Tao of Schuh

• Almost done with home projects. Home-Improvement-Box-Store trip count is currently 2.5. (3rd trip was for defective part… so .5 there) #
• Home projects complete. Added outside motion lights and a new 20-amp circuit with three outlet drops in the garage. Relaxing now. #
• Good news — looks like band has our first gig. Details once they’re confirmed. #
• Looking into Covad outage in SoCal that’s affecting VPN connectivity to California warehouse. #
• Going old-school networking today. Setting up Modem for Nagios TAP Paging Alerts. #geek #
• Herding cats. #
• Setting bass-ment up for band practice. Auditioning new guitarist and getting ready for gig next week. #

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• RT protests will be held across the world calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi details – http://bit.ly/ToOum #burma #aungsansuukyi #
• Having dinner. Then going to get ready to head over to Walkers in GSO tonight for open-mic at 9pm. #
• Had to give someone bad news tonight. Hopefully they’ll get through it quickly and be better for it. #
• Watching Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same. #
• Playing ‘Pimp my server’ today. Putting together a replacement parts list to max out a Dell PowerEdge 2950 for VMWare ESXi. #geek #
• Lunch time — trying “Beef Burger” in GSO #
• Working on home improvements/repairs this weekend. Anticipate several Home-Improvement-Box-Store trips before this is all over. #

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• Hypnotic yooouuutuuube.com — http://bit.ly/Jw6YQ #
• Setting up nconf for Nagios configuration mgmt. #
• Heading home — have another date with Nancy tonight — plan to have dinner and see Star Trek. #
• Setting up ‘check_oracle_health’ in Nagios. Plan to monitor Oracle database and get some stats graphing in Cacti. #
• Updating OS X to 10.5.7 on the MBP #
• Taking a very close look at the Akai APC40 Ableton Live controller. There’s just something about having all those buttons to work with… #
• @heatherdedona First time buyers or any buyers? in reply to heatherdedona #
• Planning to head out to Foothills Brewing tonight in W-S for some live music. #
• Sending a note to the UN requesting they work to secure the release of Aung San Suu Kyi – http://bit.ly/P3zFu #
• RT @CTerry1985: Follow @burmacampaignuk NOW. The fact that more is not done about this regime is a stain on the conscience of the world. #
• Wish I had an option for local telco service _other_ than Embarq. Less than three days with them, and already have problems. #
• Wondering why the new, 3-day-old telco line from Embarq is getting telemarketing calls (>7 today), when we have never given the # out. #
• Meh — not happy with Embarq. Nothing but trouble. #
• @EMBARQ_Joey It’s been so long since I’ve had non-voip service, I forgot why I left pots in the first place. Thanks for the help though. in reply to EMBARQ_Joey #
• Working in the studio with Ableton on some trance rhythms. #
• Setting up new data collectors/input methods for Cacti installation. More graphs for network and systems analysis coming soon! :geek #
• Listening to #coldplay free download album — http://lrlrl.coldplay.com/leftright.html #
• Excellent news! #Dollhouse gets 2nd season — http://bit.ly/sMjPL #
• Feeling creative. Heading down to the bass-ment for some studio time. #

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• Doing some Linux Kernel tuning to improve system application (Oracle) performance. So far, so good. #
• Happy Cinco de Mayo! .99 Taco Tuesday at Rio Grande, Greensboro. #
• Setting up new hosts in Nagios config. Background music: Kings Of Leon (thanks Jackie) #
• Waiting for quarterly IT review meeting to start. #
• Set up Wax Mojo Twitter account. http://twitter.com/waxmojo #
• Updating to MacFamilyTree 5.5. So far it seems to be handling the tree pretty well. Currently have 11931 records. #
• Googling my oldest ancestors (c. 600 CE) — found some information that once authenticated, will let me trace my family tree to c. 300 CE. #
• Hmmm. Noted a marked increase in headhunter calls this week. Economy turning around? #
• Ordering non-voip phone svc for fostering. Reqs it work with no power. Need a multiline phone to use with Vonage as well as new line. #
• Getting ready for the weekend. Will be driving all over the state. First stop, Asheville. #
• Watching Dollhouse season _1_ finale. Dear Fox… Please make a _2_! #
• Just finished watching season finale of Dollhouse — great show! #
• Had a great day! Looking forward to the rest of the weekend — if the grass will just stay short for a few more days, that’s all… #
• Charlotte, NC band ‘Simplified’ made the top 10 in the Fender Road Worthy competition. http://www.getroadworn.com #
• Phase one (Appalachian Asheville Attack) of weekend tour is now complete. Packing up for Phase Two: Assault on Greensboro. #
• Watching X-Men Wolverine w/ Nancy #
• Heading down to Pinehurst for the day #

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• Installing FreeBSD 7.1 (sparc) on an Sun Ultra-30 #
• What to watch tonight? The Stand, Outbreak, 28 Days, or CNN… scary. #
• Setting up new servers for monitoring with Nagios. #
• Watching e-symposium on Protecting Windows Infrastructure #
• Just learned my brother is being relocated to China for a few years for his job; excited for him and hope to be able to visit him sometime. #
• Setting up tnsping plugin for Smokeping to monitor Oracle listener response times. #
• Workin’ on a funky bass riff in the studio. Need to come up with a lead part to go with it. #
• Drum mic clip cracked. Emailing support at SamsonTech to see what it will take to get a replacement. #
• Yard work done. Relaxing and watching Dollhouse. #
• Back in the studio for the evening. #

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