beeeeeeeeeeee.......

I was awakened, an hour or so before the time I usually awaken, by an annoying high-pitched whine of some piece of electronics complaining. I couldn't quite place what it was. It seemed to be coming from the machine room, but a search of the room didn't turn up anything. It wasn't in the office and didn't seem to be coming from the bedroom. A bit of closing doors to various rooms revealed that the sound was present in all of them but not coming from any of them. It was coming from the attic. The UPS up there, for the network switch, was screaming. I don't know why, and at that time I just wanted it to be silent again. There was not a power outage, not even a blip of one. I got a bit more sleep, but it wasn't what it should have been.

Mmm, spicy.

On the extended trip that went from Dayton to Huntsville and various other places, I started drinking V8 juice. I did that as it was a simple way to get at least something vegetable, even if in juice form. Unfortunately the major flavor of V8 is tomato juice, which is not something I like very much. So I'd hold my breath and chug the V8 and then drink something else quick to wash the remaining not so nice flavor away.

I'd heard of a spicy version of V8 and a few days ago found that one of the stores in town carries it. I bought some. The spiciness really helps put the tomato flavor in its place. With this improved version, I think I could stand to have some V8 almost every day.

RCFM Photos

I've finally dealt with all the RCFM photos jmaynard and I took (and a few that kiwihunter8 took with the camera I normally use) at RCFM 2007. Besides the pleasant delay of the Siouxland Renaissance Festival there was an unpleasant technical delay that I won't go into just now. Anyway, here are the RCFM 2007 photos. If you're in any and want the un-edited original images, my e-mail isn't terribly difficult to find.