Author: djuggler

Blades is a concept SME Server (mitel e-smith) uses to allow easy additions of upgrades or software to the server. It is very much like Windows Update. I found this note on SME Server 5.6 release notes:

Blades

* The Blades web panel has been removed from the server manager as we have chosen to focus all blades-related development on our commercially supported products. Updates to this developer release will continue to be made available as downloadable RPMs as they were prior to the introduction of the blades interface. Commercial customers will continue to be able to download both updates and additional applications as software blades..

Good Woot today! Sold out in 39 minutes profitting Woot $23,992. Wouldn’t that be nice?!

Today’s item quantity: 800
Last Order time: 12:39 AM Central Time
Woot Member to blame: jaykid007
Order Pace: 0m 3.317s
Woot Wage: $36,160.11 an hour

It took all stinkin’ day. Brought me bear the point of tears. But I got version 6.01 of e-smith server (now SME Server) installed and running. Normally this would take less than 2 hours but I was having hardware issues. What a pain!

It set me unbelieveablly behind in my work but conceptually this greatly speed up my development efforts.

Point of interest. The linux server which I do all my php development (the one with the harddrive that is finally dying) only has 40MB ram, a 1.6gb harddrive and is lightning fast! The new server, a 10gb harddrive and 64MB ram. I don’t know the processor on either offhand but they are vintage.

Accident in front of red cross office

Nothing in this town before 10 am!

332 KB/s! I thought we were supposed to be doing better than that but I’m not complaining. I recall the days of 4KB/s all too well.

Today’s first task: build a new linux development server. Somehow work on two clients at once all day.

Amy (3): I’m ready for my noodles (lasagna) now and I promise not to throw them.

Finale

Great visit with the folks. Much conversation and many good eats were had by all. The kids were on exceptional behavior! The dog was obnoxious.

Dismantled a Dell Inspiron 700m and cleaned coffee from its innards. That’s a well built machine! Returned cleaned machine to client.

Went to Bilo and was an embarassment to my wife.

Time to cook dinner.

Act X – Clean self

Performance over. Guests arriving.

Encore complete.

Next performance: clean self.

On the playbook but with possible cancellations: bathe the dogs, rake the yard, clean up the driveway, cut the grass (implies preshow of fix the mower), clean all surfaces in the house, post the lottery results.

Act IX – Hardwoods in Living Room and Dining Room

Entailed brewing coffee. Walking the dog. Eatting breakfast. Changing a dirty diaper. So blog reading.

Encore: Hallway and bedrooms hardwoods.

Next act: Clean self.

Next performance – clean hardwood floors

Act VIII – Quality Time with Tommy / Dungeons and Dragons

The evening went relatively well. Tommy started out behind mindful but by the end of the night was talking non-stop.

Next: Intermission

Act VI – Hard woods

Cancelled

Act VII – Quality Time with Evan and dinner prep

Next performance – Dungeons and Dragons/Quality Time with Tommy

Act V

Noah and spent a great deal of time together making progress on his Smithsonian Motor-Works engine Pop gave him for his birthday. Much fun was had and I practiced (with limited success) not being too gruff and terse with Noah.

Next act – Clean hardwood floors in dining room and living room.