iPOD

The iPOD my sister gave me is dead. Totally dead. I had someone at best buy look and they are pretty sure it's the hard drive. I've heard it's $50 to have apple replace the battery, I expect the hard drive would be more, so... that's the end of the iPOD. :-(

ASP.NET 2.0

We upgraded to the asp.net 2.0 framework at the office today. We havne't altered the site, just the frame work on the servers. All the sites are still configured to use ASP.NET 1.1.

We upgraded the development server. No problems. 5 min, piece of cake. We upgraded the intranet server, again no problems. Finally we updated the live web server. BAM! Problems. Anti-virus warned someone was tampering with the computer. Then it wouldn't shut down IIS to complete the installation. I couldn't cancel or roll back. Two restarts later the server booted up with A/V off and IIS off, then the install went fine. Services were down for 30 minutes. UGH! Pain in the you know what.

Jury Duty, Books and an Old Friend

I just wrapped up Jury Duty. I was called for a week, but only needed to be there 2.5 days. Of those days I sat in the jury assembly room 90% of the time and read some books. I made it into the court room twice, but was never called to sit in the jury panel. No one asked questions, and I didn't get on a jury. I would really like to do so, and although I understand simply by being present I was participating and helping, it would have been nice to see the whole process.

One of the books I read while on Jury Duty was 1776 by David McCullough. I would HIGHLY recommend it. I'm a Revolutionary War buff, and learned a great many new things. All of McCullough's subjects came to live vividly. It was an entertaining and informative read.

I got an e-mail today from an old friend. Someone I had not heard from since the mid 1980's. He saw my posts on some gaming sites and dropped me a line. It was a very pleasant surprise. Hopefully we'll write from time to time.

Neverwinter Nights 2 Beta Test

There is a closed Neverwinter Nights beta test coming up. One for the game and the other for the toolset. I have applied to participate in both. Could be fun!

Punny

“Did you hear about the vampire who used to torture his victims with music? His Bach was worse than his bite.”