Well it has happened again.  Hard drives die.  This time I am getting I/O errors connecting to the drive, so the physical platters may be just fine.  This is the replacement drive that I got in November 2008. So the replacement drive lasted about 15 months.  The original drive lasted 11 months.  MTBF is 1.2 million hours according to Seagate.  Well, they are lasting longer at least, this one lasted about 11,000 hours.  This next drive I get from them should last at least two years at this rate.  I am getting the proper documentation ready to send this back to them and get another replacement drive.  My plans for the server are pretty grand, but the two 500GB hard drives are all I really need at this rate, but adding another hard drive may make sense as well.  Most functions on my server need two drives, so it is very limited at this point.  Well, that and the fact that it is powered down too.  That is pretty limiting as well.

This website will allow you to measure the carbon footprint of your meal.  Yes, your carbon footprint of your food.  Vegetables….good, protein…..bad.  It appears that methane produce beef is bad for for the environment.  Yes, methane is a greenhouse gas.  Yes, it is much worse than carbon dioxide.  Should I care?  Do I care about how much cows belch? I don’t know.  There mantra is to have a low carbon diet.  Here is the link for those who are interested: Eat low carbon.

I guess this is what the world has come too.  We are more concerned about the carbon footprint of our food than individual footprint of the person next to us.  This is just another way for people to have disdain and contempt for others.  That smug look they have, while eating their salad, is not for health, but for the health of the planet.  Or so they think.

Most people on the leftern side of the fence believe the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old.  We have had recorded measurements for the last 250 years or so.  Do we really have a clue to weather cycles on this rock?  We have learned about el nino, la nina, and even the cap.  Thanks to Steve McCauley.  We are afraid of global warming.  When I was a kid we were afraid of the next ice age.  Well, which one is it?  Are we getting warmer or colder.  The short answer is: we don’t know.  We do not have enough scientific data to really know.  We do not have enough data to know how the Earth’s temperature cycles throughout it’s lifetime.

I finally thought of the perfect url on the 11th and Blogospeer went live on the 12th.  It has certainly been a ride.  The ride, of late, has pretty much stopped, but I have posts in the back of my head just waiting to come out.  I have had the time, just been too lazy.  Maybe this will spawn me to blog more.

I have been very happy with this theme, so even though it is almost as old as the blog, it will probably be hanging around for a while.  I may have to update the code though.  I did have a couple of temporary themes for a few weeks until I found this one.  It fits, works well, and has some pretty nifty Ajax features

I have no plans on letting BOS pass on, so we will see what the next years bring.

One oddball ailment caused by chemo is dry skin, well….dry everything.  Dry skin, dry tongue, dry nasal passages, dry eyes,….you get the idea.  I have also lost all feeling in fingertips because of this.  My skin, at my fingertips, has contracted enough that my fingertips have fallen asleep.  This has been ongoing for about four months now.  The only feeling is pins and needles.  I have also mentioned my hairloss.  Well, I am almost officially Lord Voldermort.  My eyebrows are almost completely gone.  What is left is very blond.  I did not know that my dad’s nickname for me, ‘Snake’, would be profetic.  I have had gastrointestinal issues as well.  I’ll just stop on the first syllable, gas.  ’nuff said there.  My tastes have changed as well.  I have very definate food cravings during treatment.  Those cravings change as treatment progresses.

The place dreams are made.

I started with the standard approved BSA Pinewood derby kit:

I drew a sideview picture of a short shoe on the wood.  I then used a coping saw, wood chisel, and a drum sander to shape the wood.

Topview

Sideview

I then painted it pink, painted the inside black, added the wheels, and Crisana helped add the Hello Kitty stickers.  These are the final results:

The car did not fare as well as I would have liked in the races, it did win best design!  Here is the proud winner!

and the proud Dad!

Debily’s laptop caught a malware virus earlier this week and properly ground to a halt.  I installed the WHS boot CD, and in about an hour completely restored her computer from the backups.  Is that worth $800?  Probably not.  Is it worth it the next time?  You betcha!  Restore was so easy and painless.   have not had a hard drive fail in any PC yet, but I know the fix for it is very easy.  I do know that ole RC has had to restore four separate PCs from his.  Thanks WHS.  You worked like a champ.

Multiple chemo trips does take its’ toll.  I am very tired, don’t have much energy, but I can’t sleep.  So, I piddle around the house and get a little done, catch up on some stuff, and may get larger tasks done later in  the week and generally post run-on sentences.  Debbi claims I am irritable and cranky, but I still think that is just her.