Tom Greene

I like the Trogdor-style beefy arm in this screen

Replenished my supply of floppy disk storage boxes

Everything looks fine here

Some cybersecurity company spammed me an invitation to an event they are calling "Guns & Cyber" which is being held at a nearby gun range and boy is that a thing I want nothing to do with.

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Cover artwork from Softdisk issue 14

My company bought a bunch of servers about eight months ago for $20,000 each. Today we got a quote from the same vendor for identical servers and the price was $45,000, almost entirely due to increased DRAM prices because AI ruins everything. There is almost no chance that we will get approval to spend that much.

I just replaced the keyboard on my Thinkpad for the second time. The old one seen here was a little beat up, so it's nice to have a fresh one, but now it feels weird to type.

Searched NetApp knowledge base for information about configuring a particular network parameter. At the top of the search results was an AI answer which helpfully explained what the parameter does (which was pretty much accurate) and the range of allowed values, plus commands to view and modify it. Which would be exactly what I was looking for, if only those commands actually existed. I really can't stand AI trash.