| In two days I will own a monstrous snow blower. |
[Dec. 9th, 2009|04:15 pm] |
This is a well timed and effective happy thought. I am optimistic that it will significantly reduce my hatred of snow. Which is good. There is a lot of it in my driveway.
Last year by the time I got around to trying to buy one, they were all gone. I didn't get one before then because I had great difficulty picking one, and whether to get a farming tractor with a blower attachment, or standalone blower. In the end, I made my dad pick. Fortunately we have similar tastes.
The people who refill my gas and installed my heaters can't look at them until tomorrow, and then they would have to order parts. Hence the temporary wall power heaters to keep pipes from freezing. |
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| $25 electric heaters are the most powerful. |
[Dec. 9th, 2009|03:00 pm] |
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None of the electric heaters I've found that run on 110 volt wall power go over 1500 watts, 12.5 amps. So just get a little "1500 watt utility heater". |
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| Electric is fixed, for $3,500. |
[Dec. 8th, 2009|09:33 pm] |
The end of the neutral cable connecting the meter to the panel was gone at the meter end. All black (aluminum). Rainwater was flowing right on it probably since it was installed. Everything in its vicinity was replaced. I have all my lights on and nothing is flickering, for the first time ever.
My (gas) heaters got fried though. I'm hoping to not need to completely replace them, but the electronics are probably gone.
The problem was fixed quickly, thoroughly, and well. I'm not sure if I should have gone with a cheap quick fix and done more of the work myself. But at least now it's off my list.
Thanks very much to Dan Noé for correctly diagnosing the problem and convincing me of its severity, and ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mangosteen for convincing me to use Angie's List (once I gave up on the first electrician I tried). |
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| Notification System |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|01:15 pm] |
**FINAL EDIT Thu Dec 10 02:15:47 UTC 2009**
So there is the final update... Over the past day we have processed around 11 million jobs out of the 12 million that were in queue at that time. Please bear in mind that over this past day, more jobs for notifications are also created. So while the queue has been dropping, we are still not fully caught up at this point, due to backlog and new jobs. We have roughly 3 million jobs still pending that involve the notification system in some manner. We had hoped we could have fully cleared the queue in a day, but unfortunately we can't clear it too quickly, since we need the rest of the site to operate normally. From our current perspective on the amount of jobs that are left in queue, and how many it has processed thus far, we believe it will take around another 8 - 12 hours to process everything.
And finally some answers to some questions:
( Read More and Get Some Answers... ) |
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| Electric won't go. |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|02:24 pm] |
Any theories on why an open neutral would be consistently more problematic at night?
Fortunately at this point this is mostly amusing.
9 days ago I first called Jolt Electric and left a voicemail on their emergency line. I called them a couple times since then. I still haven't gotten them out.
Last night was the second time I had to leave a light on to keep my heater running (alternate electrical path since the neutral won't go).
Last night the heat stopped working at all.
Last night my phone also decided to stop working at all, even with the assistance of my fully charged UPS. (I've been meaning to buy a new battery for it.)
Today I discovered there are still pay phones. One at the fire station very close to my house - about 6 different times told me the number could not be reached as dialed (connected fine from work). Another by a McDonalds about a mile away that wouldn't take my money.
Now I call Jolt Electric one last time then hit Angie's List.
Update: Jolt Electric thought they called me late last week to say they couldn't come out, and apologized. Because they're so backed up. |
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| LiveJournal Major Notes: LiveJournal: The First Decade, AIDS vgift fundraiser, LJ_Photophile poll! |
[Dec. 3rd, 2009|03:21 pm] |
LiveJournal: The First Decade
Just in time for holiday shopping, we're thrilled to announce the release of our ten-year anniversary anthology. Published by Blurb.com, the book showcases a decade of extraordinary talent drawn from LiveJournal users around the world. This must-read compilation features stories, memes, photos, comics, editorials, graphic content, and more, including: -
Excerpts from Oh No They Didn't (a/k/a
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) ohnotheydidnt), the largest community on LiveJournal, covering celebrity gossip, entertainment news, and pop culture
- A look at post-Katrina New Orleans from the journal of Poppy Z. Brite
- Gripping narratives, including a poignant reverie on a blind date
- Photography that spans the globe, ranging from old-fashioned Polaroids to underwater photography
- Mouthwatering dishes from food_porn
What began as a late-night inspiration back in Brad Fitzpatrick's college dorm in 1999 has grown to encompass nearly 25 million users worldwide, with journals and communities covering every conceivable hobby, passion, and topic. To get your copy, please visit the Blurb Bookstore. For updates and entries from book contributors, please join lj_turns10.
Tweaks and enhancements- You can now ban a user from all of your communities and journals at once. To access this feature, hover over the person's userpic and choose Ban user everywhere from the drop-down menu.
- Follow LiveJournal on Twitter!
Give a little to help a lot!
In honor of National AIDS Awareness month, we've added a new charitable vgift. For each red ribbon you purchase for $2.99, we'll donate 100 percent of gross proceeds to IAVI.org (the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative) to support the development and global distribution of an affordable HIV vaccine (we'll cover credit card fees). You can read more about IAVI at lj_cares. While we're on the subject, we raised $740 from our November fundraiser for Love Without Boundaries, which supports emergency healthcare and adoption of Chinese orphans. We thank you for helping us help others.
Photos of the weekWe're back with more incredible pictures from our super-talented LiveJournal photographers. Congratulations to ilya_gorokhov, who is the winner of our very first lj_photophile poll.
We hope you'll continue to post, vote, and comment! A gentle request: Please post only one photo at a time and limit size to 350x350 (so images display properly on friends pages). And now, without further ado, get ready to cast your ballot and view more awesome user content after the jump!
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Curtains
Thanks, again, for joining us. Stay safe and snug out there! |
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| MogileFS Maintenance |
[Dec. 2nd, 2009|12:18 pm] |
**EDIT Thu Dec 3 23:24:15 UTC 2009 **
Hey Everyone, we are about to run the last alter job that we need to on our database servers. This will effect userpics / scrapbook / vgift images for the next few hours. Have no fear, your images aren't lost, there is just a really intensive process running on the servers which store the information for mogilefs. Thank you for your understanding and all the LJ love...
Hey LJers,
I just wanted to let you all know that we are going to be performing some mogilefs maintenance over the next few days. We will be upgrading our current version to latest stable as well as changing some db config information to better handle the amount of files we are currently hosting. This shouldn't cause a big impact on site stability, but you may see some minor delays with userpic / scrapbook images appearing or other requests associated with our mogilefs. We would love to not have that happen, but unfortunately with some of the steps we need to take we have to cause a delay with images. I figured this was a better solution than taking down all of LiveJournal because well lets face it, we all need our daily LJ fix ;)
Thanks, |
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| Turned master breaker off |
[Nov. 28th, 2009|02:46 pm] |
Somebody said it sounds like I have an "open neutral" and told me a brief story involving a fire department.
I left a voicemail on the emergency line of the electrician recommended by my house inspector.
I guess now I look for other recommended electricians near Pelham, NH. |
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| Electricity |
[Nov. 28th, 2009|02:23 am] |
My UPS has been beeping its dissatisfaction with wall power for a few minutes. Then I heard something else kick on elsewhere in the house, probably the refridgerator. And that made the UPS happy (and the lights get brighter). It had been at 91 volts input. I still haven't picked up a multimeter. Tomorrow for sure. |
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