Archives - (August, 2006)

Archive for August, 2006 (1 - 5 of 6)

I rebooted lump :~(

( Work )

I rebooted lump... my screen hub & cvs, svn/trac box for the first time in almost 3 years to upgrade the cpus from 300mhz to 500mhz and try and put in some more RAM.

My longest linux uptime ever:

(09:03) (@Corrupt_) ignignokt, muptime
(09:03) (@ignignokt)  09:00:11 up 903 days, 40 min,  8 users,  load average: 0.28, 0.09, 0.02

Times they are a...

( Work )

It's been hard for me these past few weeks.  My boss Tony retired last Monday.  I've worked for him for about 5 years now.  I don't even really know how to talk about it other than to say he was a great leader and a mentor to me.  In the end the politics of the institution did him in.  It's sad.  It was nice to know someone from his generation that I saw so eye to eye with.  He's at least a decade older than my father, and I think at the time of my hiring [...]

Mike & PJ!

( General )

yay me and pj!

The Macbook Sucks Anthology

( Pissed )

I figured I'd give you a reference point for all the problems I've had with my rev 1 black macbook.  In short, it's a piece of shit. The long story can be found by following these links... Macbook woes Part III What's up with my macbook (part 3) What's up with my macbook (part 2) Whats up with my laptop? There are two part III's.  I can't believe it.  well part III is really part IV. bah.  I can't believe this piece of shit. --_-  [...]

Macbook woes Part III

( Pissed )

Oh boy.  What an experience my trip to the Apple Store was...  Apple is experiencing growing pains alright.  While I did walk out with what I wanted.  I had to go through some shit to achieve that.  This is not something I'm accustomed to when dealing with Apple.. well the apple that was anyway.  This new Apple sucks.  I hope they just release their OS for X86 so I can do-shit-myself. For all of you that don't know already.. my left apple key broke.  No big really.. [...]