Month: November 2005

System Maintenance: Comprehensive Backup & Upgrade

System Maintenance: Comprehensive Backup & Upgrade

On November 1 2005, I performed a comprehensive backup of the site to DVD. The site was offline for about 60 minutes while the backup was double-verified. On November 2 2005, I upgraded the server’s OS from Fedora Core 3 to Fedora Core 4 and…

System Upgrade: Fedora Core 4

System Upgrade: Fedora Core 4

I recently upgraded the server’s OS from Fedora Core 3 to Fedora Core 4 and applied all the required patches and upgrades. As with most of Red Hat/Fedora’s products, the upgrade went smoothly and we were back up and running in short order.

CULINARY: My eighth night at Pigalls

CULINARY: My eighth night at Pigalls

 

On Saturday, November 12, 2005, I worked at Jean-Robert at Pigall’s for my eighth night. 

I’d been unable to work there during the summer because of busy schedules so it was a tremendous amount of fun to get back into the kitchen with the crew (some of whom were new since the last time I’d worked) and to put out some wonderful food.

I arrived around 1:00pm and got started with prepping for service. I worked on whatever anyone needed me to do, so I did a wide variety of tasks (including a not-quite-up-to-snuff attempt at brunoising red peppers — I’m slow and not as precise as they expect down there, which is something I intend to work on).

The restaurant has gotten a lot busier since my last time in the kitchen. The first turn was very busy — much more so than the last time I was in. I believe this is because Jean-Robert at Pigall’s recently received a 4-star designation.

I stayed through the first turn and left around 8:00pm.

Google Comes Through!

Google Comes Through!

You can find ANYTHING on Google! Click the picture for a larger view in a new window.

Reading: Julie and Julia

Reading: Julie and Julia

Below is a link to the book I’m currently reading, and here is the blog that started it all (this page is the starting post).

Considering a Panflute?

Considering a Panflute?


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Thanks for the help!

Thanks for the help!

Thanks to site visitor Robby for pointing out a simple fix that improved the left-side menu presentation!