October 2009

The Other Catalina

The Catalina Mountain Range, just outside of Tucson, AZ.

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Very pretty. I also love the little red-bird of paradise flowers like the one that got into the edge of this view of the mountains.

Outage Alert

We may be intermittent today . . .

Dear Customer:

On Saturday October 17, 2009 at 10:00 am PDT we will be migrating all MySQL databases to a new server. The new server is to alleviate recent issues caused by high load on the current server as well as to upgrade to MySQL version 5.1.

The procedure we will use to migrate will ensure the least amount of downtime per database.

The window for this maintenance is 2 hours. During this time there will be periods of intermittent connectivity errors to MySQL.

Thank you,
Omnis Network, LLC

Train Wreck

Check out this panoramic image of an actual derailment we passed near Globe, AZ, today. Workers were busily working to fix this mess. Click on the image to enlarge.

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It made me wonder who is going to fix the derailed US Government? The House of Reps, Senate, and Administration in Washington are seriously off-track. It will have to be the American voters over the next several election cycles that will vote the idiocy out of office. Hopefully, ACORN and other subversive organizations will have been fully exposed for the frauds they are and sanity will prevail.

Our New Neighbors

We’re in an undisclosed location somewhere in Arizona tonight. When we pulled the RV into the campsite and got all set up, these little guys showed up – the whole family. They’re Arizona Quail, I suppose – anyhow, they’re cute! Click on the image to enlarge.

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