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This server provides hosting for various projects under development. When these projects cross over into useful web applications, they are listed under the Hosted Domains or Web Applications menus. The purpose is to provide a live development environment for myself and others that request access. I also use it as my personal soapbox.

This morning I woke up to cries of "the internet is gone!" from Lisa. Thinking quickly, I decided the three most likely events that could bring down the internet was a colossal solar flare, multi-targeted thermonuclear attack, or a router worm of untold evil that jams every switch in the world with garbage. Since my alarm clock was still working I ruled out the solar flare, and the lack of zombies ruled out the thermonuclear attack, which left the worm to end all worms as the likely culprit. I sprang into action and retrieved my emergency cash, gold ingots and platinum bars along with my bucket of food and generator, then threw all of it along with Lisa into my truck. Before I could embark on my planned escape route from certain financial meltdown and social chaos my phone buzzed and my heart skipped a beat. Taking it from the holster I was amazed to see my google alert for the HDPC-20 flash across my screen. Daring to hope, I loaded up my mobile browser and was greeted with Google. A few more websites later and I was convinced the internet was alive and well. Running downstairs I discovered that in fact my internet connection was down, not the entire internet. I explained to Lisa that our internet connection is not the entire internet, and asked that in future outages she be more specific about what exactly is gone. Crisis averted, I went back to bed.

Excited as a 12 year old on Christmas, I ran downstairs this morning to get the new Xbox Experience on my primary machine. My illegal load was lacking the new Miis Avatars, so I quickly set about creating one after my new "legal" update finished. A few minutes later, I was hotter than ever, but apparently nobody on my friends list was as excited as me and I was alone in Avatar world. Lucky for me, Lisa is obsessed with making virtual characters and by the time she was done creating hers, Keith had one done for a kinky Xbox fanboy three way. Now I just need to get my new avatar into Mirrors Edge so I can make out with Faith when Lisa isn't home, so long as she doesn't catch me.

After an intense night of Rock Band, complete with lights and smoke machine courtesy Senator Kelley, the November LAN kicked off after 3 hours of setup and configuration. The record setup time was thanks to Call of Duty 5, a 30 minute install that refused to cooperate until we setup a dedicated server. After the setup hurdle, things went fairly well with the addition of FarCry 2 and Zombie Panic to round out the game list. Excelcier took a hit for the team by volunteering his computer to experience the technical difficulties this LAN, and Stavos lost his crown as first to arrive when Marco not only showed up first but left last after helping me gain even more gamerpoints on Xbox with Mirrors Edge. Now that all the setup kinks have been worked out, the Jan LAN should be a snap. Timelapse and webcam are all I got from this LAN thanks to my frantic attempts to get COD5 to work.

An auction at work netted me a Dell PowerEdge 6600 server which I promptly loaded up for the upcoming LAN party. I learned the Xeon processors aren't 64 bit, which made the 8GB of memory less exciting, but still addressable. It replaces my PowerEdge 2400 which was cutting edge around 2000 (the new one is cutting edge around 2006) being twice as heavy and almost twice as large. It's also 4200 better. What do I plan on doing with this beast when I'm not serving files for LAN parties? Absolutely nothing, it sucks too much power and nothing I do needs this much hardware. I just like having it close to me, in case I need to start a virtual server farm or local weather modeling. Below is my upgrade path to awesomeness.

System	CPU	Memory	RAID
REAKTOR New Server	Xeon MP @ 3.00 GHz 4 Physical, 8 Logical	8.00 GB DDR	Dual Dell PERC 4/DC
REACTOR Old Server	Pentium III @ 861 Mhz 1 Physical, 1 Logical	1.50 GB SDRAM	Single Dell PERC 2/Si

After deciding $60 for a new Xbox game could instead buy me 4 months of a 1-game-out GameFly rental subscription, I decided to take the plunge and signed up for an account yesterday. After setting up my queue with Mirrors Edge at the top I restrained myself from hoping I'd get it any time soon, instead expecting to get the first "Available Now" title (Assasins Creed) as my first game. An email today, however, had me tickled pink as I learned the 'just released' game is on it's way. And while I wait for it, I can learn the controls and download the manual. If it arrives before the weekend I may just have to do a happy dance.

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11/21/2008 5:01:17 PM
Server Name:	Proton
Oper System:	Win2k3 Ent Srv
CPU:	Opteron 180      2.41Ghz
Bandwidth:	512Kb/s
Power:	Utility Power
Total Memory:	3.00Gb
- Used:	1.03Gb 34%
- Free:	1.97Gb 65%
Main Storage:	101.79Gb
- Used:	77.52Gb 76%
- Free:	24.27Gb 23%