I hope the techs who get this are at least entertained.

Short version: I bought a UPS for my desktop computer, in the hopes that some of his problems were caused by dirty power. My power is dirtier than I thought.


Since I had to write this up entertainingly for you guys, and I had to write this up thoroughly for the unit's tech support, I figured I'd combine this, and hopefully make some poor sap's workday slightly more hilarious. Also, jdn may have made an appearance IN MY HEAD. AGAIN.


Long version:
( Unexpected power-off from battery backup unit )

12 tweets for 2010-2-24

In the last 24 hours, I posted the following to Twitter:

• Wednesday, 0853: @maureenjohnson WHOOP WHOOP
• Wednesday, 0854: dear self, "olympics doodle" != [anything] poodle.
• Wednesday, 0856: RT:[redacted]: @azurelunatic "dirty power" sounds like the name for a kinky metal band
• Wednesday, 1243: RT @seananmcguire: Australia Day: the color you started with doesn't matter, as whatever it was, it is now on fire.
• Wednesday, 1243: RT @CaptianRobert: Yup, I was right. A reporter just asked if she could take my picture, thinking I was part of the exibit.
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