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Sat, Apr. 19th, 2008, 11:06 pm
Not bad
I took another look at that list of projects that I mentioned earlier today. I have finished 11 out of 14. Of course, I can think of a few additions....
Current Mood: 
pleased
pleasedSat, Apr. 19th, 2008, 10:57 am
Half belted plaid
Now that's a PLAID. I followed the original discussion on the Scotattire list with considerable interest and had already planned to make something like this. Now I am even more excited about it. Alas, sewing projects seem to be slipping to the bottom of the queue, even though I have made considerable progress on other parts of my list.
Queue? List? Stack? Heap?--what is the appropriate data structure :-)>
Queue? List? Stack? Heap?--what is the appropriate data structure :-)>
Wed, Apr. 16th, 2008, 05:56 pm
I wants it, my Precious
Small, light, cheap, solid state storage (no moving parts), a keyboard, and Linux: The Asus Eee PC 900.
Also available with Windows XP, but why?
Another lap in the race to the bottom. Faster! Faster!
Also available with Windows XP, but why?
Another lap in the race to the bottom. Faster! Faster!
Thu, Apr. 10th, 2008, 09:27 pm
Tedious necessities
Today's snowstorm (this is Minnesota) meant that I was an hour late getting home. Also cold and wet. I immediately had to load some dead computer stuff (4 computers, 1 monitor, and 1 scanner) into the car for recycling tomorrow. Then I had to type up, edit, and submit the minutes of ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
colgaffneyis last Board meeting--the next one is Tuesday. I finished that just after 8PM. Next I had to do taxes. I had done most of the work last week so I was able to finish a little after 9. And I think it is finished. The returns (one for us and one for J) have been submitted electronically and I have saved backup copies of the files (I work in systems administration--paranoia is my profession). The only possible issue is that a return might be rejected by either the IRS or Minnesota. This is unlikely. TurboTax is quite good and our tax life is not that interesting. Just sometimes painful.
colgaffneyis last Board meeting--the next one is Tuesday. I finished that just after 8PM. Next I had to do taxes. I had done most of the work last week so I was able to finish a little after 9. And I think it is finished. The returns (one for us and one for J) have been submitted electronically and I have saved backup copies of the files (I work in systems administration--paranoia is my profession). The only possible issue is that a return might be rejected by either the IRS or Minnesota. This is unlikely. TurboTax is quite good and our tax life is not that interesting. Just sometimes painful.Current Mood: 
exhausted
exhaustedMon, Apr. 7th, 2008, 05:05 pm
What the user wanted
I received a couple e-mails today about the rewrite of a computer system that I am involved with (not at work). They reminded me of these classic sketches.
Current Mood: 
annoyed
annoyedSat, Mar. 15th, 2008, 04:47 pm
My weekend here
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mia_mcdavid is in Michigan for the weekend and the first couple days of next week. Her aunt died after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. She has posted about it, most recently here.I cleaned off my workbench this morning, and am trying to make some progress on at least some of my unfinished projects. ( Quite a list )
Tomorrow I will go to Church in the morning, get there early for choir rehearsal. It will be Palm Sunday and there will be a lot going on. It occurred last week that joining the choir in the middle of Lent may not have been good timing. We have been working hard on music for Holy Week, the busiest time in the Church Year. However, it is certainly interesting.
After church I am going to the Day of Irish dance in downtown St. Paul, where I will be working at the Gaeltacht Minnesota table.
Sat, Feb. 23rd, 2008, 10:03 pm
An evening in a DBA's life
I got a call a little before 8 last night from the Windows OS staff at my job. A routine patching process (Microsoft systems need so much patching you might as well make a routine of it) had failed. They could not get the database system to start up.( Under the gun )
( geeky details )
( Fixed! ) The other guys were then able to patch windows and then restart the system, so our offices could open normally this morning and the public would not have to hear: "I am sorry, our computers are down."
( post-mortem )
( geeky details )
( Fixed! ) The other guys were then able to patch windows and then restart the system, so our offices could open normally this morning and the public would not have to hear: "I am sorry, our computers are down."
( post-mortem )
Current Mood: relieved
relievedTue, Feb. 19th, 2008, 09:58 pm
Tom and work
mia_mcdavid just wrote about what is happening with Tom. I will be taking the day off from work for this. Fortunately, my cred at the office is pretty good right now. The weekend's server work was way more exciting than I like--there was a really obscure problem with different versions of Microsoft software, but in the end we opened for a normal business day this morning (as a branch of government we were closed yesterday, although I was still working).
Thu, Feb. 14th, 2008, 08:43 am
Preoccupied
Thomas, our younger son, has been hospitalized. Mia has been writing about this:
On a totally different front, I have to work on Sunday, thereby missing the second day ofcolgaffneyis at the St. Paul Scottish Ramble. I have two big system implementation projects to complete. These are the sort of thing that can only be done outside of business hours, and require extensive coordination with my co-workers. So scheduling is always hard, and compromises have to be made.
- Worried about Tom (Feb. 11).
- Tom update (Feb. 13).
- Today with Tom (Feb. 13).
On a totally different front, I have to work on Sunday, thereby missing the second day of
colgaffneyis at the St. Paul Scottish Ramble. I have two big system implementation projects to complete. These are the sort of thing that can only be done outside of business hours, and require extensive coordination with my co-workers. So scheduling is always hard, and compromises have to be made.
Wed, Jan. 9th, 2008, 03:03 pm
"Mommy, Where Do Servers Come From?"
This is funny:
Stay at Home Servers. See Microsoft's Brainwashing Children's Book for a copy that loads much faster.
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Stay at Home Servers. See Microsoft's Brainwashing Children's Book for a copy that loads much faster.
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amusedTue, Dec. 25th, 2007, 09:18 pm
Really Tough Computer Hardware
Mon, Dec. 24th, 2007, 10:00 pm
And while everything else is going on....
Sat, Dec. 15th, 2007, 05:18 pm
Cell Phones, Blackberries, Laptops, etc. in the Classroom
Thu, Dec. 13th, 2007, 01:39 pm
A Busy Morning
I have color-coded the in-box on my e-mail system (Lotus Notes) here at work. A yellow background indicates a message from a fellow sufferer DBA. A red background means a message from my supervisor or my manager. This gives me a quick assessment of the threat level urgency of what is waiting for me there.
From this morning:( image behind cut )
The red messages are all from my manager.
From this morning:( image behind cut )
The red messages are all from my manager.
Thu, Nov. 22nd, 2007, 10:01 pm
Thanksgiving
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Current Mood: thankful
thankfulSat, Nov. 17th, 2007, 09:55 pm
Not exactly a day of rest
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Current Mood: pleased
pleasedSat, Nov. 17th, 2007, 10:06 am
Change of Plans
Looks like I will not be driving to Bloomington today to recycle our old computers. The event shut down early because of an overwhelming community response.
Fri, Nov. 16th, 2007, 09:25 am
Progress on various fronts
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Current Mood: 
okay
okaySat, Oct. 20th, 2007, 07:30 pm
"Six Days shalt thou labor, as much as thou art able...."
"The Seventh the same, and clean out the stable."
( cleaning )
( work )
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( cleaning )
( work )
( Other activities )
Current Mood: content
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