Peter, my friend and business partner, got flying lessons for Fathers’ Day. After he picked me up at the airport, we compared notes on instructors, equipment, and so forth. As I expected, it costs more to learn to fly in Seattle than in Decatur, AL, but for the extra money he’s getting newer equipment (a Cessna 172S instead of the old-but-sturdy 150 I’m flying), access to a simulator-equipped classroom, and some other goodies. He’s awfully excited, and I wish him the best of luck.
Another member of the fraternity
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I hate it when that happens
The MoveableType installation went flawlessly. Well, almost; my hosting provider does something a little funny with user home directories, and that took me a bit of time to figure out. It probably would have been simpler if I’d read the manual, but where’s the fun in that?
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Testing, testing, 1-2-3
This is a test.
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From the Archives: Why Exchange is cruel, part 2
Unfortunately, part 1 was only the beginnings of my troubles with Exchange.
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From the Archives: Why Exchange is cruel, part 1
A humble preface
I have been using computers since 1978, when I got my first puny little
TRS-80 Model I. I’ve been earning a living from them since about 1981 or so.
During all that time, I’ve never had a serious hardware failure. No data loss;
no crashed drives, no nothing– not even when a
crazed squirrel bit
through our house power line and incinerated the power supply of my (then)
brand-new Mac Plus. However, I am now a convert to the gospel of regular
backups and redundant hardware, in a different sort of way. At
my old job, I specialized in telling people what
to do to ensure the availability of their Exchange and Windows servers.
Furthermore, I write columns for two
magazines in which I teach these
principles. Unfortunately, my own application of them has been lacking. As it
says in the New Testament,
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."
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