The Clan of the Cave Bague

Back at work today, and God am I cold. The machine room in which I sit isn’t heated, it’s cooled. Basically, the three cabinets full of servers chuck out a lot of heat, and the cooling system kicks in if the temperature gets above about 20 degrees. Except, it’s currently -2 outside. Gaaaaaah. I need a thicker jumper. Tired too – Harmony and Tristan are both ill just now, down with some horrible lurgi that wakes them up every hour or so through the night. Gak. Don’t you just love winter. Fortunately the schools are on holidays. Normally what happens is they get a lurgi of some kind and then six weeks later they get it back in spades after every child in the class has had it, each of whom has added their own little genetic twist to the viral cocktail. Lovely jubbly.



Never mind – it’s almost the weekend

Back at work today, and God am I cold. The machine room in which I sit isn’t heated, it’s cooled. Basically, the three cabinets full of servers chuck out a lot of heat, and the cooling system kicks in if the temperature gets above about 20 degrees. Except, it’s currently -2 outside. Gaaaaaah. I need a thicker jumper. Tired too – Harmony and Tristan are both ill just now, down with some horrible lurgi that wakes them up every hour or so through the night. Gak. Don’t you just love winter. Fortunately the schools are on holidays. Normally what happens is they get a lurgi of some kind and then six weeks later they get it back in spades after every child in the class has had it, each of whom has added their own little genetic twist to the viral cocktail. Lovely jubbly.



Never mind – it’s almost the weekend

Gaaaaaaaah. Back at work today. I think we must be the only company in Scotland that’s actually open for business. Drove down the Mound (beside the Castle) at 8:45 and stopped at the traffic lights in Princes Street. Not another car in sight – the town is absolutely deserted. I don’t actually have very much to do to be honest – I’m going to run a few little maintenance jobs while the servers are quiet, but I’d much rather be at home. C’est la vie.

So, here I am, in an empty machine room, with only the cooling fans of two dozen servers to keep me company. Time for some Wagner methinks