We had a power outage here the other day. Afterward, everything came back up except (it appears) the NIC in my Linux machine. I spent a couple of hours figuring out that it was the only casualty (difficult at first, since it’s the machine from which I do most of my admin). Bummer.

But the good news is that these days an Intel 10/100/1000 Mbps NIC costs 30 bucks. Back when I worked on a 1 Mbps NIC (1986-ish) it cost $595. My employer was trying to build a low-cost version for only $295 but eventually they threw in the towel because they figured they couldn’t make any money at that price.

Anyway, blogging will be even less frequent for a few days until the NIC arrives.