Congrats to Mike Miller, who has exchanged his duties as Treasurer of the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation for the Vice Presidency!
Sorry for the lack of updates, but I’m swamped at work and spending my free net minutes working on the new website for the Terminal. It should be ready in a couple weeks!
Our Christmas season is always very busy and this year was no exception. We spent time with family or friends almost every day since December 23rd. Interestingly though, I feel much more relaxed and rejuvinated than after most vacations, and I can’t really pinpoint what made this one different. Maybe it’s the fact that I…
I love cool water displays, like the fountains at the old Kahunaville. Someday I hope to grovel at the base of the Bellagio. So, naturally, I drooled a little when I saw this video clip about a specially designed waterfall that can scroll text and shapes. Alan’s probably going to get to see it in…
Three weeks in a row, three great events! Thanks to all the volunteers who helped out to make Oktoberfest run smoothly this year. And, of course, thanks to all the bloggers for unplugging for awhile and coming out to have some fun! Great seeing you all again!
After my weekend in front of the computer, I’ve been trying to stay away as much as possible. But I’m sure some of the Lotus readers are interested in an update… so… after three days in operation there have been no reported issues! One of my placetypes ended up with a couple conflict docs again,…
… when it’s 90 degrees outside, 85 degrees inside, no air conditioning, and noisy as hell because there are concrete contractors running around your yard digging, filling, hammering, and pouring concrete for the new patio and sidewalks. To make it worse, I had to close all the windows so the color powder doesn’t blow inside…
Wow, some of these tasks take forever to run. Our server has somewhere around 260 places and 18 gigs of data. It took three hours to run “upgrade -server” and 9.5 hours to run “upgrade -a”. I’m on to “register -install -a” now, but like most of the process I start a task running, leave,…
Thanks Derek!