"Home From The Holidays" written by Jim on estrip.org

Category: family

11/26/07 11:06 - 41ºF - ID#42284

Home From The Holidays

Well we got back last night from our long weekend away at (e:James)' family's house. Nice relaxing weekend, definitely feel better after talking some time off and away from the computer. It's a bit weird that I never see my family anymore, what with James' family being so much closer to us then my Dad, we tend to spend all the holidays at his family's. And then the extended family I still have in Buffalo, I never see at holidays because we're out of town. Hoping to get out west soon though, and reconnect with my relatives here in town.

On the other hand, I had intended to get at least *some* work done to keep this week from being too insane, but I had no cell reception and wasn't able to connect my laptop to the wifi in their house. Grrr. They live just outside of the NYC area, in Putnam county, and I don't understand why they have no cell reception. It's just housing for as far as the eye can see. No idea why the wifi wasn't working though, pain in the ass, that.

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11/21/07 04:40 - 42ºF - ID#42227

On The Road

Ok driving in a monsoon full of sleet. Happy Holidays!!!

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11/21/07 02:34 - 44ºF - ID#42224

Wrapping Things Up

Heading out of town for the holiday weekend, but I'll leave you with this list to ponder:

Movie sequels we need.

Excerpt:

W for Wowiamangry
I Also Robot, How You?
Reservoir Puppies (prequel)

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11/20/07 08:53 - 46ºF - ID#42216

Christmas Pierogi

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11/20/07 05:35 - 49ºF - ID#42214

Head Gonna Asplode

I was off this afternoon, just in a fog and less then productive, think I need some time off. Going to go out for a drink tonight and staying away from the computer.

Had this great idea for something today though, hard to let it go. Will just file it away until this weekend. Turning a problem inside out and maybe solving it much easier? We'll see.

Draaaaaank. Then sleep. Yup.

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Category: culture

11/19/07 02:42 - 42ºF - ID#42201

The Third Magisterium

Greg Knauss:

"Starting now, I do. I declare myself the world's primary expert in questions so stupid that they lack any sort of meaning other than reasonably correct grammar."

An Entirely Other Day

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Category: work

11/19/07 10:01 - 37ºF - ID#42196

Work

I'm having a lunch meeting with a new prospective client today. I'm actually starting to love doing presentations. Maybe with a bit more practice I'll even get to be good at it :) Just need to relax. Like usual! Too high strung and nervous, breathe in breathe out.

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Category: estrip

11/18/07 11:09 - 35ºF - ID#42192

Save the Day

The (e:strip) holiday dinner will be on Dec 13th, a Thursday. Save the day, and be prepared to sign up (it's a potluck) sometime after Thanksgiving (no more planning for now).

See you on the other side of turkey day!

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Category: computers

11/16/07 11:22 - 35ºF - ID#42161

8 Terabyte Storage Array

12 SATA 1TB Drives ($300 ea)

1 12-bay rack mountable SATA enclosure ($1200)

1 4x SAS Controller w/ Battery Backup ($1000)

Hooked up to a Solaris host with Raid-Z double parity ZFS, and two online spare drives for live failover and rebuilding.

= 8 terabyte of doubly redundant storage for ~$6000.

Biggest problem? How to back the sucker up. 20 tapes a night?

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Category: estrip

11/15/07 09:21 - 42ºF - ID#42152

E:Strip Holiday Dinner (Early December)

Hello, All!

There will be an (e:strip) holiday dinner potluck get-together at 24 Linwood, some as yet unspecified time in early December (1st or 2nd week).

Possible dates for your consideration:

Mon Dec 03
Tue Dec 04
Fri Dec 07
Tue Dec 11
Thu Dec 13

Please chime in below with availability, questions, comments, concerns, or just +1's.

These Are Bad Days (stupid sports!!!!)

Sat Dec 01 Sabres
Sun Dec 02 Bills
Wed Dec 05 Sabres
Thu Dec 06 Sabres
Sat Dec 08 Sabres
Sun Dec 09 Bills
Mon Dec 10 Sabres
Wed Dec 12 Sabres
Fri Dec 14 Sabres
Sat Dec 15 Sabres
Sun Dec 16 Bills
Wed Dec 19 Sabres

jim writes at 11:08:34 11/18/07 - Comment #28227: Dec 13th it is!

mike writes at 12:23:34 11/17/07 - Comment #28154: my family has a pretty large selection of folding chairs i believe i could bring, excpet last time pual borrowed a folding table , it never returned and was supposedly stolen? So i'll try to convince them it will be safe this time

jim writes at 12:07:54 11/17/07 - Comment #28152: James and I have a folding card table we can bring, but maybe if someone else has folding chairs?

paul writes at 08:30:55 11/16/07 - Comment #28135: Baby sounds fine.

paul writes at 08:30:10 11/16/07 - Comment #28134: The week of the 3rd the 7th is not so good for me. I have to be at work by 8:30 everyday which is way unusual for me, so I want to go to bed by like 10PM. Dec 13th sounds good to me. I think we will also need someone to volunteer an extra table.

jim writes at 05:19:03 11/16/07 - Comment #28129: Thanks, Mike, fixed the dates.

Looks like Thu Dec 13th is least conflictive so far.

mike writes at 05:14:38 11/16/07 - Comment #28127: whenver is prolly fine for me BUT DEcember 3 is a Monday not a Tuesday. So do you mean monday the 3 or tuesday the 4?

bridgette writes at 11:39:19 11/16/07 - Comment #28104: i think that would be fun! I can probably find a sitter for my baby girl but it might be nice to bring her with me. What would you guys think?

mrmike writes at 09:19:30 11/16/07 - Comment #28097: I'm in for the Tuesdays or Thursdays

jim writes at 12:15:23 11/16/07 - Comment #28073: I'm going to leave everything a bit up in the air for a couple days until everyone's had a chance to weigh in and Paul and crew decide what's good for them in terms of hosting.

drew writes at 12:00:16 11/16/07 - Comment #28071: I would prefer the Thurs or Friday dates.

jim writes at 11:45:05 11/15/07 - Comment #28070: No, not too hasty, I just know from previous experience not to try to compete! I just didn't think to check until you mentioned it, and I'm very glad you brought up hockey.

chico writes at 11:42:26 11/15/07 - Comment #28068: zombiejames -- Indeed I am a product of the glacier carcass, such as it is.

(e:jim) -- Are you being too hasty about the sporting event constraint? I'm starting to feel bad about even mentioning the hockey game now. Apologies!

jim writes at 11:07:15 11/15/07 - Comment #28064: Updated list of the only possible days:

Tue Dec 03
Fri Dec 07
Tue Dec 11
Thu Dec 13

For a three week period those 4 days are the only days without a sporting event in the evening.

james writes at 10:36:13 11/15/07 - Comment #28053: The Islanders?

Oh man! Don't tell me you are from that glacier carcass island?
(sorry, I am from just north of Westchester where the most despised creature, after the New Jerseyite, is the Long Islander.)

I am free what ever day you tell me to be.

jim writes at 10:35:24 11/15/07 - Comment #28052: Tinypliny, I'm sorry that you can't make it :(

I'd push it back later but having it to close to Christmas is something I'm not too sure about?

chico writes at 10:28:22 11/15/07 - Comment #28051: Au contraire! I am no Sabres fan. I, my friend, am a devout fan of the New York Islanders, and I resent the implied "Sabres fan" label. ;-) ;-)

jim writes at 10:18:29 11/15/07 - Comment #28048: Oh I forgot to check for sports games, let me make up a list of possible dates considering Sabres' fans needs :)

chico writes at 10:15:59 11/15/07 - Comment #28047: I think 12/5 works for me but 12/12 I have Islanders-Sabres tickets.

tinypliny writes at 10:09:34 11/15/07 - Comment #28044: I am at a conference the first week and going off for a writing-study break to Calfornia the second week. :(( From what I heard this week, I might need to submit my proposal (1st 100 pages) late January.

jim writes at 09:34:36 11/15/07 - Comment #28038: This will be either the first or second week of December, Wed the 5th or 12th are my two possible target dates unless that is a bad day of the week for people.

jbeatty writes at 09:31:50 11/15/07 - Comment #28037: I would love to come and cook something, I have however committed myself to working new years eve. as long as it isn't then or Christmas week I'm in.

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