Much ado about nothing
Second week of April and there's two inches of snow on the ground. Better than the four inches that New York got yesterday, but at this point it's yet another slap in the face. Still, this one had the weatherfolks baffled -- they were telling us to expect upwards of half a foot, so not having my boots covered this morning as I de-slushed the steps and the van was a welcome surprise.
My boss is back in town, and just in the nick of time. I was up until 3 in the morning on Monday getting NAB 2003 announcements posted, and then woke up again at 7 because my children are evil and won't be quiet in the morning. So I totally punked out by about three o'clock yesterday and let him handle the remains of the day, and the first post this morning. Last night was the first night I caught six hours' sleep in about a week, and while I probably could have slept another four, if I had, I would have been in no shape to do anything for the rest of the day.
On Cape Cod power outages are frequent but brief. Hardly a week goes by that you don't find a digital clock somewhere in the house flashing midnight. I've managed to compensate for it with my hardware by buying APC UPS's, and they work quite well -- usually providing just enough power to ride out the blips that occur from time to time.
I wonder how much it would cost to set up a UPS that would give the entire house about five minutes' worth of current? I'm sure it'd be the size of a bathtub and as expensive as a luxury car. The EMF radiation would probably make my hair fall out. Oh, wait, I don't have any hair.