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10:15pm Monday 3 January 2000

Today at work I got the second machine working. (That's two out of three!) I had wiped out Win NT Server and installed Win NT Workstation, but couldn't quite get it connected to the Internet. Turns out I had the cable plugged into the wrong NIC. :-)

Felt grrrr at Toyota dealership, where they still haven't called me back with a status on my car. I was on hold for a while today (15 minutes) and finally got the status of, "we'll check it out and give you an estimate and I will be in touch with you." Hasn't called me back yet.

Super thanks to Karla my boss who drove me to Electrotex to get a CAT 5 patch cable for our big monster server once I get it working.

I did not get it working though -- didn't even get to the point where I would need a cable! For some dumb reason Win NT wouldn't let me specify a third party driver for our RAID adapter. 'twas very odd, but not so odd that I was intrigued, more like disgusted again with Microsoft's dumbness.

We need to install three new data ports at work, and happily enough, I know how to do it! (Ports on the wall where the computer network cable connects) We got a patch cable which for now is simply strung along the floor from our hub to the machine, but I'll get a 1000 foot spool of cable, the connectors and all that happy stuff and set us up with some new data ports! (As soon as we decide where to put them.)

In I-group, we began our discussion with "Resolutions" (as in New Year's Resolutions), verbally swerved around a bit, and ended somewhere around Live Now in This Moment. I picked up a few good nuggets along the way:

• Write down a list of things I "tolerate" in my life. Do not consciously think of how to fix them, just write them down. Many will fix themselves.

• Write down a list of achievements I've made in the past year.

• Doh!! I forgot to give my dad his Christmas present!

• Holy crap I forgot to pay my rent!

• I have not asked my landlord to replace my water heater, even though it is over 10 years old and sucks (sucks=doesn't produce particularly hot water), for fear that he might raise my rent. It's ridiculous for me to live in this fear, and it's time to face it and tell him I want a new water heater.

We celebrated with some ice cream and cookies and cake at the end of the evening, I drove home via my landlord's house, paid rent, and now Wende and I are about to munch dinner. (I will write a letter about the water heater instead of telling him at 9:30pm, "here is my rent; it's 3 days late, and can you fix my water heater?")

With Love
- Rob permalink