[143771] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How long is your rack?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles N Wyble)
Wed Aug 17 02:19:19 2011
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:18:37 -0500
From: Charles N Wyble <charles@knownelement.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <D181DDABABE57E4DB72FEE003314786438D360@EALPO1.ukbroadband.com>
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On 08/16/2011 02:33 AM, Leigh Porter wrote:
>
> How do you guys find time for all this?
I live in a smallish apartment that doesn't require much cleaning and
have a room mate who handles all the errands/logistics in exchange for
free rent and access to my awesome lab. Been doing this for a few years
now. Works very well and beats having kids. LOL.
> then I got married,
I did a ton more stuff, acquired more gear when I got married. Before I
was married I travelled non stop and had nothing more then my laptop and
a box at my parents house as my "cloud". Once I settled down, I begin
to acquire gear.
> had three kids
This will kill off productivity time for sure. Until you have enough of
them that are old enough to support site operations. But bootstrapping
that is difficult.
> and started a Theology PhD program..
I've avoided school. However I'm constantly learning. So I work full
time and do about 4 hours a day of hacking. Weekends I do no hacking.
This works well for me.
> Now anything I do at home is purely practical.
The things I've been doing are practical. I haven't touched the lab rack
yet. That's next months project.
> I took on some ideas for backup though, so I am sorting out a backblaze account and using Randy's fantastic sync thing that he mentioned. I really do not want 18 months of research to vanish.
Indeed.
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