[AccessD] OT: The Archives are cursed!

Drew Wutka DWUTKA at marlow.com
Thu Apr 10 14:48:04 CDT 2003


Actually, she didn't really say anything about me getting the expensive and
'data' laiden computer stuff first.  I think she realized that if I that
stuff didn't get repaired, it would be the first thing we would have to buy!
<grin>

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: William Hindman [mailto:wdhindman at bellsouth.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 6:28 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: The Archives are cursed!


"It beats the ole 'dog ate my homework' excuse by miles." Darren

...my first thought exactly!!!!!! :))))))

...good luck Drew ...on your apartment as well as the server ...bet your
wife was thrilled with your priority in recovery choices! :)))

William Hindman
"War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and
degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is
worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to
fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a
miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so
by the exertions of better men than himself."  John Stuart Mill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren DICK" <d.dick at uws.edu.au>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: The Archives are cursed!


> What an awesome tale. It beats the ole 'dog ate my
> homework' excuse by miles. :-)  <vbg>
> Seriously, I do hope everyone is OK and your pewta
> too.
> Best of luck dude
>
>
> DD
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Drew Wutka" <DWUTKA at marlow.com>
> To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 12:25 PM
> Subject: [AccessD] OT: The Archives are cursed!
>
>
> > Okay, follow this evidence of the curse.
> >
> > I initially built and hosted the archives on my
> work machine.  In early
> > January of this year, I moved the entire
> archives to my home machine.  That
> > was on a weekend, and that Thursday (so 4 days
> later) my DSL provider (IP
> > Communications....who my ISP was leasing my DSL
> through) went bankrupt and
> > just switched off their network.  It took close
> to a month to get my DSL
> > back up and running.  When my DSL finally came
> back up, so I could once
> > again 'host' the archives, I had them online,
> and had even built the index
> > portion (just didn't have the search using that
> technology yet).  Two days
> > after getting my DSL back online (with SBC as
> the new DSL provider...through
> > my normal ISP), my wife decided to move us to a
> new apartment (300 feet
> > away), so I had to move my phone AND DSL
> (however I cancelled with my ISP,
> > and went with SBC directly, which took close to
> a month to get that to go
> > through....go figure).  So mid March I finally
> had DSL again, in my new
> > apartment.  Two weeks ago I 'rebuilt' my website
> (actually it's blank, just
> > a new theme and menus......), and last week I
> began putting the index
> > capability into the search pages.  I announced
> their existence and
> > availability Monday night.  This morning
> (Wednesday around 12:30 am EST),
> > our apartment building caught on fire.  3 of the
> 4 top apartments are
> > completely gutted by the fire.  I am/was in the
> bottom apartment in the
> > middle of the three 'gutted' ones.  My apartment
> has a little fire damage,
> > but a LOT of smoke and water damage.
> >
> > Thus, the archives are offline, once again! ARG,
> I swear they are cursed.
> > However, there is a silver lining.  The complex
> we were leasing with do not
> > have another apartment of the same size for us.
> However, just down the
> > street there is a brand new complex (with a
> sprinkler system and firewalls
> > in and around all of the apartments...go
> figure...), which is offering a
> > similar sized apartment, for about the same
> price, however water and cable
> > are included, High speed internet is available
> for less then DSL (and I can
> > get a static IP), not too mention free
> membership to their Golf club (course
> > and club house).  It's beautiful, and we already
> have a deposit down on an
> > apartment.  So, if all goes well, I'll have the
> archives up again in a week
> > or so, otherwise I've been given 'permission' to
> move them back to work
> > here, until I get my home system up and running.
> >
> > I am at work now, and have brought my home
> 'server' in with me (first thing
> > I grabbed from my apartment, when a fireperson
> let me go in real
> > quick)......<grin>.  Everyone wish me luck,
> because in an hour or so, I am
> > going to bravely clean up the box, and see if it
> turns on! <Keep your
> > fingers crossed!>
> >
> > Drew  (Who is currently chain smoking and taking
> several Tylenol every four
> > hours.....)
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