April Fools

Well...

We are in April and still looking for a new roommate.
We are also without cable or internet at the house right now, which is becoming somewhat frustrating. Hopefully Rogers and I can come to an understanding and they can begin to bill me for service soon...

I recently caved and bought a Blackberry... Telus Mobility's retention special was too good to pass up, so I ended up buying the 7510. Given that there is no net connection in the house currently this has been something of a boon as it means I can still read my email in the interim. I even tried blogging from it, but the browser couldn't find the submit link on the composition page.
Just as well. I'm already too geek for my own good anyhow.

So why am I blogging from my desk today? As it turns out, there was some bad media in the tape drive last night, so I am running an emergency backup run right now and watching it to make sure that it goes well so I can send it off to head office ASAP.
Fortunately this should be the last time I have to do this as the autoloader is scheduled to be repaired today, and for this I am extremely grateful.

I still haven't got around to reinstalling my machine with FreeBSD 5 yet... the lack of internet connection has slowed that initiative somewhat. I'll get around to it.

Slashdot's April Fools gags are stellar as always, as is Google's Google Gulp Beta page. Almost as good as the pigeons.

Good times, and geeks with too much time on their hands....