Glass Panes That Separate

transparent barriers to communication

Tag: work

  • 24

    Some days, I look back and go, “did I get anything done today?” So here’s me recording for the world what I did today. You can stop reading now, because it’s going to be really boring. I promise. Really.

    1. Read from I Chronicles
    2. Installed Ubuntu ‘Feisty Fawn’ on a server (yikes)
    3. Updated three other Ubuntu servers (web, mail, and DNS/DHCP)
    4. Took Amanda to work
    5. Pulled a VGA cable and some Audio cables in the new preaching lab
    6. Gave a friend some references on HTML and CSS
    7. Started installing Gnome on my Gentoo VM
    8. Created a PDF from a Word document for Justin
    9. Made copies for Amanda
    10. Helped with the EHS play tryouts
    11. Found out the NORCO DS-1220 just needs proper drivers for linux
    12. Used too many acronyms
    13. Debated Vista with Mike Hume (he’s going to try Ubuntu first)
    14. Picked up Amanda and took her home
    15. Made burritos for dinner…yum
    16. ‘Fixed’ a login problem with empower
    17. Unblocked a website for Steve
    18. Found more errors in the ‘proxy’ blacklist from urlblacklist.com
    19. Traced the snack shop phone line to the pedestal (it stops there)
    20. Re-punched-down said phone line
    21. Gave up on said phone line until more snow melts
    22. Applied DST patch to four Windows 2000 servers
    23. Re-installed the NORCO DS-1220 on blackhole
    24. Upgraded a couple packages on my work computer
    25. Fed fish (three times)
    26. Gave guineas more food and hay
    27. Finished this list

  • console

    This is a reminder to myself, and dissemination of ‘general knowledge’. If you run linux, and you want to change the resolution that your computer displays the console on, this is for you. (more…)

  • urlblacklist

    I sent this email recently to urlblacklist.com and have received no response. Obviously, I don’t have to use their service, no one is forcing me into anything here, but I feel their current and potential customers have a right to know what’s going on. (more…)

  • neo

    A while ago, Amanda’s dad gave us a whole bunch of plants for our new office. Sadly, some of them have died, since the move was delayed for something like two months. However, we are now in our new office, and the plants will do better (that’s the plan, although some of them don’t seem to be on board with the plan). The office looks like this:

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    Here’s our orange tree that is blooming like crazy (not sure if 8 counts as crazy, unless you’re playing cards):

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    And the rest of the plants (some of them aren’t doing so great):

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  • loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong

    That’s the amount of time that has passed since I last updated my site. Way TOO long, if you ask me, which none of you did. Life is progressing, ever rapidly, and I’ve obviously been busy. Busy doing what?

    • pulling cable in the new building (the LLHSLC)
      • network
      • television
      • phone
    • learning all the ins and outs of our new records software at the school
      • setting up the web interface
      • fixing permissions for people
      • giving them accounts so that they have permissions in the first place
      • helping people figure out how to do things they were trained to do (even if I wasn’t trained at all for that task)
    • helping Amanda with the Ellendale High School play (lighting, sound, set, etc.)
      • every school should have a CD player hooked up to their sound system (we’re not in the 80’s anymore)
    • learning Perl