The Skypeway
I woke up early this morning and took Pixel back to the Animal Rescue League, where they spayed her for free and told me my $50 deposit refund would arrive as a check in my mail in 4-6 weeks. I thought they would just refund the credit card charge, but I guess that would be too easy. Anyway, not having $50 for a month is much better than paying $250 to get her spayed at the vet.
I used a cable tie to attach a webcam to one of my speakers, since it wouldn't quite fit on the top of my LCD monitor, and Arin got to watch me, via Skype, solve the mysteries of spontaneously rebooting servers for a while. I also chatted with my mom and Helen today on Skype, and Helen figured out the Mac software doesn't support video yet. That's a pity, too, because I'm sure she would have liked to see Pixel in all her groggy, post-spay glory.
As for this spontaneously rebooting server issue, it's been going on for a few months now, and after many hours of investigation, I've finally pinned down the cause (hopefully) and decided to do something about it. As a result, I have four computers running in this room right now; all of which are contributing to the effort in some way. Also as a result, there may be infrequent disconnects for services I host here at home. After the server is back on its feet, which will hopefully be tomorrow (today, Wednesday), I'll be able to transfer everything else from Los Angeles and then ask the ship of fools there to send my $1,500 heap of black and red circuit slag back to me. It's a very pretty server; I hope I can find a good use for it here or, at the very least, sell it to a nice, geeky home.
Also, you will notice I have added another blog to my blogroll: Eat. A mother in Pittsburgh and her son in New York post to the blog, and their entries mostly focus on restaurants and food but also contain other bits of information on life in the authors' respective cities. Currently, Leland, the son, is taking bread-making classes, and I really enjoy reading about those. Perhaps I'll try my hand at making bread when the weather cools and I can bear running the oven in my window-ventilated first floor.
I'll try to get some more Pixel pictures up here soon. I know some of you are very interested in seeing them!
Comments
Baking requires recipes. Are you sure you're up for it?
For what it's worth, I think you'd make an excellent baker - even if it did require recipes.
Posted by: Katy | August 23, 2006 09:15 AM
Thanks for telling me about "Eat". I'll check it out. I don't see myself as much of a cook, but I do like to engage in the consumption of culinary delights. Fresh made bread is always delicious.
Posted by: arc | August 24, 2006 04:17 PM