Blogging seems to be all the rage, so what the heck? I'll follow the lemmings over the cliff too! It probably won't get me elected President, but maybe some interesting discussions will come out of it... Beware, however: I speak my mind here, and I'm pretty frank and open. Some may be offended at the content and/or opinions. If you're easily offended, you might want to look elsewhere for reading material.

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September 10, 2004

Stuff-n-things

Well, a Fine Blogger I am! "Forgive me readers, for I have sinned. It's been 2 months since my last post."

Not really much to say, been working away at peak, actually have a simple minded blog manually created on a wiki which is much more interesting, but hardly something I can make public. It's amazing how much stuff a sysadmin does and I'm also surprised how easy it is to blog in a wiki. We're using phpwiki, which is much easier to use and nicer looking than the other wikis I've used (purplewiki --- simple, but ugly) and Twiki (complex). I just have a window open and do bullet point stream of consciousness bits occasionally. Probably helps me keep my job too, since progress is slow on building new systems to migrate too, and it shows why with all the support stuff that has to be done to keep the existing show running.

Heading up to Portland this weekend to see friends, particularly Doug who's moved up to Seattle but coming down to Portland for the weekend. Marc and David too. Also, there's a gun show at the expo center --- I want to get a 22 pistol for cheap shooting.

Except I just remembered that I was told a large check I deposited today wasn't going to clear, so I've got to write a nastygram. Maybe they can get it covered over the weekend, but I'm not happy for a variety of reasons I won't bother going into in semi-public.

But I did get my Hybrid Escape ordered last week. Oct/Nov build and December delivery. So hopefully it won't slip and it'll make a nice Christmas present.

Posted by abatie at September 10, 2004 09:30 PM
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