Exhausted...
Just finished a two-day job on-site for an ex-employer
helping them move their data center and a good deal of other
gear to their new facility down the road. Sore legs and
backs help determine the difference between systems
administration and programming, methinks. ;-)
In lieu of my daily fee for the first day of work, I managed
to acquire some rather nice hardware that they needed to
clear out; a full 42U Compaq 19" rack with several shelves
and keyboard drawer/keyboard+trackball, an 8-port Compaq
KVM, two of the 1U 800MHz systems from Penguin
Computing that I lovingly cared for when I used to work
at this employer, and a dead (but RMA-able) rack-mount LCD
display. I have no idea how I'm going to get this monster up
the stairs to the office, but it'll be nice to not have my
rackmount APC 2200 UPS lying on the floor anymore. Hmm. Now
I just need a Cisco Catalyst 2900 from somewhere, to replace
these annoying little Netgear switches with...
Episode II
Finally saw it. Better than Episode I by immeasurable
amounts. Everyone keeps asking me whether I liked Spiderman
or Attack of the Clones more; that's like asking if
I like downhill skiing better than the flavor of peanut butter.
Automotive
I have the Eclipse shop manual on order, and I'm planning on
picking up the Symborski shifter bushing
kit to stiffen up the currently overly-loose shifting.
Need to find someone with a short-shifter installed to see
what I think of it; not sure if it'll result in enough of a
difference to be worth it. My better half has
been researching a lift kit for her Jeep Wrangler, and the
height of the lift has changed recently from 2.5" to 4",
with 35" tires. Should be fun figuring out how best to
injure myself while installing this with her. ;-)
Heh. Who knew I'd ever start turning into a car geek?