The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey June 16, 2016

16 June 2016

Friday last, while at the office, I patched and rebooted the server this site and others runs on. That's not totally uncommon: unlike most of the servers I manage for work purposes, I had no remote console access to my server. And since $FIRM kindly gives me power and pipe for this place, that's just fine. Sadly, upon reboot, I waited ... and waited, and finally went into the data center and connected the crash cart to the system. Um, kernel panics and NMI (non-maskable interrupts) all over the screen - it appears I had a hardware problem. Finally the…

Brian Bilbrey June 12, 2016

12 June 2016

My heart goes out to all affected by the terrorist attack in Orlando. * * * Four days ago it was 47° F on my drive in, before 7 AM. This morning before 7 AM, it was 30 degrees warmer than that, and consequently a lot warmer today. Still, I got a few chores done. There wasn't a need to mow this weekend - we'd had no rain in the last week, and so the lawns pretty much stopped growing. I got some weeding done in the garden beds. And today I got the front automated watering setup working, and…

Brian Bilbrey June 9, 2016

9 June 2016

The weather has cooled dramatically, after a day of wind and a spot of rain yesterday. This morning it was 47° F during my drive in. Busy week, what with chores and a CALUG (Columbia-Area Linux Users Group) meeting last night. The speaker was Eddie Roache, on the topic of Docker. That's something I know very little about, which makes it fun! Now all I have to do is find time and resources to play with it... Exercise: Monday - 60 sit-ups, 40 squats, 24 push-ups, assorted stretches, and 6150 strides on the elliptical in 46 minutes. Tuesday - 48…

Brian Bilbrey June 5, 2016

5 June 2016

On the exercise front: Monday - Holiday. Tuesday - 75 sit-ups, 50 squats, 30 push-ups, assorted stretches, and 5100 strides on the elliptical in 38 minutes. Wednesday - 45 sit-ups, 30 squats, 18 push-ups, assorted stretches, and 6060 strides on the elliptical in 45 minutes. Thursday - 60 sit-ups, 40 squats, 24 push-ups, assorted stretches, and 6130 strides on the elliptical in 45 minutes. Friday - My back was wonky from a new addition to the "assorted stretches", so I took the day off. I didn't even get up to 10K steps (but close-ish at 8900). Saturday and Today -…

Brian Bilbrey May 29, 2016

29 May 2016

Exercise this weekend was due entirely to yard work. The Fitbit reports that I managed nearly 32,000 steps in the two days, and based on activity, gave me nearly an hour of heart rate + activity actual exercise time each day. So that counts. The garden itself has really appreciated a week of sun and warmer temperatures. I lost a couple of squashes and all of the cantaloupe to the month of rain and lower-than-normal temperatures. The cantaloupe I replaced today, but here's a snap from yesterday afternoon: The tomatoes have gained a lot of ground in the last week…