* * * * *
                                        
                             The fit hits the shan
                                        
It's the scheduled day at the office. Prior to sitting down at my desk:

  1. I get a call from R (for whom I manage a few servers). One of R clients
     is mentioning the terms “proxy,” “multiple IP (Internet Protocol)
     addresses” and “redundant servers,” which to me screams “reverse proxy
     [1]” which means at best, a recompile of Apache [2] (since I never
     compiled in reverse proxy support) or worse, a complete reinstall of the
     latest version of Apache. Oh, and the client wants it done by tonight.
  2. There are no parking spots available at the office. None. I have to
     drive to the end of the building and around the corner before I'm able
     to find a parking spot. This has never happened in the few years I've
     been working with Smirk.
  3. The three-phase power system to the Data Center is blown. We're running
     on the backup generator and the three A/C (Air Conditioning) units in
     the Data Center are off line.

It can only get better from here, right? Right?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy
[2] http://httpd.apache.org/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

.