Just a bit of a geek

OK, I am a complete geek. I admit it. The most exciting thing in my day was when Mitch, administrator of the Global Technical Services gave me a hand-me-down server. By no mean is it a top of the line server, and it is also fairly old. But it definitely is a step up from the two old beaters that my team uses for testing and storage. More than double the disk, plenty of RAM, this is awesome. There is a little bit of work involved before being able to use it of course. The odds of having to beg for the usage of another server for a few tests are going way down low. 
More fun ahead with installing the OS, which will be the task of our resident network installer, and then the piece the resistance, the Oracle database and importing our test environments. Waaaaay cool. Waaaay geeky. Even more geeky, the server needs to be named. In keeping with our other servers, R2D2 and C3PO (seeing the theme here ?? ), here are the name suggestions for our new acquisition: 
Yoda, Jabba, Vader, Chewie, Obiwan. The polls are open and the team will decide tomorrow. :)

On the not so geeky side of things, this was another cold but beautiful day in MD. Still all around huge snow piles are making things a bit more "interesting" than usual especially at intersections without traffic lights. However, on my way back home, there was a noticeable shrinkage in the areas exposed to the afternoon sun. All traffic lanes are now fully cleared and it looks like some more sidewalks are now plowed. Still not school for the young lady of the house though as all half day programs are still suspended until at least Monday. Two full weeks without school!!. Looks more and more like the summer school program will be on for us. 

Back to the colors on the dining room wall, the contenders are **DRUM ROLL** : "Pineapple Fizz" and "Eggnog". Hubby says he cannot tell the difference between the two, but I can. Pineapple it is. Together with "Lemon Pound Cake" which is the color under the chair rail and "Swiss Coffee" for the trim, sounds good enough to eat, doesn't it ? How appropriate for the dining/living room. I can't wait to get the paint and cover all that ugly beige. Yes !!! Shopping list for the project: Paint, drop cloth, masking tape.