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.....) > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/acces > sd > > 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