The MacDeskBlog

20 December 2005

disk failure. joy.

Filed under: MacDesktops,blog entry,servers and hosting — Ryan Walker @ 11:23 pm

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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19 December 2005

Another power outage

Filed under: MacDesktops,blog entry,servers and hosting,site maintenance — Ryan Walker @ 11:03 pm

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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13 December 2005

Remaining work

Filed under: House remodel,blog entry,carpentry,remodeling — Ryan Walker @ 8:07 pm
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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