Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

I had a quite nice day today, although I didn't get any of the work done that I was supposed to do today (although at least I did get ModBlog updated). Just played! Yesterday Jon put in the new BME server, and we're slowly moving bits over to it and testing them. So far ModBlog and BME/video have been moved. BME is next, but because it's so big and under so much load, we'll have to take the site down for a couple hours at least to do that.

“Improving Fucking Since 1994″

So yeah, there might be some disappearance of the site over the weekend, but we'll be able to post a notice on the front page explaining what's going on (and you'll be rewarded with an update when it returns). This doesn't affect IAM. Let's see… Also yesterday I tried to put together a roller-coaster model that Rachel got me, but this is as far as I got… the instructions don't match the pieces that are in the kit, so I haven't decided yet whether I'm giving up for now because it's too stressful building broken things.

But I think it's part of the fun… Time to get out the duct tape!

Phil and Nefarious and I went out to pick up some DVD movies I'd left with Badur before moving to Mexico, and then off to pick up some paint… I spend far, far more than I should have restocking my supplies, but I should be good for the next few. Maybe I should consider selling a few paintings to pay for the supplies… They really add up fast.

Anyway, to add a bit to the financial stress, and on the back home the current BME server croaked under the excessive load, so we headed down to the colo to reset things… It wasn't much more than pushing a power button, but I think I need something to relax me.

Oh wait, that's not as exciting as it first sounded.

Saira and Michael [update: and Badur and Tally] have just come over for a night of green beer (no joke, we really got food coloring) so I'm signing off for the evening I suppose. Oh, while we were picking up dinner supplies, we also grabbed a few new MegaBlocks… this thing took forever to put together.

But it's possible that while I'm pretty smart for a thirty-two year old, I'm kind of dumb for age eight.