"Server"
2004-01-07 : 5:56 p.m.

Okay, one of my �servers� just died. Well, not died, exactly, but services like NetLogon mysteriously stop working. And that just won�t do.

I say �server� because it�s a decrepit Dell Dimension desktop from like 1996 with Windows NT Server 4 running on it. Naturally, they have a mission-critical shared application running on this tired old nag. And now it�s dying.

So it looks like I�ll be staying late. Again.

I don�t understand how IT infrastructure decisions were made here in the past. All of the newer computers are totally phat, but the network server is a crumbling, dustbunny-infected piece of crap. About a month ago, I took a spare PC with a decent Pentium 4 and a reasonable amount of memory, crammed a couple spare hard drives into it, and made it into a server. It�s currently functioning as a Backup Domain Controller, but tonight, it�s getting a big promotion. It will also begin hosting the aforementioned mission-critical network application. I can�t depend on the old server to do anything but maybe be a BDC for the domain.

Would anyone care to donate a $4000 for a decent server for a good cause?

*sigh*

In other news�oh wait, there is no other news. All I do is work.

This is day 7 of my latest attempt at becoming a non-smoker. I think I actually might make it this time. The cravings are fierce, but they come less and less frequently. I�m using Nicoderm CQ, and it helps�though it helps more in the morning than in the evenings, when my cravings have a lot to do with habituation and �ritual� smoking (after dinner, with coffee, driving home, etc.).

Wish me luck.

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