Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Thanks, propane!
Three-hour localized power outage this morning, covering only a few blocks. Cause unknown, but it can't be weather! We haven't had any weather lately; just high 30 / low 20 / fog. Probably transformer failure; there was a brief blink last night.
My old propane rig came through nicely for coffee and soup. Flashlight decided to give up, but candles served well enough.
Had one leftover short candle and no holder for it, so tried putting it in the kitchen sink where it couldn't cause problems. Turned out to be an excellent idea: the sink served as a reflector.
After power returned, the computer gave me a scare. It didn't start up immediately. Thought it might have been fried by a surge. After two minutes the power light came on and it booted cleanly. Must be some kind of delayed breaker in the PS.
Hmm. Looks like I. Rebooted in. Short sentence. Mode.
¶ 5:55 AM 
My old propane rig came through nicely for coffee and soup. Flashlight decided to give up, but candles served well enough.
Had one leftover short candle and no holder for it, so tried putting it in the kitchen sink where it couldn't cause problems. Turned out to be an excellent idea: the sink served as a reflector.
After power returned, the computer gave me a scare. It didn't start up immediately. Thought it might have been fried by a surge. After two minutes the power light came on and it booted cleanly. Must be some kind of delayed breaker in the PS.
Hmm. Looks like I. Rebooted in. Short sentence. Mode.
¶ 5:55 AM
