PBudge at cbsol.com
PBudge at cbsol.com
Thu Apr 10 08:24:33 CDT 2003
Oh gaaawd. . . *hangs head* SORRY! Honestly, I've GOT to start drinking that coffee earlier. ;-)))))))))))))))))))))))))))) DULY crossed. There. Is that better? ;-))))))))))))))))))))) Pamela G. Budge PBudge at cbsol.com Creative Business Solutions "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent by: cc: accessd-bounces at databasea Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: The Archives are cursed! dvisors.com 04/10/2003 08:06 AM Please respond to accessd "My fingers are dully crossed" Pamela ...hhhmmm ...too much keyboarding wore the edges off eh? :) William Hindman "All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke ----- Original Message ----- From: <PBudge at cbsol.com> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 8:44 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: The Archives are cursed! > > My fingers are dully crossed. Good luck Drew! Glad all the PEOPLE made it > out ok too! ;-) > > Pamela G. Budge > PBudge at cbsol.com > Creative Business Solutions > > > > Drew Wutka > <DWUTKA at marlow.com> To: "'AccessD at databaseadvisors.com'" <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent by: cc: > accessd-bounces at databasea Subject: [AccessD] OT: The Archives are cursed! > dvisors.com > > > 04/09/2003 09:25 PM > Please respond to accessd > > > > > > > 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.....) > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com