Monday, February 04, 2008

I May Have Fallen off the Ladder Once or Twice

I’m typing this in short clips, because my brain is having some trouble…
<2 minute pause>
Forming completely thoughts.

See what I mean?

Running on 6.5 hours of sleep in the last 3 days.

This weekend I set up 10 new Mac Pros at work. And I upgraded/installed Leopard Server on one of our Xserves. I moved a couple of TBs worth of data between old machines and new machines so everything would be ready at 9 on Monday. No Migration Assistant was used for this either. Hate that thing. Sucks donkey nuggets, the Migration Assistant does, IMHO; and stop writing like Yoda, I will now.

Do not try to do this in your life. You must have ninja skills and the ability to curse in English, Italian and Binary. You also need a screwdriver.

Quick review!
Leopard Server: Yes. Very Nice. Good mojo mostly. A++++ Would install again! Runs great.

Upgrading Tiger Server (10.4.11) to Leopard Server (10.5): Utterly useless and hopeless if you are running a kerberized ‘net. I had to burn the server down to the metal and start from scratch. And the Software Update Server built into Leopard Server is made out of tissues and wet, drippy snot. Bad alias/link in the config and it has stopped working. Can’t find correct catalog link. Fix this please, Apple. KTHX, BAI!

At around 3 AM, I was essentially done with the whole dance and I made the small fort you see above out of the now empty Mac Pro boxes. If I’d had a couple blankets and some couch cushions, I could have made something really cool.

BONUS! Why I love my job reason #7.7: I got a round of applause (and a bunch of time off in the future) at staff meeting this morning.

ALSO: As of this afternoon, the fort is still up. People are on board with the “stonehenge look.”

Favorite Entries

If you are new around here, the following entries have been reasonably well received. You might want to peruse these.

• Help Wanted
• From the Office of Mis-directed Email
• A Word from the Small Person in the House
• RNT Product Review: Chocolate Mix Skittles Left Me Sterile!
• Jon’s Report Card circa… A Long Time Ago
• Dear Gratuitously Naked Conversationalist at the Gym:
• A Peek Inside the Writer’s Guild and Producers’ Negotiations
• We Regret the Error
• Letters from a Homeowner to His General Contractor
• What I Did There
• Hermaphrodite Administrative Assistants and Receptionists Need Not Apply
• Giving Me an IM Account Was Obviously a Huge Mistake
• Official Ransom Note Typography Vista vs. Mac OS X Shootout
• I Need a Real Hobby
• Beat Down
• Big Fat Lies
• True Love
• Now MY Ovaries Hurt
• Don’t Get Her Started
• Disturbing Trend
• Had to do it
• Mooshy stuff
• Ransom Note Typography End User License Agreement “EULA”
• Diva-licious!
• Just so we’re clear
• PETA may have a point

Holy Crap! Look at all this STUFF down here. It's awesome!

Really, I'm glad you made it down here. Almost no one ever comes down here. I'm like in a freaking dungeon down here. I get lonely. But not you. YOU made it all the way to the end of the page. For this I think I've a little crush on you. I don't know, is "love" to strong a word to use in this situation? Well, if it's not "love," then it's very strong "like." I'm totally in like with you for coming down here. You are awesome. Please love me back! I know, I know, I shouldn't be all needy, it's not attractive at all, but you don't know how it is to be stuck down here. Who scrolls all the way to the end of a page anymore these days? Anyway, thanks for shedding some light down here in the depths. I appreciate it. Shoot me an email and I'll send you a dollar, OK?

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