Happy thanksgiving!

Comcast’s internet is really horrible. It is so horrible, in fact, that this very website (along with my parent’s Internet access) will go down for up to hours at a time, multiple times a week. In the last month, since I moved this website off hostmysite and home, it has been unavailable for over a full day. Does it matter? To the two people who read it – no.

I’ve been twiddling my thumbs waiting for OpenSolaris build snv_128 so I can get playing with ZFS deduplication. In the meantime, I’m working on getting a Solaris 10 branded zone working and Sunray Server for the aging SunRay 1G I have sitting here to play with. However, Sun made it difficult for two reasons: Sunray Server is not free, and only allows a 90 day trial. Also, a Solaris 10 branded zone requires a physical Solaris 10 installation to work off of. This is getting too difficult.

Switched to Geico. Saving over $850 a year. I’m enjoying their customer service – they always answer my question to the best of their ability, and get me off the phone in 10-15 minutes. With Nationwide, I’ve been on the phone for 2.5 hours at a time – and I was purchasing home insurance — what a fraud they are.

Made some sweet black friday purchases. I’m excited to get my new PS3 in. Got Fallout 3 and Resident Evil 5 for $20 each. An extra controller from The Shack ™ for $30. And Planet Earth for cheap on Amazon. All is right in the world.