January 20, 2009

There were 4 posts published on January 20, 2009 (this is page 1 of 1).

The Singing Sysadmin

I like to sing. I think I’m pretty good, too. Even so, I tend not to put others through my singing so I usually sing only when I’m alone.

Years ago I found that server rooms – with their noisy cooling fans – make a good venue for belting out songs. I was doing just that one day at a startup company when two of the women there totally busted me. Apparently my voice carried a bit farther than I thought!

At my new job I spend much of my time in the server rooms. These particular server rooms have sliding doors at each end of the aisle, providing even more white noise over the roar of the servers. When I’m in a good mood I can often be found working on a server while pretending I’m on stage.

Hey, the servers can’t complain.

Shatterbug

In my haste to capture shots of the kids’ running out into this morning’s snow, I inadvertently dragged our Nikon off the shelf and onto the floor. Fortunately, it wasn’t a forceful impact, but it was enough to damage the flip-up flash.

I toyed with the idea of fixing it myself, but that camera means too much to me to risk messing it up further. I’ll be shipping it to a factory-authorized repair shop soon (and will be hating every minute I’m without it). Sigh.

Two (no, five!) inches of snow

Looks like we’ve gotten two inches of snow this morning, with plenty more still falling. Beautiful and peaceful, it is.

I’ll be at home today, methinks.

[Update: 8:40 AM] The initial snow was more like three inches. And its still falling!

[Update: 2:00 PM] The official measurement at MT.Net is a total of 5 inches of snow.