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Entries from May 2008

10 Days till May 40th Fri, May 30. 2008

Here's a list of things:
- $?? 2, 4 or 8GB 266X (or 333X) Compact Flash cards
- $20 Shure Black Foamies (Medium!)
- $30 Timer-Remote
- $30 Aperture 2 Keyboard Skin - when they have one for Aperture 2... which isn't yet.
- $?? Bike/Rollerblading helmet
- $?? Zip-Up Hoodies
- $?? Heavy-Duty cargo pants
- $?? Camera/Lens & Laptop Backpack (suitable for Carry-On)
- $150 Katzeye Focusing Screen (With Optibrite!)
- $300 Canon EOS 40D/30D/20D ACCESSORY KIT (2313B004), Includes Tamrac Bag, BP-511A Battery, BG-E2N Grip (Order at Galaxy)
- $285 Lensbaby 3G Canon EF mount
- $1028 Herman Miller Aeron Chair - Fully Loaded
- $1660 EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM (Rebate)
- Flights to Vancouver/Calgary & San Fran... round-trip, preferably ;-)
- Hotel stay in Vancouver/San Fran when I go this summer
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Doing my Civic Duty - Standing up for what's right. Tue, May 27. 2008

Today's Rally for Network Neutrality was well attended and well covered by the media (even CJOH - which Bell owns!) and there was free WiFi!
Some moments from the rally

There's a private member's bill to be introduced by the NDP, while there's a lot of skepticism surrounding it, it's worth drawing attention to and writing your local representatives at all levels of the government! Remember - Bell Canada is a government funded private corporation that is inhibiting competition from Independent Canadian ISPs - ISPs like Server North!
As a ratepayer, you should be annoyed. As a consumer, you should be irritated. As a friend of mine, you should be furious.
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Happy Birthday Samsam! Mon, May 26. 2008

I can't believe it's been a year... but the wee-one is One!
Samara at One

Happy First Birthday Samara!!!

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Rally for Net Neutrality - May 27th on Parliament Hill Fri, May 23. 2008

If you like choice and performance when it comes to your Internet access, or you just like to support the little-guy... please sneak out early for lunch on Tuesday and join myself and many others on Parliament Hill to rally for net-neutrality.

Don't know what Net Neutrality is? Think double-dipping by telcos wanting to charge extra for access to Google or Facebook... or making them load slower or after showing you ads. Notice how your VPN connection to the office got slower recently? That's thanks to Bell's new DPI from Ellacoya/Arbor. Your BitTorrenting on Rogers just not moving at full speed, even though it's a legitimate download? Enjoy their "bandwidth resource management".

And that's just the beginning. The CRTC doesn't appear to get it, so come help us make sure the message is heard.

Tuesday May 27th, 11:30 - 13:30 on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


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Unexpected Support Thu, May 15. 2008

<Myke> The funniest thing just happened.
<Myke> I'm fiddling with this new RAID chassis right?
<Myke> and as any good sysadmin/security admin does, I check for updated firmware
<Myke> "JetStor SATA 405U serial numbers are not supported by this applet."
<Myke> Alright. It says to call support, so I do
<Myke> Me: I just picked up a 405U, and I'm trying to check for updated firmware - but I can't register thru the site!
<Myke> Support: Is this Server North?
<Myke> Me: !
<Myke> Me: ... Yes...
<PsychoI3oy> haha
<Myke> Support: Yeah - I updated the firmware on it before we shipped it.
<Myke> Me: drr...
<PsychoI3oy> awesome support
<Myke> Support: We always do that
<Myke> Me: That's awesome, but for all I knew, it'd sat on a shelf for three years
<Myke> Support: No no. Always updated.
<Myke> Support: Actually, in 10 years, you're the first person to ask for firmware RIGHT AWAY on a new unit.
<Myke> Me: C'mon
<Myke> Support: Yup, nobody has ever checked right away... ever.
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Tales from the Data-Center: Toilet Humour Sat, May 3. 2008

Backstory: I want to buy some connectivity from someone who has a cabinet proximate to mine in a colocation facility. The floors are made of raised tiles, so you can run cables and other things underneath them...

<Myke> Did you run that cross-connect cable to my cabinet yet?
<Uplink> No, I can't find the floor-tile lifter.
<Myke> You don't have you're own? You know they keep them locked up...
<Uplink> Oh, they do? That's annoying.
<Myke> I do know one way to solve the problem easily enough...
<Uplink> Really? What's that?
<Myke> Well, the lifter tool is just a pair of suction cups, right?
<Uplink> Right
<Myke> Why do you need two? You don't. One would suffice.
<Myke> So where can you get a big suction-cap?
<Uplink> Uhm, where?
<Myke> Just go to the nearest janitor's cart - surely he'll have a plunger--
<Uplink> Oh God
<Myke> -- Just make sure it's clean
<Uplink> EW!!!
<Myke> You don't want to be leaving little s**t-rings everywhere
<Uplink> UHG. THAT'S DISGUSTING
<Myke> But Effective!

... I'm still waiting for the cable to be run...
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