We got 3 new servers this week. G4 HP Proliant box’s. We got one 2U, and 2 1U. They will be for our Biztalk 2004 deployment. We have 1 box for QA and then the other two goto our data center. Jay was building and testing them earlier in the week. Due to issues with our original quote we are way behind schedule. I would like to thank HP for their great process for securing special pricing if you buy in volume. They even admit they have issues with it recently. We hope to finish the build out early next week.
Day: 26 March 2005
Missed Appointments
I was going to meet up with Gus last night for dinner. Then I wasn’t. Then I was, but I ended up canceling. I started getting a migraine (very common recently) around 1 or 2PM Friday so I decided to go home and head off the problem. I left G a VM saying I was out of it and canceling. I feel bad since I never see him anymore. Except of course for going to the Apple store with him on Thursday and then to lunch. That was sudden and unexpected. He finally got a MacMini. I got a Bluetooth USB adapter for my Mini at home. Miguel got an Airport Express for his apartment. Jay and Danny just came along for the trip.
Since we never see Gus much we went to lunch down in SOHO. We found a little italian resteraunt. it was good and cheap, until we all digested it. Then it was not so good:(
I will try to reschedule with the G man sometime next week or so. Seeing him I realize how much things have changed at work recently. It really is a different place to be for me without him. In some ways more stress full, and in others less.
Sprawl Mart
Today I took a trek to Sprawl (Wal)Mart. For this trip we had Jay, Gretchen, & Danny. We all stocked up so much stuff that we had no more room in the truck and danny and I had to hold stuff in the back seat. This was on top of what I couldn’t get with my Freshdirect delivery on Thursday. I went from having no food last week to having a stocked fridge.
Besides a hair cut today I did not much else besides the trip upstate to the walmart. I still haven’t been sleeping so I was up before 9-am today. I met up with jay and gretchen for breakfast before our trip.
I am in the process of trying to clean my place now, but I doubt I will finish up.
PS if you don’t know what I mean by Sprawl Mart, you are not watching enough Simpsons!