Category Archives: personal life

issues with authority

Apparently I take issue with stupid authority too: We just had a power outage. The whole building went dark. Not great if you are the power company. It came up within less than a minute, but since I work in … Continue reading

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feeling stabby

Open office plans are the suck, but they could work if people just had a little respect for their fellow human beings. Blatantly noisy and disrespectful co-workers are the suck. Stab. Stab. Stab.

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Three plus three, terabytes that is.

And thus begins the process of rebuilding a shattered digital life.  

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F.R.A.K.-ed

Michael has tried all his tricks, but the hard drive is totally FRAK-ED. And apparently it’s a known issue. We can send it to the manufacturer and have them recover it; It will only cost $1k. Trying really hard not … Continue reading

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Don’t Panic

External tera-station hard drive failure. Currently in freezer, will try to rescue data tomorrow. Will. Not. Panic. Hard drive contains ALL THE THINGS. WILL. NOT. PANIC

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Holiday Misgivings

Be careful about trying to help out your fellow human: I thought I was helping a guy out who said he really needed an item I had for sale. He contacted me asking if he could trade for anything and … Continue reading

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Wacky dreams!

Yesterday a friend got a great photo of a boreal owl which must have planted of “seed of need” for me to get out and take some pictures into my dreams since I just woke from a wacky dream where … Continue reading

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Cold snap

It’s day four of a -40 degree cold snap. Day one was easy and I worked from home because I didn’t feel like going in and knew the cold was coming so I brought my laptop home. However, it also … Continue reading

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Notes about living in -40.

Not willing to drive to go to work, especially when one can work from home. Also not so inclined to attend music lessons since fingers tend to hurt when it’s this cold. But I’m willing to brave the cold after … Continue reading

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“Just don’t talk politics”

“Just don’t talk politics” — I heard this over the weekend and it hit home how much of a truth it is for me. It’s funny to me how many hobbies I have where I meet so many wonderful people … Continue reading

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