Jeffrey T Eaton
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07:39 pm
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apple++ sun--
A few months ago, we got a used G5 iMac. It had some relatively minor video issues where sometimes it would corrupt parts of the display. It was annoying, but not unbearable. Since the machine still had a few months of AppleCare left on it, I figured it was worth the effort to try to get it fixed.
I took it in to the local Apple retail store, who happily replaced the logic board. We got it back a few days later, and a week or so later, the problem happened again. I took it back to the store, they replaced the system board again, and additionally the fan controller. We got it back, and it continued having video distortion, this time worse than before. Plus, now the built in iSight didn't work. Back to the store for repair #3. Once again they replaced the system board, and this time also replaced the LCD panel. Once again, the problem came back after a week.
By now, AppleCare expired, and they were only continuing to fix it because it was a continuation of a pre-existing problem. I went in to the store today ready to argue for a replacement machine, or at least a nice credit towards a new machine. Without even having to ask, the Genius bar guy offered me a brand new iMac.
I opted to pay for AppleCare on this one. I figure the machine was free, I can pay for the $130 for AppleCare, and it may get me another new machine in 3 years :-).
Also this weekend, we had a server crash hard at work. Sun E2900 or something. Of course, it's out of the Sun warranty, but we have a service contract with a 3rd party vendor for it. They came out this morning and replaced the system board. Various people worked and got it back up around noon. Sometime shortly before 1pm it started throwing lots of memory errors, then around 6pm it crashed hard.
I doubt we will get a new server for free from Sun, though.
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11:41 am
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pokerstars blogger tournament
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08:55 pm
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RIP
Thomas Kneff "Dink" Ayres. He will be missed.
Current Mood:  sad
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06:03 pm
[Link] | woo iphone!
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08:59 pm
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PokerStars Blogger Tournament
 I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers. Registration code: 5061000
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11:47 pm
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arr
I have nothing to say. I just wanted to make a post with my pirate monkey robot icon on Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Yarr.
Current Mood: piratical
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09:56 pm
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the name is now official
My boat is now offically named "Homer Jay"
I think it looks much better without the ugly Sylvan Super Sportster logo and with the name instead. And yes, that is the font from the Simpsons (in the style Matt Groening's handwriting). If you ever need vinyl lettering, I highly recommend Stickerz.com. They were happy to make the lettering for me in my chosen font, and shipped it to me in no time at all.
Current Location: home
Current Mood: boaty
Current Music: star trek tng theme
Tags: homer jay
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11:34 am
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SS Homer Jay
A better picture of the Homer Jay, on her maiden voyage.
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Tags: homerjay
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07:45 pm
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The naming
Today we picked up our boat. After a small mishap*, we were able to take her for a quick spin around Conneaut Lake, and returned safely home.
Said mishap may have occured because she was prematurely renamed, and, as legend goes, a ship may not be renamed without first appropriately de-naming her or bad fortune will follow. Since I am not one to question legend, particularly in light of what happened on her maiden voyage, once she was safely at home in my yard, I thanked Neptune (God of the Sea) and asked him to remove any prior name which had been given to her.
Connie then had the privledge of Christening her (since Queen Elizabeth wasn't available) with a bottle of Dortmunder Ale (since we had no Champagne, and beer is more appropriate in this case anyway)....
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Current Location: onboard
Current Mood:  happy
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08:53 pm
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SubEthaEdit neat promotion
The people over at macZOT! are running a neat promotion.
It's called BLOGZOT 2.0 on MacZOT.com. Everytime someone mentions the promotion in a blog, they will discount the price of a license for SubEthaEdit from CodingMonkeys by $0.05. By doing this, MacZOT and TheCodingMonkeys will award $105,000 in Mac software to the Macintosh community at large.
It's an interesting way to get some attention, and a fine editor to boot.
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10:19 pm
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new toy
As ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) thwomp just posted, I bought myself a present today.
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Current Mood: happy
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02:22 am
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psp
how silly
i am posting this from my psp
annoying to type on here though
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11:57 am
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of course i am
( Serenity Quiz )
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08:27 pm
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weekend
Boy, I'm tired.
This weekend, instead of going to the lake like we originally planned, we decided to just stay home instead. Connie had a Body Shop party on Friday, the weather was supposed to be crappy, the seadoo is still broken, and the lake house was going to be crowded - all that combined convinced us to stay home.
So, I decided to do a bunch of the little projects I had been putting off. So far this weekend, I:
- cleaned up the deck and set the whisky barrel up and installed the fountain pump in it
- put up the trim around the basement bathroom ceiling, covering up the edge of the tile board
- hooked up the outlets in the laundry room that I started to wire up in January
- put an epoxy coating on the basement shower stall floor, thus finishing the patch job I had to do from when I dropped the exhaust fan and put a hole in the fiberglass shower floor
- put up 3 sheets of drywall on the laundry room side of the basement bathroom wall
- put up 1 sheet of tileboard next to the laundry tubs over said drywall
- put a hole in my house with a sledgehammer, then installed an exhaust vent (connected to the basement bathroom exhaust fan) in the hole and patched around the exhaust vent with mortar
- ordered the bricks for our driveway retaining wall
- started removing the bricks around the kidney bed flowerbeds so the robomower doesnt get stuck on them and i don't have to use the weed-wacker around them
- cut the grass (well, the robomower did)
Left to do:
- clean up the mess left behind by the previous jobs
- trim down basement bathroom door
- stain door
- hang door
- spackle drywall in laundry room
- paint laundry room
- install permanent outlet for whisky barrel fountain
- a million other things...
Yea, I'm tired. At least I still have tomorrow to relax or something.
Current Mood:  tired
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08:49 pm
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Please me have no regrets
Phish is no more.
I didn't want to miss my last chance to go on Phish tour, so when they announced their impending breakup, I immediately purchased tickets for the last few shows. The final "regular" show in Camden, NJ, and the final festival in Coventry, VT.
( Here is my story of the final Phish tour )
Was it worth it? Absolutely. Would I do it all again? No question.
Current Mood: sad that it's over
Current Music: Phish, in my head
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06:16 am
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do over
can we restart 2004 from the beginning please?
Current Mood: sad (again)
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06:16 pm
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Wallace G. Eaton, June 5 1924 - March 20 2004
Wallace G. Eaton
Springdale
Wallace Grant "Wally" Eaton, 79, of Springdale, died Saturday (March 20, 2004) at The Willows of Presbyterian SeniorCare, Oakmont.
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Current Mood: sad
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03:54 pm
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Aloha!
Woo! Hawaii! Today, phase 2 of the vacation - cruise day. Yay!
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08:04 pm
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more hopeful career options
Today, I had conversations with both my boss and my sometimes-boss about a variety of things, including both office space and the future of my career in Computing Services. As it turns out, neither is quite as bleak as I had assumed.
As far as office space, there are enough justifiable reasons for me to stay where I am and not move to what I consider to be a lesser space. Since I'm not currently a part of the team which may be moving into the great windowless void, there's less reason for me to move in with them.
As far as my future career goes, there appear to be some potentially interesting projects coming available in the near future. I need to take some time and consider what parts of my job I like, what parts I hate, and what parts I just tolerate, but I am at least hopeful that there are jobs available that I want to do.
I'm still going to consider my options outside of Computing Services and CMU, but perhaps not as urgently as I thought last night. Both of my bosses seem interested in keeping me around and making sure that I have enough opportunities to keep me interested.
Of course, if someone dangles a suitcase full of cash in front of me, and offers me interesting work with good chances of future opportunities, I'd likely take it with barely a second thought.
I'm just saying.
Current Mood:  contemplative
Current Music: light rain outside
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04:06 pm
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Job unhappiness
As time goes on, I become more and more discontent at my job. My current projects don't interest me anymore, nor do any of the projects around me that I could move toward. I might end up moving offices, and losing my window in the process and getting nothing in return except for the warm fuzzy feeling of 'keeping the team together' or some such crap. I'm not even really a member of the 'team'.
I passed up the chance at a private windowless office not long ago, because I decided that I would rather have an officemate than no window. Now, it looks like I'm going to have no window and an officemate.
I think it's time that I start more actively pursuing a new job, instead of the passive approach I've been taking. I've applied for a few jobs here and there, but I haven't really done anything in the way of follow-up.
Current Mood: discontent
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