Re: How long is your rack?

[Charles N Wyble <charles () knownelement com>]

On 08/16/2011 02:33 AM, Leigh Porter wrote:
> How do you guys find time for all this? 

I live in a smallish apartment that doesn't require much cleaning and
have a room mate who handles all the errands/logistics  in exchange for
free rent and access to my awesome lab. Been doing this for a few years
now. Works very well and beats having kids. LOL.

>  then I got married,

I did a ton more stuff, acquired more gear when I got married. Before I
was married I travelled non stop and had nothing more then my laptop and
a box at my parents house as my "cloud".  Once I settled down, I begin
to acquire gear.

>  had three kids

This will kill off productivity time for sure. Until you have enough of
them that are old enough to support site operations. But bootstrapping
that is difficult.

>  and started a Theology PhD program..

I've avoided school. However I'm constantly learning. So I work full
time and do about 4 hours a day of hacking. Weekends I do no hacking.
This works well for me.

>  Now anything I do at home is purely practical.

The things I've been doing are practical. I haven't touched the lab rack
yet. That's next months project. 

> I took on some ideas for backup though, so I am sorting out a backblaze account and using Randy's fantastic sync 
> thing that he mentioned. I really do not want 18 months of research to vanish.

Indeed.


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