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tugrikThe servers are as happy as they are going to get, at this point. The only thing not restored is the old Exchange database that has one friend's email archives. I'm going to work with my bro-in-law to sneak the data onto a spare already-built exchange server and extract the data into a format he can make use of. This will be a lot less resource draining than trying to build up another NT box just for restoring and exporting that one fileset.
In the end, we're better off. Things on the servers are more where they should be, and older, krufty hardware is no longer littering the garage floor next to the rack. The only annoying part was the 5am night on Friday night, and the headed-towards-3am one tonight. Now to go back and shore up a little more of the infrastructure: better backups yet (now that everything is on unix so there's no NT-bringup-isms to halt a snap restoral), better power systems (more than the 25 mins of backup we now have), etc.
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reality_fox at a motorcycle show up in San Mateo. I got to drool over the new Valkyrie Rune. It looks amazingly better in person than it does on website pics -- those of you who think it's ugly, hold judgement until you see it in person, honestly. *rumbles happily*
The other two notable motorcycles I got to perch upon and inspect the glory of were the new Victory Vegas and the jeep-like Kawasaki KLR650 dualsport. Both could handle my weight, and both fit me well -- the Kowi incredibly so. The Vegas interests me as a possible boulevard cruiser someday, though at $16k that's not really a possibility until I'm rich -- my two pricey bikes already drain the monthly budget. The Kowi, at a meager-by-comparison $4995, is a low-weight mid-power dualsport that can pick up in the dirt where the GS leaves off. Shorter range, easier to pick up, more air-capable, and still a dualsport so I can street it out to the trails. Both were a lot of fun to sit on and think about. The fun of doing so at a show is getting to talk to the mfgr reps directly and get high-weight-rider questions answered by those who actually know.
While there, Reality_Fox and I both took the plunge and bought custom molded earplugs for use while motorcycling. They had a hearing-doctor on site with a few lab techs to do the work. They gave you an ear cleaning (yeEEEk that tickles) and if all was OK, they'd do an ear-channel casting out of a silicone-like resin. From these they make custom-fit earplugs. The advantages are plentiful: better comfort, better sound sealing, safer all around, personalized (not worth stealing as they only fit the wearer), and very importantly: fully legal under California law for use while motorcycling. Unlike the soft foam ones you get at the grocery store, you won't get a fix-it ticket if you're caught wearing these. Reality_Fox got the normal $45 set. I got one of those too, as well as a more expensive 2nd set with communciations transducers built in that will attach to my bike comm systems. It only took an hour for our normal sets to be done and we got to take those home. The transducer set has to be made back at the lab from the 2nd set of castings they took and I won't get 'em for two more weeks. I'll jot an LJ note once I find out how well they do or don't work.
For those of my friends who are serious about motorcycling: get these. Seriously. One of the best $45 you'll spend on your motorcycling lifestyle, and you'll be able to still appreciate music on into old age.
This was a foggy-day picture of the Pidgeon Point lighthouse I took last year. I'd lost track of the file and found it again while playing HD-swap games on the dead server. This picture and the handful that went with it will always remind me of an online friend I met during the same period of time named Rainwing. A coastal dragoness, she was a fun person to meet. Her life's led her off to other things and I don't see her around FM much more, but now and then she flies near over on another world I visit (HLM). I've got to get more coastal/rain pictures taken now that the winter storms are starting up. Hmm. Time to order that weatherproof camera cover...
In the end, we're better off. Things on the servers are more where they should be, and older, krufty hardware is no longer littering the garage floor next to the rack. The only annoying part was the 5am night on Friday night, and the headed-towards-3am one tonight. Now to go back and shore up a little more of the infrastructure: better backups yet (now that everything is on unix so there's no NT-bringup-isms to halt a snap restoral), better power systems (more than the 25 mins of backup we now have), etc.
Today's morning was spent with reality_fox at a motorcycle show up in San Mateo. I got to drool over the new Valkyrie Rune. It looks amazingly better in person than it does on website pics -- those of you who think it's ugly, hold judgement until you see it in person, honestly. *rumbles happily*The other two notable motorcycles I got to perch upon and inspect the glory of were the new Victory Vegas and the jeep-like Kawasaki KLR650 dualsport. Both could handle my weight, and both fit me well -- the Kowi incredibly so. The Vegas interests me as a possible boulevard cruiser someday, though at $16k that's not really a possibility until I'm rich -- my two pricey bikes already drain the monthly budget. The Kowi, at a meager-by-comparison $4995, is a low-weight mid-power dualsport that can pick up in the dirt where the GS leaves off. Shorter range, easier to pick up, more air-capable, and still a dualsport so I can street it out to the trails. Both were a lot of fun to sit on and think about. The fun of doing so at a show is getting to talk to the mfgr reps directly and get high-weight-rider questions answered by those who actually know.While there, Reality_Fox and I both took the plunge and bought custom molded earplugs for use while motorcycling. They had a hearing-doctor on site with a few lab techs to do the work. They gave you an ear cleaning (yeEEEk that tickles) and if all was OK, they'd do an ear-channel casting out of a silicone-like resin. From these they make custom-fit earplugs. The advantages are plentiful: better comfort, better sound sealing, safer all around, personalized (not worth stealing as they only fit the wearer), and very importantly: fully legal under California law for use while motorcycling. Unlike the soft foam ones you get at the grocery store, you won't get a fix-it ticket if you're caught wearing these. Reality_Fox got the normal $45 set. I got one of those too, as well as a more expensive 2nd set with communciations transducers built in that will attach to my bike comm systems. It only took an hour for our normal sets to be done and we got to take those home. The transducer set has to be made back at the lab from the 2nd set of castings they took and I won't get 'em for two more weeks. I'll jot an LJ note once I find out how well they do or don't work. For those of my friends who are serious about motorcycling: get these. Seriously. One of the best $45 you'll spend on your motorcycling lifestyle, and you'll be able to still appreciate music on into old age.
This was a foggy-day picture of the Pidgeon Point lighthouse I took last year. I'd lost track of the file and found it again while playing HD-swap games on the dead server. This picture and the handful that went with it will always remind me of an online friend I met during the same period of time named Rainwing. A coastal dragoness, she was a fun person to meet. Her life's led her off to other things and I don't see her around FM much more, but now and then she flies near over on another world I visit (HLM). I've got to get more coastal/rain pictures taken now that the winter storms are starting up. Hmm. Time to order that weatherproof camera cover...
