Managed to design, configure, test, and implement a cross-WAN multi-backup, caching, and cross-site mirror and data transfer setup for the current employer ( Read more... )

faithinfire is struck by the realisation that hey, wait, thinking that you've wasted your life up to now may not be entirely all that accurate, y'know?

(Also, there are half-naked wrestlers in the thread. But I know you're clicking that link for purely academic purposesSo, what have you done in your life that's awesome, either from your point of view or ( Read more... )

While I don't like to crow "Told you so!"...

Oh, wait. Yes I do.In other news, my great-aunt (b.1917) passed on this morning after ten years of increasing decline. She was the last of her generation on my mother's side of the family ( Read more... )

Nothing quite like tinkering with something out of the ordinary - for me, anyway ( Read more... )

Putting another shelf in the rack and loading it up with Transformers, I realised that I could actually start making a count of my collection for the first time ever ( Read more... )

At the last singing class, the teacher asked me to bring the chords or music for something I wanted to sing next week. I decided on _Hope Eyrie_, as I've thought for a long time that it would be kind of cool to really belt that out while getting some professional feedback on whether I can actually hit the right notes ( Read more... )

Just got back from the latest round of sleep-specialist yakkity. Basically, the data says what I expected it to say (it takes me 10 hours to get 8 hours' sleep), the recommendation is for what I was wanting (CPAP machine), and my own approach in the meantime means that I've already gained a couple of percentage points over where I was back in ( Read more... )

Got an offer from Wesfarmers for $55K a year, which would be more than I'd ever made previously - in pure cash terms, anyway. I'm giving it a cautious thumbs up, at least to see what they have to say. It's not a huge amount more than what I'm making at the moment, but it does have that psychological 'beat your previous record' aspect to it.

( Pros, cons and musing )

( Running like a MAD thing! )

Gyah, where to start ( Read more... )