So the office network is back, although it may be a little flaky at times. All services should be restored.
The problem was some weird triangle screwjob between bway.net, COVAD, and Verizon. Apparently our network equipment was right around the end of its standard lifecycle, and the new stuff shouldn’t flake out until 2007.
So expect another entry about this in 4 years.
I’d post this on my workblog, but for obvious reasons I can’t. Hopefully people will know to read it here…
Our office network is down. This means:
-Everything worthwhile is down; GameSmith, forums, download1, Arena, etc etc etc.
-I can’t fix it; being 240 miles away means I can’t get around the fact that I have no access to the office LAN.
Ian is currently on his way over to either fix it, or scream at our DSL provider. One or the other. Hopefully will be back later today.
1. What drinking water do you prefer — tap, bottle, purifier, etc.?
Growing up in Trumansburg, we had a well. We also had a lot of black walnut trees in the backyard. Black walnuts are full of sulfur. Thus, our water was full of sulfur. In Ithaca, the water is chlorinated.
Thus, if I’m at my parents house, bottled. If I’m at home, purified. Then again, I’m not really the water drinking type.
2. What are your favourite flavor of chips?
Sour Cream & Onion. Be it Lays or Pringles. French Onion Sun Chips follow close behind.
3. Of all the things you can cook, what dish do you like the most?
One time, when cooking supplies were minimal, I made a really simple pasta dish out of one of my cookbooks, and it was extremely good. Most of my pasta dishes turn out pretty well.
4. How do you have your eggs?
Time for one of those crazy Dan facts. There are a few foods I just don’t eat. Mushrooms, for example – don’t like the taste, can’t stand the texture. The one that gets me the most strange looks are eggs.
This isn’t to say I won’t eat eggs at all – the correct answer to this question would be “on a breakfast sandwich”, since no one can resist the mind-blowing goodness of a McDonald’s Bacon/Egg/Cheese biscuit – but I just cannot eat eggs with nothing else involved..
5. Who was the last person who cooked you a meal? How did it turn out?
Katie and I made French Onion Soup the other day, with the whole french bread/melty cheese thing going. Wasn’t bad, although Campbell’s canned soup leaves a lot to be desired in this instance.