Great Scott!!
So it is a three day weekend, I wish I could say that I have been spending it near a lake or being ultra productive.
But no such luck. I have been a wee bit productive. Playing for of a support role today.
Gina and John have been doing
home improvement today. John arrived this morning at about 8:10, Gina had woken me up around 6:30 or so.
She made us breakfast consisting of blueberry pancakes, eggs, hashbrowns (like the ones @ IHOP) and crispy bacon.
Since I am a bit more technically inclined than industrially inclined I have been playing more of a gopher role today. I did get to play with a neat belt/disc sander thing. They had taken off the base boards and wanted me to sand some gunk off the back of them. It was some sort of caulk mixed with paint.
The idea was to get the base boards to a point where they could put them back on the wall, but flat. I apparently had a little too much fun with the sander, as they did not lay flat on the wall after I was done.
So off to the "Home Despot" to buy some base boards. I called Gina after I left to find out the size I needed. They have quite the selection there you know. I needed to get two very, very long pieces about 13 ft. The base boards start out @ 16 ft.
I found a style that I liked and then proceeded to walk around with 2 x 13 ft base boards standing straight up (I foolishly did not choose the lumber cart). I also had to pick up some caulk and some hinges, I also split a base board into two 8 ft pieces. Hopefully I won't have to go back to the Home Despot tomorrow, but I probably will.
I also had to make soda run. Then I picked up dinner from Delaware Subs.
However, I did have a chance to perform a role that I am familiar with. John had recntly built a pretty slick pc. However, due to a minor over-clocking incident it wasn't booting up properly. So I had a chance to flex my technical muscle, I looked up the model and found out that they make an ISO based BIOS package. So one burned CD later and John's pc was back in action. I won't try to say that this was a uber complicated problem, but it felt good to help out when I can.
So whats up with 1.21 Gigawatts?
I have been watching "
Back to the Future" while working on migrating sites from the old Spry host to the new server.
"Earth Angel, Earth Angel"
But I digress.
So not many probably know that Google will soon be controlling our Internet interactions. As
Jeremy is fond of saying "I welcome Google as our new lord and masters." Did I quote you accuratley there Timmy?
I have offered up the hosting of my personal domain's email to Google. Well, more accurately I applied to Beta their latest service offering, it is primarily oriented @ small businesses but they decided to let me play too.
Google Apps for Your Domain
I found out about this offering by way of
Anil Dash's blog that I try to stay current with, made all the easier thanks to RSS feeds.
Well, I got my technosnobs mail configured the way that I wanted. I also forwarded my regular gmail account to my new technosnosbGmail account, this way I'm not having to check multiple spots for mail. I am not sure whether I will try to use POP3 to get my mail or if I will just use gmail in the browser. Since I usually have googleTalk running I get notified of mail that I have waiting for me in the system tray.
Anyway, I have a few more domains and websites to finish transfer in the morning. But things are rocking and rolling. I already transferred Gina's blog over. I still need to do Amanda and Henry's blog, along with the sites related to uRevoo. But after tonight's practice those should go pretty quickly I have a nice little system working.
Jeremy needs to apply for Google's Beta too, since I haven't fully configured the mail functions on the new server, and now I don't want to bother figuring it out. Thanks Google, you appeased my inner lazy man.
Well, I better get to bed. John will be back early in the morning I am sure to finish up in there. We have to put up the new base boards still. But they are definitely done with the floor.
Narcoleptic time, laterz.
