• disk failure. joy.

    This weekend, I finally decided to get around to setting up hot backups of the three drives which house MacDesktops.com, with the OS on one drive, the site files on a second, and the web logs written to a third. Not a moment too soon, as it turned out. Less than 48 hours after the disk duplications finished, the disk containing the sites started acting oddly. I waited until after dinner to investigate. After rebooting the server, that disk refused to mount. Disk Utility then reported that the driver header was corrupt and was unable to repair it. I think the disk duplication was the final straw for the drive.

    Joy.

    Fortunately, I happen to have three spare drives laying around from my previous server building efforts a couple of years ago. So I popped in one of those. After about two minutes, it crashed the server. “Oh yeah” my memory chimed in, “one of those servers crashed and burned. That’s the other bad disk.” After swapping disk drives again, it looks like I finally have good drives. And even better, the machine now longer has that Quantum Atlas drive which sounded like a screaming cheetah.

    “Sleep is for the dead.” Or something like that.

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  • Another power outage

    Another storm blew through town over the weekend and knocked out power to the DNS servers. Though the web servers were still up and running on different connections, nobody could get to them. I migrated the DNS late Sunday night to reduce the potential points of failure. And, I’m still working on migrating the pages off of the remaining DSL line as well, though that process has hit a couple of speed bumps.

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  • Remaining work

    downstairsbath1
    downstairs bathroom cabinet

    Downstairs Bathroom: The waste line needs to be moved to the left and the hot water line slightly to the right. Frame in door further to accommodate cabinet. Install Corian countertop and sink.

    downstairsbath2
    downstairs bath

    Downstairs Bathroom: Connect bathroom tub drain (there is an access panel in the utility room). Tile the floor and walls.

    downstairsbedroom
    downstairs bedroom

    Downstairs Bedroom: Trims on windows and doors throughout. Baseboards throughout.

    downstairsbedroomcloset
    downstairs bedroom closet

    Downstairs Bedroom: Louvered folding doors on the bedroom closet.

    familyroom
    family room

    Downstairs Family Room: Install fire door to garage. Install pre-hung doors for office, utility room, bathroom and bedroom. Install louvered door to stereo closet in family room.

    spiralstair
    spiral stair

    Spiral Stairs: Install spiral stairs. Need to special order one additional step from Ashby Lumber.

    kitchen1
    kitchen

    Kitche: Cover, replace or repair plaster with sheet rock. Texture. Move waste line under window (it’s currently just to the right of the window). Install additional cabinets and new Corian countertop.

    upstairsbathroom
    upstairs bathroom

    Upstairs Bathroom: Tile the floor. Tile floor to ceiling around the bathtub. Wainscoting in rest of bathroom. Install linen closet next to door. Install sealing pre-hung door to code.

    livingdiningroom
    living and dining room

    Living Room and Dining Room: Cover, replace or repair plaster with sheet rock. Texture.

    hutch
    hutch

    Dining Room: Remove hutch and match wainscoting and picture rail to corner.

    livingroom
    living room

    Living Room: Cover, replace or repair plaster with sheet rock. Create matching pillar in previous picture which is missing in this one. Strip remaining finish at and above head level on wainscoting and wood trims. Replace two panels of mismatched (too dark) wainscoting. Stain to match and finish.

    secondbedroom
    second bedroom

    Upstairs Bedroom: Cover, replace or repair plaster with sheet rock. Texture. Install pre-hung door to closet.

    frontbedroom
    front bedroom

    Upstairs Front Bedroom: Cover, replace or repair plaster with sheet rock, as needed. Texture.

    frontbedroomcloset
    front bedroom closet

    Upstairs Front Bedroom: Install louvered folding doors on closet. End picture rail even with top of closet, run trim from picture rail down to top of closet and across top of closet. Replace hatch to attic.


    flooring

    Throughout: Install underlayment and tongue and groove bamboo flooring upstairs and downstairs (approximately 1700 square feet). The flooring, underlayment and adhesive have already been purchased.

    exterior
    exterior
      ADDITIONAL ITEMS:

    1. The interior gas line is currently under test. A new gas main is needed from the sidewalk to the side of the house.
    2. Install exterior window trims on upstairs windows.
    3. Paint exterior of house
    4. Pour pathway from sidewalk to front stair landing, continuing down side of house to side door and to rear yard.
      NOTES:

    1. remaining original upstairs windows will be replaced and installed by Pella.
    2. kitchen cabinets can be delivered and installed by Home Depot.
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