless access point, don't upgrade to 12.4(21a)JA01 if you like the web interface, it breaks in that version. #
- Apple just added 2 *more* weeks delay to my order (originally delayed 2 weeks). Finally got notified the day after it was supposed to ship. #
- As a first-time Apple computer purchase, this has not been a very confidence-building experience... #
- Watching Serenity on Blu-Ray #
- Cupcakes FOR THE WIN! (@meoster)http://yfrog.com/4aqgqhj #
- All the @papajohns closed in my area. Their loss. We'll just move over to @GarlicJim (I think they're better anyway!) #
- JD Salinger: Catcher in the Sky #
- Off to rescue the in-laws' computer from an evil virus. Ah the joys of being a computer person.. #
- Woohoo! My new computer just shipped!! #
- Inlaws' computer is clean now, they can get back to work and I can get some sleep #
- Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: http://www.runleiarun.com/lebowski/ #
- Have to recompile Apache webserver to enable content deflation.
# - Content deflation tests successful. zlib compression is saving 66% over uncompressed file transfer! #
- Juggling too many projects, some are slipping through the cracks. Can't focus on any one long enough to complete it though #
- Last hour+ of the day brought to you by: CHOCOLATE #
- Teary eyes from chocolate overload = WIN #
- Woot! I had haggis, neeps, and tatties while in Scotland. Twice. On purpose! http://bit.ly/aflIZW #
- Cap'n Crunch for breakfast! It's been a long time, you little yellow nuggets of sweet goodness. #
- Heading off to my dad's birthday party. Can't believe he's 60 on Monday! #
- Deep fried a Twinkie and a mini-snickers before doing it for big dinner tomorrow night (as a test). Result: WIN!! #
- I never get tired of making cat-fight noises when my wife watches Project Runway. I am a bad man. #
- What was up with Dollhouse? Feels like they skipped 10 episodes! #
Once in a while I browse things like the Kindle reviews. I'm puzzled by this one:
I have no idea to which nipples the reviewer is referring. Too much personal information?
For weeks now I've been trying to solve a Cisco router issue for my boss. I've opened tickets with their support staff (in India, by the way) and had many email and phone conversations trying to resolve a network issue. Over the last few weeks we've tried many different configurations and firmware versions on the device.
Originally, we determined a single device (there are four routers involved), the final endpoint, was to blame. We know this because if we replaced it with another cheap off-the-shelf home (wireless) router it worked fine.
Cisco technicians confirmed errors in their 12.4-21(a)JA1 firmware that would cause the behavior we are witnessing. So we downgraded the router. Unfortunately, during our troubleshooting, two intermediate routers were upgraded to the 12.4-21(a)JA1 firmware as well. The result was that our endpoint wireless router, despite having the "correct" firmware now, was still exhibiting the same problem as before, but now for a different reason.
Once we realized this, all the odd problems fit together in one beautiful logical grid. This network issue has been a right bugger, and nothing up until now has made much sense. It's offsite, though, and I won't know for sure if this is the solution until later, but my confidence has never been higher.
Meta-Cat is not amused at your Internet humor…
Today is my sister Betsy's birthday! Happy birthday, sis!
This evening while I was out having dinner with some friends, my phone battery died, and so did a key piece of hardware my company relies on. Because my phone went offline, I was not automatically notified about this problem, and the first I knew of it was one of my coworkers waiting for me on my porch when I got home. I was quickly filled in on the problem, and checked my phone to see why I didn't get notified and realized that it was dead, too.
Fortunately, others were able to troubleshoot and solve 95% of the problem before I even got involved! This is a big step, and as much as I hate not being involved, a year ago this problem would have sat unmoving until I fixed it myself. It's great to have redundancy!
Now I just have to dig through these log files and find out why a few services didn't start up as they should…
Continuing the series, here's our World 1-2 speed run. I think we could do this one faster, but haven't yet been able to beat it on camera. We finish with 448 left on the clock (52 seconds).
- I entered the SUPERFAN Sweepstakes to meet the @MythBusters because #IMASUPERFAN ! http://www.discovery.com/mythbusters #
- Because I love @MythBusters and I'm a sucker for a chance to meet them
# - Part of the office is out this week at the International Builders Show in Vegas. Should be able to get more done this week.. #
- Should finish the new Super Mario Bros Wii for the second time through tonight. This time without using any continues. #
- Taking my new shoes out for a spin around the block #
- New shoes make my feet sore when I walk a lot.. #
- I entered the SUPERFAN Sweepstakes to meet the @MythBusters because #IMASUPERFAN ! http://www.discovery.com/mythbusters #
- One of my coworkers left the company yesterday. Today his cubicle is being raided by, I can only imagine, office pirates. #
- I entered the SUPERFAN Sweepstakes to meet the @MythBusters because #IMASUPERFAN ! http://www.discovery.com/mythbusters #
- Barely slept last night. Just lying in bed wide awake the entire night. This happens to me more frequently than I'd like. #
- Walking around right now is like being a zombie. I'm a little afraid to drive. #
- Took 2 Tylenol PM at 6am, too. That explains part of the zombification. #
- Trying to sequester myself to get some work done today. Being out yesterday didn't help.. #
- Sequestering not working. Had regular meeting and a remote meeting already. Plus, server is under heavy SSH breaking attack #
- SSH break-in attack, that is. Banning IPs just as fast as they come in #
- My wife and I are *so* going to @InvaderCON next year!! #
- If, like me, you've been waiting, now's the time: 'Farscape: The Complete Series' only $60 at Amazon http://bit.ly/7V34Gj #
- Had a great meeting (and lunch!) with my XO Communications reps. They're awesome! #
- Finally got around to upgrading Firefly and Serenity to Blu-Ray. It's gonna look *so* good.... #
I thought I had a copy of this lying around, but couldn't find it anywhere, so I had to go find it again. This kind of humor cracks me up:
After running through the New Super Mario Bros
This is the first level, World 1-1, completed in 45 seconds (455 left on the clock).
I'm testing out an opcode cacher (xcache, if you're interested) for this site before deploying it to production servers. It should accelerate my PHP scripts, but only time (and you) can tell. Let me know if things are snappier, if you even notice…
I found this recipe at Uwajimaya's site, it is pretty tasty:
Sushi rice
5 Tablespoon rice vinegar
2 Tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoon salt
Heat the vinegar in a saucepan until the sugar and salt dissolve. Sprinkle over 6-7 cups of cooked rice, stirring as it cools.
We made California rolls and shrimp rolls tonight. This was our first experiment.
The wasabi was much hotter than the usual stuff I have. Perhaps it was fresher or something, but Wes (my youngest brother) and I both got a In fact, the whole experience was quite reminiscent of my first time eating wasabi. Remind me to tell that story sometime… Well you may remember my recent change to comments on this blog. I thought I'd follow up and show you how this has affected the system: Fortunately, my anti-spam comment measures are capturing what is now getting through, so I think I'll leave it as is for now… Today is Tera's birthday. She's one of the few people I've managed to remain in contact with that I went to school with in Oregon (pre-Facebook, anyway). Happy birthday, Tera!bit lot more than we bargained for. When he asked if it snuck up on me, I said "No, it was more like an uphill charge ending with a grenade being thrown into a bunker."
