The return of Nigel and the scrubpod

Arrived at work this morning to find a note on my desk; apparently, during a storm last night, a building next to one of our branch offices was struck by lightning, and since then that branch had not been able to connect to the network. The network admin was off, and the field tech was [...]

Oh, and

Happy birthday, Bob. Here’s hoping your day has been exciting in a good sort of way.

Substitute Nigel and the dead iPod

It’s been an eventful day. Eeeeearly this morning I took Nigel (my beloved Mini) in for service and so that somebody could look at the hatch (one hinge is further out than the other so the latch doesn’t quite align). The dealer warned me ahead of time that they’d probably need to keep it overnight [...]