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damkiannaWow, this is like the worst two days at work I have EVER HAD.
Long story short: my old UPS beeped intermittently for like three days, and then on Monday, as I was printing materials for a meeting I have to attend because my supervisor's out, it gave up entirely - my computer abruptly turned off, and the UPS started emitting this utterly brain-piercing EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I figured out how to turn the hellsong off eventually, and called it in. The tech guy said it was probably electrical; the electrician said it was probably a hardware issue. Eventually, a new UPS was brought and installed, and all was well.
Until today, when the new UPS began to beep - at least it was after the meeting, this time. Same deal: beeping, computer shutdown, hellsong.
Turns out the problem was shitty wiring - not shitty enough for it to show up on the electrical guy's little circuit tester, but shitty enough that the printer being plugged in to the same set of outlets as the UPS was making the UPS think there was no power. So now the printer's plugged in somewhere else, and the UPS has aaaaaaaaaall the outlets to itself, and so far everything seems fine. :P
Man, tomorrow had better be blissfully uneventful. At least I made it to lunch today - not so, yesterday.
In fic news, Chapter 13 (aka THE EEEEEEEEND YAYAYAYAY of Book One) is going swimmingly; a couple scenes and another few readthroughs, and it'll be ready to post on Sunday. After that, I think I am going to take a short break - I love ItO, I do, and every single comment makes my face stick like this :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD, but I need to give my brain a rest. Plus I have a ton of outlining to do for Book Two. :D
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genretwisting fic is going a tad more slowly - I have immersed myself in sci-fi, but less so in westerns. I sense I'm going to be watching a lot of AMC on Saturday. Also, I am so far behind on H50 it is not even funny. Time to hit the interwebs and see what exceptionally legal video resources I can find.
Long story short: my old UPS beeped intermittently for like three days, and then on Monday, as I was printing materials for a meeting I have to attend because my supervisor's out, it gave up entirely - my computer abruptly turned off, and the UPS started emitting this utterly brain-piercing EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I figured out how to turn the hellsong off eventually, and called it in. The tech guy said it was probably electrical; the electrician said it was probably a hardware issue. Eventually, a new UPS was brought and installed, and all was well.
Until today, when the new UPS began to beep - at least it was after the meeting, this time. Same deal: beeping, computer shutdown, hellsong.
Turns out the problem was shitty wiring - not shitty enough for it to show up on the electrical guy's little circuit tester, but shitty enough that the printer being plugged in to the same set of outlets as the UPS was making the UPS think there was no power. So now the printer's plugged in somewhere else, and the UPS has aaaaaaaaaall the outlets to itself, and so far everything seems fine. :P
Man, tomorrow had better be blissfully uneventful. At least I made it to lunch today - not so, yesterday.
In fic news, Chapter 13 (aka THE EEEEEEEEND YAYAYAYAY of Book One) is going swimmingly; a couple scenes and another few readthroughs, and it'll be ready to post on Sunday. After that, I think I am going to take a short break - I love ItO, I do, and every single comment makes my face stick like this :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD, but I need to give my brain a rest. Plus I have a ton of outlining to do for Book Two. :D
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genretwisting fic is going a tad more slowly - I have immersed myself in sci-fi, but less so in westerns. I sense I'm going to be watching a lot of AMC on Saturday. Also, I am so far behind on H50 it is not even funny. Time to hit the interwebs and see what exceptionally legal video resources I can find.