Mind-Killer

Work is the mind-killer.

Work is the mind-killer.

Sorry; I had to get that out. Now excuse me while I geek out mightily.

Lots of good things happened today. Notably, I was finally able to get my ssh-vpn set up between us and our client, because I discovered pty-redir98. Perhaps I should have been paying more attention in the last 4 years, but I didn't realize that Unix98 pty's would be such a pain in the butt.

Also we (read: I) got MovableType set up for them internally so they can use it to document their R&D efforts. Yay. Using MySQL. Yay.

But on the downside, Telus turns out to have lied to me about how much it will cost monthly to set up DSL for the organization we volunteer with. It'll be $49.95 instead of $34.95 a month. Unfortunately, I got approval for $34.95 a month, and this group is tight on cash, thus tight-fisted. I phoned over to Shaw and got a quote at $42.95 a month, so we're going with them. But it's annoying.

Then I opened up the Linksys DSL/Cable Router that I had gotten a couple weeks ago at London Drugs and it turns out I got the wrong kind. I got the kind that is just a firewall-in-a-box instead of a firewall-in-a-box-plus-hub. So I had to get the receipt back -- which, since I already have a reimbursal check, means getting it out of the treasurer's files, photocopying it, putting the photocopy back in the treasurer's files. Then I left the receipt in the photocopier when I left.

Bleah.