![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tcpipI've recently had a few data issues with the hosting company that I have several websites with; I used a block reseller account and a little while ago they shifted the main account without shifting the various domains underneath it. This has caused a few issues, to say the least, and the most recent being the discovery of many old mailing list archives are missing. The data issue discovery has only come about since I noticed that a vast quantity of my Eclipse Phase archives were missing; I ran a session today which went pretty well and followed on with some fairly dramatic events as the long-running game nears a conclusion after several years. I certainly hope they can resolve that as soon as possible.
As an appropriate issue, yesterday I finished a paper entitled Heterogeneous Compute, Reliable File System: The Spartan Approach to HPC Data Issues, a submission to the (now virtual) International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation, which pretty much celebrates the successes of the Spartan HPC system and explains the reasons for its most recent upgrades. Apart from that I've been heavily working through the new course material and will have two days of workshops in the coming week. In what is welcome news for all concerned, the University has decided to delay involuntary redundancies and will revisit the issue in 2021, which at least nobody receives a particularly unwelcome Christmas present this year.
Saturday was a bit of a write-off for me, as I did not react well to Friday night cocktails. Margaritas are jolly good fun and all, but they can pack a punch, and when you've neglected to have one's regular post-drink and pre-sleep formula (a litre of water, a vitamin B tablet, and two panadol) the aging body really feels it the following day. Even more oddly, today wasn't too great for me either. A few days ago I had stubbed my big toe, said "Ouch!" and thought nothing more of it. Today it was red, swelled, and incredibly painful to put any weight on it. So I've been far more sedentary than I would like, but necessary under the circumstances. I'll be very annoyed if I've somehow managed to give myself a more permanent injury.
As an appropriate issue, yesterday I finished a paper entitled Heterogeneous Compute, Reliable File System: The Spartan Approach to HPC Data Issues, a submission to the (now virtual) International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation, which pretty much celebrates the successes of the Spartan HPC system and explains the reasons for its most recent upgrades. Apart from that I've been heavily working through the new course material and will have two days of workshops in the coming week. In what is welcome news for all concerned, the University has decided to delay involuntary redundancies and will revisit the issue in 2021, which at least nobody receives a particularly unwelcome Christmas present this year.
Saturday was a bit of a write-off for me, as I did not react well to Friday night cocktails. Margaritas are jolly good fun and all, but they can pack a punch, and when you've neglected to have one's regular post-drink and pre-sleep formula (a litre of water, a vitamin B tablet, and two panadol) the aging body really feels it the following day. Even more oddly, today wasn't too great for me either. A few days ago I had stubbed my big toe, said "Ouch!" and thought nothing more of it. Today it was red, swelled, and incredibly painful to put any weight on it. So I've been far more sedentary than I would like, but necessary under the circumstances. I'll be very annoyed if I've somehow managed to give myself a more permanent injury.
