Too Much Content, Too Little Time

I have much to post, but my time has been short especially this week. I lost 2 out of my 3 web servers at work and spend most of one day recovering the first one (bad power supply - easy fix) and won't recover the second one until next year when we take it down to bare metal and reinstall from scratch.

The timing is absolutely terrible, but we have one server up and happy and another one that is adequately. The upside is that these are internal development servers for the most part and haven't totally brought us down. There was some loss of productivity, but it was also a good lesson in processes and helps for planning 2007. Remember: it's almost always faster to rebuild than to repair. Take those disk images regularly...

Return of The Prisoner

AMC is going to remake the Prisoner (and show the original episodes.)

For those of you who don't know, The Prisoner was one the all-time great television series. It ran from 1967-68, had a set number of episodes before it even started and told the story of a spy who tried to retire from the agency only to find himself in the mysterious "village" - a retirement community of sorts for people who know too much and shouldn't be out in the world. Only our protagonist doesn't want to be in the village, so he spends each episode trying to escape, trying to avoid divulging information to the enigmatic number 2 and generally trying to figure out the mysteries of The Village.

Rent the original episodes (or catch them on AMC when they rerun) I'd be interested in seeing the the remakes only we don't have a television and don't plan on getting one anytime soon, let alone subscribing to cable. I suppose there's always the internet...

LINK: AMC Locks Up The Prisoner

Joseph Barbera: RIP

Joseph Barbera of Hanna/Barbera has died at age 95. Their cartoons shaped the cultural landscape of my generation. Yabba-dabba-do! You were smarter than the average bear.

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6191999.stm (BBC)
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