I bet Santa’s busy this time of year, too, judging by the fact that the supermarkets seem to have completely forgotten Halloween and Bonfire Night in favour of Christmas. Let’s see, there’s…
Another Busy Weekend
I’ve spent another weekend helping out those folks at Aberystwyth Nightline with the training of their new volunteers. Despite having
graduated and leaving the organisation earlier this year, they still invited me back to help impart some knowledge onto the new trainees. Which was nice – it’s good to still feel wanted
despite being an “old fogie” to it all – but draining: I’m not used to working harder at the weekend than I do during the week.
Next Weekend’s Not Much Better
From a being busy perspective, that is. Next weekend I’ll be in Scotland, of course, to witness and celebrate Kit and Fiona‘s wedding. Amazing how fast that’s crept up. In other news, Jon and Hayley are now
engaged, and much merriment ensues.
Move To The Technium
SmartData has now pretty-much entirely moved to Aber Technium, a lovely seafront building just 10 minutes walk from my house. Sadly, this means
that I now have a whole heap of extra work to do, setting up new server gear and sorting us out with our own online dedicated server. Despite my protests, the company has decided that
our first dedicated online server is to be a Windows Server 2003 (Web Edition) box, which means we can’t go with Diogel, my first choice for web
hosting.
In Other Web-Related News
And in another almost-as-geeky turn of events, Ruth, JTA,
Andy (the rock monkey), Matt and I are working towards getting a virtual server together. The server that currently hosts
Scatmania, Abnib, Troma Night, and others, is getting a little crowded these days, so
we’re going to alight and find ourselves greener pastures.
And Finally, An Interesting News Item
This amused me today: an Oregon student was surprised to have his house assaulted by police and rescue
teams, after his new wide-screen television began to suddenly transmit the international rescue beacon signal. He’s been offered a free replacement.
And on that note, I’m off home.
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