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November 6, 2008 11:08 AM 11/6/08
So a friend of mine came in from Florida to pick up and drive a large-scale computer system back to his home and we had to pick it up in Chicago - specifically Lower Wacker Drive. That was actually fun except for having to wait on the dock because we aren’t union people.
My back is a little sore today as a result but no biggie. It was fun seeing my friend again and the system we picked up was just plain cool. (A Sun E10k system - 1800lbs fully loaded.)
I’d like to do a long travel trip some day. Take a month or two and see my friends all around the country and the world. It would be fun but cost an awful lot of money and would take our daughter out of school for quite some time because I’m not so cruel as to leave her with my in-laws for that long. She’d be confused and upset and I try and minimize that when I can. Maybe when she’s able to communicate a little better.
Got rid of some more stuff from the garage since my friend was here - he picked up some of the stuff he left here as well as took a couple of small things off my hands. That gives me even more space to work with out there. It’s crappy out today and tomorrow so I think I’ll maybe box some of the stuff in the third bedroom so I can get it ready to move out there. (Yes, I know. I should have just left it boxed) I really want another camera out there before I put my nice shiny G5 iMac out there but that may not be a choice right now.
Oh damn. It’s raining today which means all the leaves in my lawn are going to be soggy and nasty. Blech. Well I can live with them getting snowed over and composting a little over the winter. The lawn is pretty fertile so it should withstand suck torture well enough. I need to talk to my wife because I’d really like to work on replacing the lawn with other plants that don’t require so much water and less care but that’s a big plan. (And no I“m not going to astroturf my lawn no matter what Ed Begly does.)
Speaking of green things I really like the fact that people are now getting flyers in the mail from a company selling solar grid-tie systems. The prices aren’t bad for the output ($29k for a 6kw system - 36 panels) but I still can’t afford to do that yet.
We’re doing okay financially but not spectacular. Between gas and other things we spent about $100 or so this weekend. Not good but not bad either.
I picked up some parts to build a replica of the small arc reactor from the Iron Man movie. Radio Shack had some flat-profile white LEDs that look like they’re bright enough and I picked up a bag of glue sticks to melt and hopefully cast around the windings and LEDs. Figured out a very sturdy and easy way to wire the thing too.
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So a friend of mine came in from Florida to pick up and drive a large-scale computer system back to his home and we had to pick it up in Chicago - specifically Lower Wacker Drive. That was actually fun except for having to wait on the dock because we aren’t union people.
My back is a little sore today as a result but no biggie. It was fun seeing my friend again and the system we picked up was just plain cool. (A Sun E10k system - 1800lbs fully loaded.)
I’d like to do a long travel trip some day. Take a month or two and see my friends all around the country and the world. It would be fun but cost an awful lot of money and would take our daughter out of school for quite some time because I’m not so cruel as to leave her with my in-laws for that long. She’d be confused and upset and I try and minimize that when I can. Maybe when she’s able to communicate a little better.
Got rid of some more stuff from the garage since my friend was here - he picked up some of the stuff he left here as well as took a couple of small things off my hands. That gives me even more space to work with out there. It’s crappy out today and tomorrow so I think I’ll maybe box some of the stuff in the third bedroom so I can get it ready to move out there. (Yes, I know. I should have just left it boxed) I really want another camera out there before I put my nice shiny G5 iMac out there but that may not be a choice right now.
Oh damn. It’s raining today which means all the leaves in my lawn are going to be soggy and nasty. Blech. Well I can live with them getting snowed over and composting a little over the winter. The lawn is pretty fertile so it should withstand suck torture well enough. I need to talk to my wife because I’d really like to work on replacing the lawn with other plants that don’t require so much water and less care but that’s a big plan. (And no I“m not going to astroturf my lawn no matter what Ed Begly does.)
Speaking of green things I really like the fact that people are now getting flyers in the mail from a company selling solar grid-tie systems. The prices aren’t bad for the output ($29k for a 6kw system - 36 panels) but I still can’t afford to do that yet.
We’re doing okay financially but not spectacular. Between gas and other things we spent about $100 or so this weekend. Not good but not bad either.
I picked up some parts to build a replica of the small arc reactor from the Iron Man movie. Radio Shack had some flat-profile white LEDs that look like they’re bright enough and I picked up a bag of glue sticks to melt and hopefully cast around the windings and LEDs. Figured out a very sturdy and easy way to wire the thing too.
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