Okay, let's see. Build a squirt gun from a sprinkler valve, PVC, and a couple of 9v batteries. That was fun.
I started learning the Dvorak layout. It's something I've been meaning to do for a long time. I'm using Master Key and am very happy with it. If you need a typing tutor program, check it out. It runs on Windows or on a Mac.
My liver is fine. Probably because I'm a teetotaler.
I'm working on deploying a Cisco 881W wireless router at home to test some VPN and routing ideas from work. When it's up, I'll have the biggest wireless router on the block, and the ability to launch multiple SSIDs and name them things like MakeTheBarkingStop and ShutYourStupidDogsUp. No reason, really.
Dear Apple,
YOU SUCK. My office's brand new $3200 Mac Pro has to have a specific keyboard because you didn't put an eject button for the DVD drive on the machine! You, sirs, are complete asses.
Plus, your top-of-the-line machines don't work with KVMs. I don't know how business-people use your hardware…
Tomorrow Carbon Leaf plays in Moscow, Idaho. I've had tickets since the day I found out a couple of weeks ago. I'm very excited to see them live again!
This morning I went to the office early to make sure the new website rollover went smoothly. I got there just after 7am to find the phones down because our T1 PRI was offline. Fortunately, most of the right steps had already been taken to resolve the problem and I just had to make a few phone calls. Well, after the heat from that died down, the website switch was green-lit. It took me about 12 seconds to change the Apache config.
Most everything else was solving small problems. A week or so ago I wrote a PHP script to handle importing data from an online database to an internal server, but due to the complicated nature of the data, it was difficult to test. I took a long time to set up an environment to test against, and even then it still wasn't really conclusive. But it looked good, so I deployed it and it runs fine. The only thing that worries me is that it worked without any bugs at all. It always makes me nervous when something just works, it makes me wonder what nasty bug I haven't found. Anyway, I had to fix an issue, and the entire fix was implemented by adding the number '6' to the file at a certain spot. One-byte change. It's great to crank something like that out once in a while, but I'd rather have something I know had bugs and was fixed…
This shirt is awesome: Mind of a Ninja
I started watching The Day of the Triffids last night (the 1981 BBC TV version). I get the feeling this is another one of those "the book is way better" stories, but it definitely has its good points. It's creepy in an apocalyptic sort of way. It's only a miniseries, so I'll be done soon. I'll let you know how it goes.
They reminded me of this old User Friendly iMac parody, too.
It only comes around once per year (unless you count Two-Pi Day), so enjoy!
Wow, I think this is one of the longest periods of time I've not written anything here on the blog. Even on vacation, I manage to write a few posts and add some pictures. I guess it's been stressful lately.
Today I'm focused on relaxing and winding down. We're hosting family dinner tomorrow night, and we're making fajitas for Ronnie (it's his birthday dinner). They are delicious, and this time we're adding in homemade flour tortillas, it's going to be awesome!
I took a much-needed day off work today to hang out with Lorien. It was nice. We drove to Spokane, did some shopping, watched some Olympics (mostly commercials, thanks to NBC). I didn't work on any of my projects, but I am up and running on Skype (I'm hsinche) now.
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… I've modified the way my blog takes comments, Java is no longer required (only Javascript). If I get a flood of spammy comments, though, it's coming right back! I'm using my Wii to write this post. And that's not dirty at all. Last night I finished building six DVD shelves and a new TV stand. We had to rearrange the entire living room, but despite the fact we don't have enough room for both couches anymore (hint: I'm not terribly sad about this), it feels bigger to me. I really like the new layout.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."