Mid-week ramblings
Jun. 25th, 2008 12:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greatbearBoth of us are keeping our fingers crossed in hopes our little long weekend vacation coming up will happen. To that end, we will be getting things ready and preparing. We both really need this little escape. Also, the trailer that is currently parked in the upper driveway in front of the house will be left temporarily at Jeff's parent's place between excursions. This will knock about 250 miles of towing distance for each trip (for a total of over 1,000 miles over all four of our planned camping trips, not chump change when it comes to gas mileage!), and it'll be great to finally have the upper driveway clear so the shrubbery and gardens can be tended to. Plus we get our parking spots closer to the house again.
This is where I beg everyone to send good vibes our way so that no problems arise from either of our jobs to shut it down.
In geek news, I have completed two computers, one is a simple, fully integrated thing with onboard video that will replace Jeff's tired PC, the other is the new server. Both are running well after being burned in for many hours and will get installed after this weekend. Soon after that, the LAN gets updated to gigabit, some Cat5e will get run around the house and to the garage, replacing some of the remaining thinnet left over from the late 80s. Between that and a new 802.11n access point, the uber-LAN here should be good to go for at least a few years to come. Once some of the gigabit Ethernet is in place, I will begin piecing together the media/file server. I buy computers in installments - a hard drive here, a case there, a motherboard... I find the good deals online as they happen and eventually gather up enough pieces to make a box. It's like layaway combined with instant gratification, piecemeal style.
As a reminder to myself, I need to get the proper trans filter for the new truck before the trip. For the last couple days, I kept forgetting. If I use my LJ to remind me, it might help. Then again, I would be posting a lot more strange gibberish than I already do.
This is where I beg everyone to send good vibes our way so that no problems arise from either of our jobs to shut it down.
In geek news, I have completed two computers, one is a simple, fully integrated thing with onboard video that will replace Jeff's tired PC, the other is the new server. Both are running well after being burned in for many hours and will get installed after this weekend. Soon after that, the LAN gets updated to gigabit, some Cat5e will get run around the house and to the garage, replacing some of the remaining thinnet left over from the late 80s. Between that and a new 802.11n access point, the uber-LAN here should be good to go for at least a few years to come. Once some of the gigabit Ethernet is in place, I will begin piecing together the media/file server. I buy computers in installments - a hard drive here, a case there, a motherboard... I find the good deals online as they happen and eventually gather up enough pieces to make a box. It's like layaway combined with instant gratification, piecemeal style.
As a reminder to myself, I need to get the proper trans filter for the new truck before the trip. For the last couple days, I kept forgetting. If I use my LJ to remind me, it might help. Then again, I would be posting a lot more strange gibberish than I already do.
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Date: 2008-06-25 10:59 am (UTC)OH, and don't forget to get the proper trans filter for the new truck before the trip.