Why we monitor.

At each physical location of my employer, we have a machine which, among other things, runs monitoring software. The monitors consist of little pokes across the network: Are you there? Really? Are you doing anything? Do you know what time it is? Do you have to go to the bathroom?

Yeah, computers are like small children.

Early this morning, a monitor found a problem. It tapped one of our phones on the shoulder and didn't get a response.
After this happened a few times in a row, the monitor sent me email.

So I looked up the phone and saw it was assigned to a particular office, and I walked over and picked up the phone. No dialtone.

I'll shorten a long diagnostic process into the results: the local switch got terminally confused and wasn't letting through any traffic, including the desktop machines and phones. Power-cycling it fixed it.

All this happened before either of the developers in the office showed up, and so neither one knows that they had a problem.

Why we monitor.

At each physical location of my employer, we have a machine which, among other things, runs monitoring software. The monitors consist of little pokes across the network: Are you there? Really? Are you doing anything? Do you know what time it is? Do you have to go to the bathroom?

Yeah, computers are like small children.

Early this morning, a monitor found a problem. It tapped one of our phones on the shoulder and didn't get a response.
After this happened a few times in a row, the monitor sent me email.

So I looked up the phone and saw it was assigned to a particular office, and I walked over and picked up the phone. No dialtone.

I'll shorten a long diagnostic process into the results: the local switch got terminally confused and wasn't letting through any traffic, including the desktop machines and phones. Power-cycling it fixed it.

All this happened before either of the developers in the office showed up, and so neither one knows that they had a problem.

Dinner

I thought of it, Eliz executed it.

Sauteed onions, garlic, spinach. Coconut milk and masala sauce. Chopped roast chicken leftovers. Mix, simmer for a bit.

Dinner

I thought of it, Eliz executed it.

Sauteed onions, garlic, spinach. Coconut milk and masala sauce. Chopped roast chicken leftovers. Mix, simmer for a bit.

Books that I should review because I read them.

_Warbreaker_, Brandon Sanderson
_Red Son_, Mark Millar et al
_Superman for all seasons_, Jeph Loeb
_Chosen_, Mark Millar
_Liberty and Justice: JLA_, Alex Ross and Paul Dini

Books that I should review because I read them.

_Warbreaker_, Brandon Sanderson
_Red Son_, Mark Millar et al
_Superman for all seasons_, Jeph Loeb
_Chosen_, Mark Millar
_Liberty and Justice: JLA_, Alex Ross and Paul Dini