As I stood this morning in the Network Operations Center (NOC) of Autodesk’s Data Center, which felt more like the bridge of the Enterprise than the 24/7 worldwide monitoring station for all Autodesk servers, I glanced at the silent TV screen tuned to the FOX news network (“so that we can monitor world events [that […]
Entries from September 2002
Code Orange at the NOC of the ADC
Tuesday, September 10th, 2002 · Comments Off on Code Orange at the NOC of the ADC
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Exchange, Meet Pine
Monday, September 9th, 2002 · Comments Off on Exchange, Meet Pine
Cool integration of the day: I just successfully added my work Exchange server to my Pine config settings, so now I can seamlessly drag and drop emails or files between an Exchange-based directory and access it via Pine from anywhere. Technology is cool.
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Jen Comes Home
Monday, September 9th, 2002 · Comments Off on Jen Comes Home
My weekend was really good, though I’m a bit tired today. I picked up Jen from airport at 1230 last night. I had some peeps (James, Enoch, Ben, Kat) over Saturday for drinks and movie (Ghost Dog), finished unpacking office, went looking for a second dog (but haven’t yet found one), and even started on […]
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To the Airport
Friday, September 6th, 2002 · Comments Off on To the Airport
Jen and I woke up ass-early this morning at 4:30am so that we could beat East Bay traffic to get Jen to Oakland Airport. She’s off to NY today for a quick trip to go to her friend’s wedding. I’m gonna miss her this weekend. It will be nice to have a relaxing weekend for […]
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Haulin’ That Ass
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2002 · Comments Off on Haulin’ That Ass
Wow. I just learned from this Web site that my WRX has a top speed of nearly 180 MPH! (With computer-control removed, of course. It’s only 140 or so stock.) Vehicle Speed at 7000 rpm redline with WRX 3.9 differentials: 1st gear 3.18 ratio = 41.79 mph 2nd gear 1.94 ratio = 68.51 mph 3rd […]
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