…freeing 2GB on a waaaaaay-too-cramped primary partition to bring the amount of free space from 17% to 38%.
Month: February 2006
An assload of pictures
It needed to be done. I have finally gone through all the pictures on my website and did a good clean up. I needed to, because I was out of space. My server quota is 500MB and it was full. Madness. I resized a bunch of pictures and it's now down to a manageable 370MB, which is still nuts but less so.
I added a bun of new albums, including the ones for pictures from Montreal before xmas and pictures from Christmas 2005.
A few of those are just sooo funny :)
Housing update
Katy and I went to see the Hinxton place again, and though it does need a bit of TLC, it has the potential to be a very nice place. We're encouraged by the fact that the walls are full of holes because that means that we can finally put up pictures and such. The agent is ok with us painting the apartment, as long as it's not anything garish. I've already asked to have a few days off so that I can start the DIY when we get the keys on March 1st.
I think we scared the agent today though because we took full measurements of everything. And I do mean everything. We're going to make scale diagrams of the rooms and see where and how our furniture can fit. Fun Fun Fun!
Nothing says Monday like…
… having to run to catch the work shuttle and arriving at your desk to notice that the webservers have melted down.
And I haven't even finished my first cup of coffee.
Update on the housing situation
The Katygirl and I have started packing boxes for our impending move. We're meeting the agent on tuesday to get the last paperwork that needs to be done for the house in Hinxton. Apparently, it's owned by the Wellcome Trust (who also own the campus where the EBI and the Sanger Center sit on), so they're happy that campus people will be renting the house. We're one final credit check before signing the last of the contract. Things are progressing in a positive direction and barring any unforseen trouble, we should be able to get the keys for March 1st. After that, it's a question of doing some cleaning and painting and we're set to move.
As part of the packing process, we've been putting stuff aside to go back to Leicester and to go to a charity shop. We're already up to 2 boxes of charity stuff, mostly old clothing and bedding that hasn't been used in forever. We're also starting to take stuff off the walls. The place is looking a bit barren now. We even packed away the fridge magnets, which turned out to be more of a chore than expected. I don't know what's wrong with that fridge, but damnit, some of the magnet backs had melted and bonded to the fridge door. I mean, WTF?
On a completely unrelated note, the landlords have paid a visit to our upstairs neighbours. We both would have loved to be little bugs on the walls for that meeting :) I know it's bad karma, but still. We noticed coming back from town yesterday that they've nailed stuff to the walls, which is a serious no-no here. I wonder what sort of hell will break loose. In the meantime, they're still well on their way to drive us nuts. Katy thinks they're taking the mickey, because nobody needs to walk or talk that loudly. Buttmonkeys.
I've make bagels this weekend, as well as a shrimp and chicken curry, and I'm making another maple syrup glazed ham tonight. The usual :)
Proxies, Adapters and Flyweights, oh my
Dear brain.
I'm sorry I put you through the last 2.5 days. Although I'm glad I managed to get a last-minute spot in the java design pattern training course, I didn't expect to see this much material this quickly and I apologize for dumping all this stuff on you at such short notice. I completely understand your sudden desire to shut down to prevent circuit overload. If you can wait just another hour, it's going to be the weekend and we can relax with an assload of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Thank you,
me.
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Good news, bad news
Good news: we got a ton of good boxes for cheap. A coworker sold us 40 moving boxes of various sizes for £40.
Bad news: Still no news about the flat.
Good news: Somebody had to cancel at the last minute so I get to go to a 2.5 day java design patter course at work.
Bad news: I bit the inside of my mouth while eating lunch. Again.
Really not into it today
Had a rough evening yesterday and a not-so-restful night last night. My back's acting up and I'm feeling really tired today. I slept through 3 snoozes on the alarm this morning. Not good.
With the impending move and all the things that need to happen in the following weeks, I foresee more of the same. Not good.
I'll be glad when things settle down.
I'm getting better at this exercise stuff
Good news: I did a 5K rowing session while lowering my 500m split to 2:30.1 without going over my max heart rate. This makes me happy.
Bad news: because of an incident last weekend involving Katy, the bed, and shortly after, the floor, my back is letting its feelings known. Apparently, it's displeased with me and telling me that loud and clear.