Asymptomatic

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Rebuilt. Again.
December 05, 2007

I’m taking on some more server-management related responsibilities for work, and I’m trying to be a little proactive with getting things under control so that I still have time to code. One thing that I would like to do is have a server configuration that we can standardize on so that when something goes wrong on a server we have many benefits.

The advantages of having a pre-configured system are that we’ll have a way to set up a server again quickly that we know will work with the software we already have on the system. If something goes wrong with one of them that is related to the system settings, we’ll know what we need to fix on all of the servers to make them right, not guess at whether the fix needs to be applied to each.

Razor's Edge
November 27, 2007

I had a most amazing experience today. At lunch I finally stopped at a place that I’ve been eyeing for months. It’s a “traditional” barber shop called “Shaving Grace”.

I’ve been needing a good haircut for weeks now, my last cut falling woefully short of adequate. My bangs have been falling forward onto my forehead in an annoyingly straight line. The most remarkable thing about the woman who cut my hair was not her skill, but the hacking smoker’s cough she’d erupt into occaasionally. Ick.

Riley's Birthday
November 19, 2007

Last Tuesday was Riley’s third birthday. Berta stayed home to prepare things for the day. She took Riley out and bought a lot of balloons and a cookies-n-creme cake that he picked out himself.

Since we ordered a few things for him from the mail-order toy catalogs as gifts, they were a bit delayed in coming, so we didn’t have any gifts to give him on his birthday. Instead, we all went to the toy store and picked out a few things that Riley liked.

Distance to Suburbia
November 12, 2007

Berta and I went to IndyHall’s movie night on Saturday to hang out in the city and to watch the first of the two films in the double-feature, “Office Space”. We got to talk to a few of the folks down there, both some people we knew and some people we met for the first time.

The event was sponsored by Philly Car Share, which is an interesting organization that offers shared vehicles to city-dwellers. You basically make a reservation, and you get a car for a few hours. It’s kind of like renting, I suppose, but it’s a more comfortable plan. The cars are where you might need them to be, parked in nearby lots, rather than centrally at a rental place. And they have all different kinds of cars, so if you needed a trunk or a van, they’ve got that, or for a night out on the town, a convertible or BMW is obtainable. Neat idea for folks that live downtown, especially.