Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

• is actually making an effort to run on 24-hour time #
• keeps trying to fast-forward live tv. It doesn't work very well. #
• is unable to sleep. #
• alright, off to campus, if I have to. #
• has had enough of the Internetz. Off to bed. #
• apparently ndsu secure likes to just disappear and reappear, messing w/ my wifi client #
• is on a call, back hopefully by 9am. #
• 8:35a, just made it. #
• now back to campus, and then for more food. #
• I do believe it's Friday. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

• Requesting an invite for Tweetboard Alpha (http://tweetboard.com) by @140ware, for my site: http://andrewrlynch.com #
• reminds yous of the code amongs guys who shook Sinatra's hand #
• is seeing how long until I go out to eat again. So far so good… #
• is very tired, and very bored, cause I expelled all my energy on HW. #
• if anyone asks, we're on a diplomatic mission to Alderan #
• making coffee in a French press. #
• just plopped down some money for MATLAB. #
• Id like to find some people who don't use dropbox and have them use this referral link https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTQ1NDczNTk #
• updating Fourier to Debian 5.0.4. Had enough of Ubuntu 9.10 and its failures #
• is pissed off at The MathWorks for denying my student status, since they approved another student based on the same criteria (ID card). #
• bored… #
• my car didn't act very nice last night. I think something might be wrong with the G-Diffuser… #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

• is heading back today. Hopefully the roads aren't too bad #
• thar be White Castle in me future… #
• networking seems to be down at NDSU. Can't hit any vital services. That's not good… #
• is feelin pretty terrible this morning #
• 0118 999 881 999 119 7253 #
• instituted emergency taco protocol #12 #
• in regards to FB beeing wonky today: just remember how much you paid for it… #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-15

• is tired, and disappointed that the weather has improved #
• Let's see if my shipment can get here before Friday: http://ping.fm/dNEdK #
• tomorrow looks to be a nice day for driving…I hope… #
• is watching Cars with his sweetsie pie #
• is not really happy about the road conditions currently, tomorrow will be better…I think #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-08

• would like to go back to bed, thank you. #
• built a thermometer out of an Arduino, a 16×2 LCD, and a DS18S20 digital temp sensor. Nerdy? Absolutely. #
• hmmm, it seems dining services has changed lids on their sodas. I should twitter about this. #
• for now it is time to go to campus…and stuff… #
• I really do hate CentOS. But, it seems to be the only OS that will nicely do the job for this app. Dangit. #
• is thinking about going to BWW for lunch. And walking, because its a nice day. #
• is up early, and may go to breakfast #
• really should do some cleaning #
• has just about everything he needs for tomorrow, except a new antenna. #
• is there some sort of sporting event today? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-01

• is heading for work, because NDSU apparently thinks conditions are good enough, although FPS, WF, and MHD cancelled #
• Papa Johns ROCKS! Only pizza place nearby that is crazy enough to weather the storm. #
• is not bored and has plenty to do at work. #
• Oh goody, a woot-off. If only it could be paired with starting late at NDSU…but no…. #
• has been wicked busy. Dangit. #
• doesn't like cooking on an electric range anymore. #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-25

• Perkins, then the trip home. #
• has returned. NAPTIME #
• has a new pizza to get: pep, ham, onion, tomato, green pepper #
• this cherry coke needs a straw… #
• has been really busy. Now for bed. #
• time to head for campus. If I have to. #
• is weather-emergency ready. #
• is DANGEROUSLY low on chili powder….crap… #
• is actually kind of bored this morning. #
• Queens are down by 7. Good stuff. #
• Queens scored, dangit. #
• Vikings LOSE! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-18

• meh first day of classes for this semester. Meh, I say. #
• why on Earth does a story about Hoeven's moustache come up before the Haiti Earthquake??? #
• is digesting the Olive Garden. #
• is in his first class of the day. And is hungry. Fiddlesticks. #
• apparently I missed this one. http://xkcd.com/327/ #
• just bought a new toy: Zotac MAG-HD-ND01 #
• Einstein, my first big PC turned server, has died. Motherboard failure or overheated proc. #
• 1 class, little bit of work, packing, and a drive to Mpls. Oooo boy. #
• has arrived in Mpls. #
• dinner hath been ordered…and I want it NOW! #
• I always tell them, I like toast. #

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I’m with Coco!

RIP Einstein (2003-2010)

Einstein in his final days

Einstein, my first desktop PC turned home server in the corner, has passed on to the great /dev/null in the sky.

When I first bought him, back in 2003, he was but a refurbished Dell Dimension 2350, with a mere 128MB of RAM. It was the fruit of a summer working for my parents. He arrived while I was at work, and I begged to go home and set him up to play with the then fun new features of Windows XP. That Christmas, I got my first real video game, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, along with a 256MB memory upgrade. Einstein could be called a gaming machine. We had great fun playing with the new Windows Movie Maker 2.0, too.

Einstein soon outgrew his integrated video adapter. I had been browsing the local computer stores for a PCI graphics card, for Einstein only had PCI, no AGP. I found a nice GeForce FX 5200 at OfficeMax for a reasonable price. I added it, and suddenly I could run games at 1024×768! It seriously brought Einstein up to current standards for the time.

Original Dimension 2350

The next great improvement was a new 120GB IDE HD and a 512MB stick of RAM, making the two slots add to 768MB, around 2006. It vastly improved storage over the 30GB stock HD that came with him. Now I  could have all my games installed at once without swapping back and forth between the big ones. And, everything was much zippier.

When I purchased Galileo in 2007, Einstein started to move to a server role. He didn’t play nice with the video card anymore, which I’ve now found to be defective. I installed Ubuntu Server edition, and Einstein had new life. It was my first home server experience. I installed VMWare Server and ran some virtual machines. I also installed TeamSpeak 2, and ran a voice chat server while in games.

In his last year, he has been my NAS/Print/Remote access server, as well as a TeamSpeak 2 and TS3 server that just sat in the corner and never bothered anyone. He had solid uptime, was quiet (comparatively), and never made a fuss about updates or errors. In his final days I was contemplating reinstalling the OS, but it was so rock solid that I didn’t see the urgency. He’s in a better place now.

I’ve already began working on ghostofeinstein, a virtual machine to take over the duties that Einstein has left behind.