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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

Andrew Lynch — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000

is actually making an effort to run on 24-hour time #
keeps trying to fast-forward live tv. It doesn't work very well. #
is unable to sleep. #
alright, off to campus, if I have to. #
has had enough of the Internetz. Off to bed. #
apparently ndsu secure likes to just disappear and reappear, messing w/ my wifi client #
is on a call, back hopefully by 9am. #
8:35a, just made it. #
now back to campus, and then for more food. #
I do believe it's Friday. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

Andrew Lynch — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Requesting an invite for Tweetboard Alpha (http://tweetboard.com) by @140ware, for my site: http://andrewrlynch.com #
reminds yous of the code amongs guys who shook Sinatra's hand #
is seeing how long until I go out to eat again. So far so good… #
is very tired, and very bored, cause I expelled all my energy on HW. #
if anyone asks, we're on a diplomatic mission to Alderan #
making coffee in a French press. #
just plopped down some money for MATLAB. #
Id like to find some people who don't use dropbox and have them use this referral link https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTQ1NDczNTk #
updating Fourier to Debian 5.0.4. Had enough of Ubuntu 9.10 and its failures #
is pissed off at The MathWorks for denying my student status, since they approved another student based on the same criteria (ID card). #
bored… #
my car didn't act very nice last night. I think something might be wrong with the G-Diffuser… #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

Andrew Lynch — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

is heading back today. Hopefully the roads aren't too bad #
thar be White Castle in me future… #
networking seems to be down at NDSU. Can't hit any vital services. That's not good… #
is feelin pretty terrible this morning #
0118 999 881 999 119 7253 #
instituted emergency taco protocol #12 #
in regards to FB beeing wonky today: just remember how much you paid for it… #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-15

Andrew Lynch — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000

is tired, and disappointed that the weather has improved #
Let's see if my shipment can get here before Friday: http://ping.fm/dNEdK #
tomorrow looks to be a nice day for driving…I hope… #
is watching Cars with his sweetsie pie #
is not really happy about the road conditions currently, tomorrow will be better…I think #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-08

Andrew Lynch — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000

would like to go back to bed, thank you. #
built a thermometer out of an Arduino, a 16×2 LCD, and a DS18S20 digital temp sensor. Nerdy? Absolutely. #
hmmm, it seems dining services has changed lids on their sodas. I should twitter about this. #
for now it is time to go to campus…and stuff… #
I really do hate CentOS. But, it seems to be the only OS that will nicely do the job for this app. Dangit. #
is thinking about going to BWW for lunch. And walking, because its a nice day. #
is up early, and may go to breakfast #
really should do some cleaning #
has just about everything he needs for tomorrow, except a new antenna. #
is there some sort of sporting event today? #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-01

Andrew Lynch — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000

is heading for work, because NDSU apparently thinks conditions are good enough, although FPS, WF, and MHD cancelled #
Papa Johns ROCKS! Only pizza place nearby that is crazy enough to weather the storm. #
is not bored and has plenty to do at work. #
Oh goody, a woot-off. If only it could be paired with starting late at NDSU…but no…. #
has been wicked busy. Dangit. #
doesn't like cooking on an electric range anymore. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-25

Andrew Lynch — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Perkins, then the trip home. #
has returned. NAPTIME #
has a new pizza to get: pep, ham, onion, tomato, green pepper #
this cherry coke needs a straw… #
has been really busy. Now for bed. #
time to head for campus. If I have to. #
is weather-emergency ready. #
is DANGEROUSLY low on chili powder….crap… #
is actually kind of bored this morning. #
Queens are down by 7. Good stuff. #
Queens scored, dangit. #
Vikings LOSE! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-18

Andrew Lynch — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000

meh first day of classes for this semester. Meh, I say. #
why on Earth does a story about Hoeven's moustache come up before the Haiti Earthquake??? #
is digesting the Olive Garden. #
is in his first class of the day. And is hungry. Fiddlesticks. #
apparently I missed this one. http://xkcd.com/327/ #
just bought a new toy: Zotac MAG-HD-ND01 #
Einstein, my first big PC turned server, has died. Motherboard failure or overheated proc. #
1 class, little bit of work, packing, and a drive to Mpls. Oooo boy. #
has arrived in Mpls. #
dinner hath been ordered…and I want it NOW! #
I always tell them, I like toast. #

I’m with Coco!

Andrew Lynch — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:30:58 +0000

RIP Einstein (2003-2010)

Andrew Lynch — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:34:38 +0000

Einstein in his final days

Einstein, my first desktop PC turned home server in the corner, has passed on to the great /dev/null in the sky.

When I first bought him, back in 2003, he was but a refurbished Dell Dimension 2350, with a mere 128MB of RAM. It was the fruit of a summer working for my parents. He arrived while I was at work, and I begged to go home and set him up to play with the then fun new features of Windows XP. That Christmas, I got my first real video game, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, along with a 256MB memory upgrade. Einstein could be called a gaming machine. We had great fun playing with the new Windows Movie Maker 2.0, too.

Einstein soon outgrew his integrated video adapter. I had been browsing the local computer stores for a PCI graphics card, for Einstein only had PCI, no AGP. I found a nice GeForce FX 5200 at OfficeMax for a reasonable price. I added it, and suddenly I could run games at 1024×768! It seriously brought Einstein up to current standards for the time.

Original Dimension 2350

The next great improvement was a new 120GB IDE HD and a 512MB stick of RAM, making the two slots add to 768MB, around 2006. It vastly improved storage over the 30GB stock HD that came with him. Now I could have all my games installed at once without swapping back and forth between the big ones. And, everything was much zippier.

When I purchased Galileo in 2007, Einstein started to move to a server role. He didn’t play nice with the video card anymore, which I’ve now found to be defective. I installed Ubuntu Server edition, and Einstein had new life. It was my first home server experience. I installed VMWare Server and ran some virtual machines. I also installed TeamSpeak 2, and ran a voice chat server while in games.

In his last year, he has been my NAS/Print/Remote access server, as well as a TeamSpeak 2 and TS3 server that just sat in the corner and never bothered anyone. He had solid uptime, was quiet (comparatively), and never made a fuss about updates or errors. In his final days I was contemplating reinstalling the OS, but it was so rock solid that I didn’t see the urgency. He’s in a better place now.

I’ve already began working on ghostofeinstein, a virtual machine to take over the duties that Einstein has left behind.