Well, its been about a week since I started my new job so I can give a general idea about it, as I’m bound by a nondisclosure agreement I can’t go into any details of course. So far anyone who knows me will say that my mood is markedly improved, and I will agree with them. I feel like I’m actually doing stuff now instead of the former job. The stuff in the current situation is wiring.

Normally, when moving into a new space its not much of a issue to get setup, however this place had a company that went bankrupt and the auction was very successful…so successful that all wires that come down the wall were cut just above the ceiling tiles. So In the 11 or so rooms that we have, I’m having to run new ethernet, fibre, and phone lines. The punch down block was even removed so we had to pick up a couple of 66 blocks so that we have room for expansion. I’ll be busy for a while doing that. As far as other things, working on a job with linux rocks. I’ve also gotten to do some of the things we do with the server. Looking at the prices for some of the parts we use as well have made me think of 15k 146 gb scsi drives as cheap.

The main reason for this post is actually for something entirely unrelated to my job. I’ve been having issues with my old p3 server, and figure that its time to replace the machine. I have decided that for space saving and just for what I use it for, a mini-itx machine would be perfect. However, the only sites I’ve seemed to find that has a decent selection, or have a site that doesn’t make them seem shady is based out of the uk. As I’m in the us, that’d be a bit expensive on shipping. So users, where have you picked up mini-itx motherboards in the states?

Finally, the x86 team is still looking for Arch Testers. If you’ve thought about helping out more, or trying something different. Then please feel free to drop by the #gentoo-x86 channel and have a chat with us in there. We don’t bite much.