I found a great repository of mugshots here at attrition.org.

This weekend, I want to get the basement sanding finished and prepped for painting. The back floor is almost finished painting; after that’s done, here’s the list for the work:

1. Finish painting floor (tonight)
2. Mud & sand the shit out of the rest of the joints in front and back.
3. Vacuum & Clean.
4. Move all gear from up front to the back center and cover with tarps.
5. Tape off all ductwork, piping and machinery; windows and openings
6. Run to Sears and buy a Wagner PowerPainter
7. Pick up:
   • More tarps, tape
   • 5 gallons of primer, rollers
   • White latex caulk
   • Whisky barrels
   • Phone line
   • 1 more gallon of floor paint

Meanwhile, I have to wipe Jen’s laptop and reinstall OS 9 over the empty drive. Shouldn’t take too long after we get her files transferred over to the 8100. It will be sad to see our old friend sail off into the sunset. Perhaps, though, I’ll be able to afford an older G3/333 machine.

E-Bay has a Gateway SOLO 9100 with PII-333MHz Processor, 128MB RAM, 5.1G HDD, DVD/LS120, 56K Modem for $600, currently; a 266 Mhz is $299. I think that’s the speed of the machines we were using at Cidera. If I could finagle one of those bricks for about $4-500, I’d probably do it. But more pressing, now that I have the NT machine up and running, is to get a decent running Mac workstation. Working on Jen’s 8100 though, has me thinking that what my 8500 really needs is a faster hard drive.

I found some interesting sites on Networking NT; Microsoft’s site is crap, so you have to rely on the kindness of strangers. See picture of the guy above. Imagine how different the world  would be if they got him with a baggie of good Hawaiian Red under the seat? Anyway, I ‘installed’ a printer on the NT box Wednesday night and hoped it would show up- it didn’t. I have no idea if it needs to be the lpt1 port or the com1 port- it’s all confusing to me. I’d love to set it up as a print server to all the machines out there on the network, but haven’t been able to get it to work yet.