We fixed it!
A new network fanout that (gasp!) actually powers up! We tested several others, none of which would give us a little green power light.
We’d been bypassing the system that needed the network connection, so I hooked it back up and finally saw….. READY!
We took a run of 6000 cosmic ray muon events this afternoon 🙂 There are still some software/configuration kinks to work out, but it was a great way to end the summer.
As I get ready to come home I’m thinking about what I want to bring with me (besides my actual purchases, of course).
I’ve been here 2 months.
I go home in 1 week! 😀 😀
The finish line is in sight! I’m happy, even though that means rushing around to wrap things up before I leave.
Yesterday I took to the train out to Lyon for what I had planned to be a combination of sightseeing, shopping, and eating. There was an accident on the tram line from CERN, so it took me scrambling around the city on 3 different buses to get to the train station, but I got there, and then I got to Lyon.
All I accomplished was the sightseeing. Literally every store that I had researched visiting was closed. So was the giant indoor gourmet food market. So was 90% of the city.
We all know that Europeans go on vacation for most of August, but where do they go? Obviously not other cities in Europe…it was a ghost town. Handwritten paper signs in windows are all you get — each of the places I was so excited about has a website, all of those sites were researched, and none of them mentioned closures.
So I visited churches — 3 of them. Two were very 12th-13th century gothic, and one was….not 😛 Continue reading
Today, I outsourced problem solving to America. Or: “Julie & Co Customer Service, this is Thomas, how many I help you today?”.
Me: I have an error light on my hardware thingy, I can’t figure it out how to make it go away. Do you know what an “edge fault” is?
Thomas: Ok, first just try to power cycle the rack.
Me: But it doesn’t have a power button! Or a reset button! Continue reading
To carry on with yesterday’s theme, I have LOOT!
Thomas, my amazing amazing Thomas, got me a GREAT anniversary gift:
This weekend, I have done NOTHING 🙂 I went to the grocery store, but that was it. And it was wonderful!
My psychosis is that I had to remind myself at least 3 times that it doesn’t matter if someone at home gets upset that I lost an opportunity for sightseeing. Even if someone gets upset, it’s unlikely they’d say anything. I kept trying to make up excuses: “It’s going to rain”, “Thomas will wake up soon”, “I might get email from work”. I told this to Thomas on facebook chat and he said “I want you to sit and relax today”, so then I felt better 😛
Today is our 4th anniversary, the first (only?) we’ve spent separated. I’ve been thinking a lot about our wedding 🙂 and it’s a little wild the things I remember best. I’m going to shamelessly photodump some of the pictures I have in our wedding book that were never posted on facebook.
Things I loved:
Things I’ve learned about Switzerland: August 1st is Swiss National Day! In Meyrin and the other small villages near CERN it’s enough to celebrate this on August 1st. But in Geneva there is a festival that lasts WEEKS. Expect blurry fireworks photos next Saturday, along with more organ videos!
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