And latest happenings
Okay, so to complement that last post I’ll let everyone know where the hell I’ve been the past few months.
Mostly I’ve been buried in my work, in an effort to make it both lucrative and enjoyable. So far I’m not doing too well on either account, but things are going to change very soon. Check out ASX announcements for BLE. Whatever happens, I am going to make sure I come out of the mayhem with some measure of personal freedom. I’m sick of living like this.
In Jan I got a car. ONE MONTH LATER I was involved in a crash that was not at all my fault. Nothing serious, but I didn’t have insurance. The other car had comprehensive but the insurance company seems set on trying to get the money out of me, or at least not having to pay me anything. Luckily there was a witness who was willing to help out, but the insurance company is still trying to bluff its way out. I would pursue it but I just don’t have the time. I can fit the bill for my car, it won’t kill me. I have bigger issues. The car is repaired now and looks like new.
A few weeks ago binks, my beloved server of everything but the kitchen sink, started misbehaving. One of the hard drives decided to freeze up. I checked it out and both its drives were VERY hot. Silly me disconnected the fans in the mobile HDD racks because the were making noise (”they’ll be alright, they passed the 1 hour test!”). So I got fancy new aluminium HDD enclosures with DOUBLE BALL BEARING FANS, and also purchased a new drive to replace the one that was misbehaving, just to be safe. So after shutting down the machine about 5 times in total in the process of getting the new stuff in, the OTHER drive, the one that showed no signs of being near death, suddenly and completely died.
Thank $deity for raid1. Well, I didn’t have the ENTIRE drives mirrored, but all the important stuff was.
Oh yes, and I’m an uncle, again. Kimberley Brandt, born 6:00 on 02/06/06. I gotta get to the US, soon.
I’ll try and get into the habit of making slightly more regular posts so everyone remembers I exist.
Congratulations on getting the car! Commiserations on the crash. I assume you’re OK? There are firms that will help you with accident claims. My dad and (I think) Steve have used them. Maybe you should talk to Steve about it. Just like big business in your last post, they’re not *all* evil.
Congratulations on becoming an uncle again!
Start talking on #bots and bots at knobbits dot org again so we don’t have to chase you up in your blog!!! :-)
Comment by knet — June 5, 2006 @ 12:21 pm