Posts from February 2008

No not those pipes. I am sure @mrdeadlier was going to jump all over that one.

For some reason the person that decided to put in a great master bathroom did not know exactly what he was doing. From what I can tell the hot and cold come up from the basement and then go out into an overhang that covers the back entry way. They continue back into the house to the toilet, shower and whirlpool tub. That means they are out in the cold for a good stretch.

This is probably the 5th time this has happened in the past two winters. I have been able to avoid anything bursting because I open the valves until they thaw. From what I understand this gives the ice a place to go which is a good thing. This summer I plan on doing some demolition so I can finally stop this cycle.

For now we have to use the guest bathroom but at least we can shower in the morning. If I can't shower then I am not a happy person. I would be a dirty unhappy person at best.

Friday I had an urge to just stay inside and watch 80's movies. So we went to Blockbuster and picked up the following:

Back to School

License to Drive

Money Pit

I have never actually seen Back to School until yesterday and I thought it was funny.

We are talking about getting a NetFlix subscription but I have heard some good and bad things about it. Every day that passes I get closer and closer to a PS3....I REALLY WANT BLUERAY NOW!

Ok this is starting to get crazy and this is only week one. Last night we upgraded the switches in two other closets and I am very tired this morning. I think it is time to look at the schedule and push some of these off so I don't go crazy. I think I am going to ask my manager for a cot so that I can take a nap on days like these. He probably would go for it since we really have been burning the midnight oil and they coming in early the next day to make sure everything is working.

Tonight was the first of many late nights at work. You can't just change out switches in the middle of the day. We are currently working on the hospital and will be installing over 120 48Port Cisco switches. The new ones are so much better then the old ones. I could bore you with the details however I am sure you have better things to do.


Here is the rack after it is done. You can see the old switches now have nothing connected.


We will remove the old ones tomorrow

I almost dropped my MacBook Pro taking this picture

Tonight was the first night I was pissed off at my Blackberry. I have the Verizon 8703e Blackberry and so far it has been great. The keys are easy to type on and it is a pretty good size. For some reason lately the sound does not seem to be as good and the first 2 seconds of every call is one way audio.

It makes me want to just go out and buy some cool device like @paul..I really would l just like to get a small phone. I am tired of having my email on my hip 24/7. Just ranting a little here......

Ugh, I hate this weather. I think most of all I hate the fact that when I leave work and get home it is already dark out. I need some of that sunshine to get here soon. Don't get me wrong, I love a white Christmas and I actually find it fun driving in the snow. There just comes a point in the year where I say "Alright time for the sun to come out!"

Not that anyone really cares but I figured I would sign up. Lately I have found myself going to estrip to see what everyone is up to. I don't want to lurk without contributing. It's time I get on the wagon I guess.