The site was down today, as was all of Dreamhost, due to the power outage in L.A.
Serious electricity problems in the Los Angeles area have taken our entire network off-line. The backup power for our data center initially failed, but is expected to be back up soon. Our technicians are waiting for the go ahead to start flipping switches. General power in the Los Angeles area is still out and we have no information about when it will be restored.
Today I finished reading The Black Pullet, a book which discusses various amulets and rings that give the bearer power to become invisible, conjure spirits, punish their enemies – you know, the usual. An entertaining read.
I just got back from watching Transporter 2. It was good, but not as good as the first. The cool oil-slick-trick made a guest appearance, but there was nothing as neat as the two guys with the axes in the small hallway in the first movie. The plot was predictable a tad predictable.
The new Doom trailer was sweet. I’m liking the first person view they’re doing. Apparently it is more of a ride than a movie. I hope they have it at the Cinerama.
Speaking of trailers, there was one for some movie about a life-long gamer who moves in with his grandmother, or something like that. It’s really depressing how mainstream geeks and gamers are. Most people in the movie seemed to be wearing Jinx t-shirts. …I’m going to have to start finding even more obscure clothing.
I’m off to Libby, Montana to go fishing. I should be late Saturday.
I’ve just finished reading John Shirley‘s Crawlers. I picked it up expecting it to be a cyberpunk book, but it turned out to be more horror than anything else. It takes about 200 pages to get actually get into the book, but I ended up enjoying it. It reminds me a lot of some of Sean Kennedy‘s fiction.
Yesterday was my last day at Netriver, so we had a BBQ at the Edmonds beach. Today I did the family reunion thing and had another BBQ.
....That’s all.
Last night I completed reading Sybil Leek’s Diary of a Witch. Although I’m not a fan of Sybil’s writing style, the book is very interesting. It’s part biography, part rant. She covers everything from her time living gypsies in New Forest to her thoughts on reincarnation.
I’ve been progressively cleaning my room for the past couple days – tackling a different section each day. Yesterday I got rid of 4 old computers that hadn’t worked for years, plus an old laptop that was probably almost as old as I am. I’ve recycled thousands of pieces of paper and shredded at least that much.
There sure is a whole lot of junk in here.