back in the light
So I'm sure you heard about the big blackout, we had no power Thursday night and it wasn't restored until late Friday afternoon. When the lights went out I actually thought it was the W32.blaster.worm, because it seems that your computer randomly shutting down is one of the signs that your system has been compromised, and I had just installed the patch, thinking, "WTF?!"
The hotel had power Friday and it was hot as hell so I went swimming and saw Shayne Corson working out as well so I got a nice picture with him. :leafs
Then I went over to the geekhaus because Dan said they had power in the morning but when I got there in the afternoon it had gone out again. Dan and Andy had just got back from rescuing Chris from Oakville because the GO trains weren't running and Steph had her latest boy toy over from Philly. Then we had to go find beer, and Chris and I went to 2 beer stores which were both closed before going to Steam Whistle. Steph had ordered pizza so we got pretty stuffed and drunk, then Tyler invited us over, which was good because it let Steph and Boy Toy have the house to themselves. :wink Tyler didn't have any beer, the only booze he had in the house was Dew and wodka so we drank several of those before going back to geekhaus and drinking MORE beers.
Crazy things we did when there was no power:
- Plugged in the stereo and speakers to the battery in Dan's car.
- Dan realized he had no coffee so he plugged the coffee grinder to the UPS. It didn't work very well, plus this was kind of unnecessary because Starbucks was actually still open.
Anyways, this morning I drove Andy to work because the subways aren't running until Monday and there is power here at home and my modem is working so hopefully this adventure is over until the next rolling blackout.