The iPod Pico
September 11, 2007 3:36pm
Sorry about that last post. I apparently haven’t beer posted in a while.
Anyways, I just read about a potential breakthrough in hard disk storage technology that could bump up the amount of data you can store on a chip or drive by a factor of 100. That’s pretty serious. This would mean faster data access times, significantly lower power usage, lower heat output, and I assume a smaller form factor.
That’ll be the next iPod I buy, a couple of years down the road (assuming that they are still around).
The Need for Repetition
September 11, 2007 1:16am
So, forget about hanging out with part of the family, both old and new, tonight.
My friend Kat was trying to relay some bit of information to me tonight, and I apparently kept interrupting her about a name/idea for derby that I had come up with. She called me out on it.
In the short amount of time it took me to ride from that bar to my house, I reflected on said calling out.
I think that my users at work don’t realize what I (we) as admins go through on a daily basis to keep them up and running. I’m not just talking about the backup routines and systems I have set up to make sure we are hurricane-proof; I’m talking about regular day to day stuff.
Yesterday morning, I updated / upgraded a number of software packages that ended up severely breaking some significant processes already in place. I ended up going to sleep at quite a late hour (at 3am the next day), finally convinced that all was right in our little world.
I’m not really going to bitch and moan here about what a thankless job that sysadmins (can) do – instead I’ll just suggest that you randomly go up to your admin and thank them.
At the end of the day, is it really so bad to have an admin on your side?
That’s what I thought.
So, long story short, we admins have our few creative moments. Let us bask in them, as they are limited.
