Storage Systems

Whenever you begin an email address at a new job or even when you take up a new position; whenever you get a new computer or media storage device, there is always the problem of how to divide up storage.

I'm not sure what the rest of the world would say, they may have their own beliefs regarding this and I know that I have seen a great number of people who simply do not care about this, but it is a problem I face.

When you setup a storage medium, you create a number of categories and sub-categories. From action items to junk emails and from cinema to music. But what happens when your job development changes or when you start to have musical genres that blur the lines? Do you create a new categorisation and layout format and move it all over? If so, do you just drag from the current categories (perhaps missing some important parts that fit in new sections) or do you put it all in a "temp" folder and move from there (incredibly time wasting)? Or do you just try and fit new categories into the old and deal with any exceptions as you find them (possibly creating some integrity issues when you search for things later)?

I usually try and keep to the same categories for as long as possible, occasionally creating new ones and hoping not to lose integrity as I go. However after a certain period of time (usually when I transfer all content to a new storage device) I will try and do a full scale reconfigure.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady

Falling down.

I keep thinking I'm losing it. Started with mild audio-visual hallucinations during the week and as time progressed, I kept having difficulties concentrating. I was getting waves of paranoia and fear and started feeling like something was chasing me, hounding at me every waking moment. Demons at the corner of my eyes, screaming at me.

By Friday during work I was having difficulties in conversation, losing words and replying with things that belonged in entirely different conversations. I feel like something is breaking apart my mental bonds and trying to break me.

The weekend has just made it worse so far. I've realised that at least one of the demons is myself. Yelling at me for my failures, for my transgressions. Yelling at me for every shortcoming I have. The worst part is that it isn't a new thing. This mental apparition has followed me around for so many years and has always had so much to berate me for.

I can't even hold you properly now, I'm sorry.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady

Wake On LAN

So it appears when I woke up today I may have railed two lines of Fucking Retarded. Last night I spent ages learning how to use the CLI-based operating system on my server. It's now able to work as a web server with a shared main drive so I can load pages onto it remotely.

However I turned it off last night (I don't like it staying on at night because it's not energy-friendly and it's an ancient obsolete desktop from work that makes a sneezing sound after long operation) and forgot to turn it on in the morning before I left to test out some programs.

Thankfully I remembered I activated Wake-On-LAN so using one of the ports that the router currently forwards to it, I should be able to remotely turn it on. All I needed was the MAC address of the server. Thankfully that was on the web page I set up last night on some member webspace my ISP provided!

Except I changed that page last night because I need it there so I put in on the web server. Which is off.

Head, meet desk.

Thankfully home is 5 minutes away; I just wanted to be lazier then normal but alas, was not meant to be.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady

EDIT: Brute force is out of the question. Worst case scenario would be 274,941,996,890,625 tries (255^8 possible MAC combinations). Obviously the best case scenario is much nicer given that the first three octets are the manufacturer label and three would be a smaller number of them, but I'm going to just try and grab the MAC manually when I'm home.

UPDATE:
Turns out I'm actually limited by the modem not allowing subnet directed broadcasts. Better luck next time.

Clubbing

Was out at the Rise tonight for the Ourstyle event. Enjoyable night, great music, great company. One of the highlights was this chubby, Asian prostitute wearing a skirt that was entirely inappropriate (not for the occasion but for her in general). Wes, Seb and I discovered it averaged out to 13.5seconds between adjusts of her skirt because of how much it rode up.

*sigh*

I think I need sleep. My liver needs a break.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady

General Update

Well, uni is over for the semester and I'm spending a number of my days at the office instead. It's a ncie environment and slightly more conducive to a good work ethic then sitting at home in my underwear and playing Call Of Duty 6.

The new house is really awesome as well, pretty much all setup (we just need to get some desks to set up the computers/consoles/TVs.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady

Move 3.0

Finally motherfucking internet.

Ironically enough, I'm not posting from my new ADSL connection, I'm at uni, about to commence my MATH1050 exam. No matter how I go, it's a case of doing it (need 27% to pass the unit), going home, smoking my victory cigar and chowing down on my beef jerky and XXXTra Hot Peri Sauce.

Still waiting for my ISP to put me on to the ADSL2+ line profile, I'm connected to their equipment (I can tell this from my sync rates and having seen a lot of connections in my time), they're just tring to see how long they can string me on an ADSL profile.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady

Move 2.0

Alright, this post is considered more up-to-date.

I've been getting wireless internet access by walking down to park with the huge TV screen accross from Rise. Decent speeds from a Vivid Wireless hotspot. This is how I'm able to post and do work, so my job now consists of wandering down the road and sitting on a bench with my laptop, alongside countless other people who seem to be either backpackers or uni students or both.

The move is coming along pretty swimmingly as well, we now have a couch, fridge, washing machine, bar fridge, two beds, two bedside tables and some food. We also have Daniel's Xbox 360 connected to his large LCD screen, my computer with the 5.1 surround and my 26" LCD screen (1920x1200 FTW) and Jaynnie's PS3 on my 19" LCD monitor/TV thingy. We're pretty much set. I signed up to iiNet on Friday, so we'll hopefully have internet access mid-week, which will be great for both of us.

The convenience of the place still blows my mind, I've been out to Rise both Friday and Saturday, it's great when it's a 2 minute walk.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady

Move

PREAMBLE:
This was written on Thursday, 03/06/10. It is now out of date.

POST:
OH. MY. GOD.

Yeah, yeah, I know, long time, no update.

there has been some cool changes! Daniel and I now have a house in Northbridge, a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 storey rental townhouse. It's fucking wicked.

We've already sort of settled in, we currently lack a lot of furniture (no washing machine, no fridge, no real beds). But we do have a sweet monitor/5.1 surround sound setup and a microwave, so we're nearly there. I think today will involve getting a new modem and some cleaning products. We'll probably sign up to the net as well, bring us one step closer to the completed house.

I'm really glad about this move, I think it's a new step in my life towards independance that I've needed for some time. The fact that within pissing distance there is a Dominos, Nandos, 2 bottleshops and the countless bars and nightclubs that make up Northbridge is just a bonus.

However currently the lack of internet connection is a bit of a bummer, hopefully we can set that up soon.

Peace out ya'll.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady