Been a while since I posted. I was hired in late April for a position with Cybersource in their newly created Managed Hosting division. The work is standard Sysadmin stuff,with a lot of PCI and security compliance issues. Right up my alley, basically. Only two months without a job is pretty fortunate compared to a lot of other people in the current economic climate. We have a major go live in a few days, and I'm having to learn JBoss and Java on the fly. It is keeping me pretty busy.
Sean installed a ceiling fan today, which involved a lot of struggling in the attic to replace the junction box with one rated to carry the weight of the fan. It got me thinking about all of the things "I would have done differently," so I wrote them down in a "Rough in for Geeks" article. The fan itself is a Windward III from Hampton Bay. We have Windward II in a few other rooms of the house and have been very pleased with them so far. They feature a simple white design, and a really nice integrated compact fluorescent lamp. The III appears to add another lamp on the top side of the fan, which should be very nice. The cost is higher than average at $150 from Home Depot, but the quality of the unit makes it well worth the price.
Sean installed a ceiling fan today, which involved a lot of struggling in the attic to replace the junction box with one rated to carry the weight of the fan. It got me thinking about all of the things "I would have done differently," so I wrote them down in a "Rough in for Geeks" article. The fan itself is a Windward III from Hampton Bay. We have Windward II in a few other rooms of the house and have been very pleased with them so far. They feature a simple white design, and a really nice integrated compact fluorescent lamp. The III appears to add another lamp on the top side of the fan, which should be very nice. The cost is higher than average at $150 from Home Depot, but the quality of the unit makes it well worth the price.
