VMS Spoken Here

I now have my Professional Engineer license and related documents up on the walls.  Took a bit of work to get them all arranged “just so” under supervision of my wife, Dianne.

In addition to all the business-related stuff, I have drawings of “Q” and “Gowron” from Star Trek:The Next Generation.  I had attended a Star Trek convention about 10 years ago, and had the pictures autographed.  She thought that they needed more exposure than on some dusty shelf, and had them framed for Christmas.  Thanks, honey!

The bookshelves have been loaded.  Now it’s time to sort all the miscellaneous widgets a computer facility accumulates…

The office is shaping up!  The carpet was installed on Monday.

All the servers have been installed in the equipment rack, and the network ports were wired up.  Out of 48 ports, we’re shy just ONE.  I’ll install a 10/100 switch for the VAX computers.  They’re only 10 Mbit/sec anyway.

We’ve moved the furniture into the office space.  Rather than keep the old desk (about 20 years old), we ran out yesterday and bought a new one.  It should be arriving this morning.

Based on the desk location, we can then install the shelf units and filing cabinets.  We should then be DONE.

The contractor has finished!  I now have operational phone jacks, three 15-amp circuits (2 for equipment, one for lights), and 240 square feet of emptiness.

The carpet should be installed in a week or two, and then all the equipment and furniture can be moved into their places…

Yes, they finally have the mud work and sanding done (except for minor touch-up) and have begun to paint!