Slip

I think I should probably warn those friends of mine who do read this. If I seem a lot more distant or unwilling to go out in recent times or coming times, it's not because I don't care. I think I'm slipping a bit at the moment and naturally try to isolate myself a bit more.

Honestly though, seeing you all still brings a smile to my face. There is that core group of people out there that do make me smile like a dopey bastard when I think about how lucky I am to know them.

But never to be one for too much negativity, I'd like to point out that at least I'm catching up on my uniwork/housework/workwork/video games.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady

Today

Ten things I have learnt today in just as many minutes:

1. NIC ports have two separate lights, but do not expect the light patterns to be the same accross different network cards
2. Don't mix 100BaseTX cables with 1000BaseTX cables
3. Don't assume network congestion is "probably just a coincidence that will resolve itself"
4. Create a syslog server so you can review the logs when your storage server goes down
5. Don't screw around with a storage server mid 100GB inter-OS transfer
6. Samba (while amazing) doesn't like NTFS
7. NTFS doesn't like Samba
8. Ethernet cable is generally blue or grey
9. Further to point 8, label all cables and switch port
10. Prior Preparation & Planning Prevent Piss Poor Performance (7 P's)
    

Regards,
Adam O'Grady

HXC

I'm such a drunkard, I blog from pubs.

I'm down at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow, online using my flatmates Westnet Mobile Broadband connection. Decent speeds, secure connection, easy UI, I like it. Nice beer, nice wedges as well.

The biggest question is probably regarding why I'm at a pub on my laptop. Simple answer? I bloody well wanted to. I have some uni work to do and wanted to do it in the pub atmosphere (reminiscent of UWA Tav) with some food and one or two pints. I'm not getting 'trashed', I don't like to. But this is quite comfortable and free from more distraction than home since I'm here alone.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady

General Update

Well, it's official, I'm out of my teens. Into my third decade.

It's been really great so far.

Spent some quality time and had some great chats with great friends, both new and old.

Thank you to my Mum and Dad for spawning me.
Thank you to all my friends, family and acquaintances for such a great life.

Regards,
Adam O'Grady

It's really just not worth trying to be friendly to people.

Damn my lack of social skills.