02/11/08 10:36 - 11ºF - ID#43284

My pipes are frozen again....

No not those pipes. I am sure (e: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.

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Location: Amherst, NY

02/10/08 11:29 - 27ºF - ID#43266

80's Movie Weekend

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!

enknot writes at 06:28:14 02/11/08 - Comment #31544: Yeah fing. I've been tring to get to (e:pmt)'s to check out the TV they just picked up. I'm dying to see it in action, and after the whole BluRay winning the HD war it really makes me consider buying a PS3 even though Ihave a XBOX. The newer XBOXs are kinda nice, but I (by I, I mean the people who live in my house) watch movies on it a whole hell of a lot more ofthen than we do anything else with it, and it's got just about all the games I want to play in it as well, and the price is now trying to compete with XBOX so, don't tell Paul, but I feel really bad for steering him towards XBOX and I'm considering a PS3. Though the woman and I did just start playing the HALO series and she's kinda into it. She gets dizzy and sick cause it's 3D, but she's getting used to it. I tell her. Think of the after effects of playing this game as a crazy night out when you first started drinking... and she stares at me blankly, but I think she gets it.

mrdeadlier writes at 08:22:57 02/10/08 - Comment #31537: Listen to James. Netflix is totally where it's at. Awesome.

And I'm disappointed Uncle Buck and/or Trains, Planes, and Automobiles couldn't find it's way into your weekend. :(

james writes at 01:37:19 02/10/08 - Comment #31524: Netflix is amazing. Seriously fucking awesome. There selection of movies is immense. I spent the first four months watching Soviet progaganda movies. Next I watched every Bergman movie. Then every Woody Allan movie. Then dozens of samurai movies. Three years later I still can find obscure stuff I can't find elsewhere. The service is crazy fast. I mailed in a movie Thursday and got my next movie Saturday.

Fucking Awesome!

paul writes at 11:58:17 02/10/08 - Comment #31521: Ours is coming on Wednesday. There is no way you could justify any other bluray player when they are about the same price. Plus it can be a media center. We are going with that instead of cable.

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02/08/08 08:15 - 27ºF - ID#43241

Another late night...

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.

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Location: Amherst, NY

02/05/08 11:50 - 34ºF - ID#43203

Late night at work

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

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Location: Amherst, NY

02/04/08 11:11 - 40ºF - ID#43184

Cell Phones.....

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 (e: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......

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02/01/08 01:10 - 32ºF - ID#43133

Winter

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!"

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Location: Amherst, NY

01/30/08 09:56 - 19ºF - ID#43092

I'm here!

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.