blathering from some guy in taiwan
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(Skip the first 30 seconds to the silly part.)
So, I’ve now completely moved out of the place in Santa Clara. There was way more stuff to do than I had time for, so I had to extend my return to Taiwan by a few more days. I was originally supposed to go back the night of June 9, but rescheduled for June 14 (actually 1am on June 15). I had wanted to change to an earlier date but the flights were booked. Good news is that there was no change fee for the ticket I had.
I got rid of most of the good stuff through friends and relatives. Then I posted some stuff on Craigslist in the ‘free’ section and got rid of a bunch more. Earth Care Recycling saw my Craigslist post and called about taking the rest of the computer gear. They came by and filled a pickup truck full of gear including the SparcServer 670MP beast.
After that I pulled out any remaining good stuff and took that with some old clothes I didn’t want to Goodwill in Santa Clara. That was 9 moving boxes of stuff and a big stack of clothes. That still left a whole bunch of stuff that wasn’t worth keeping or donating, so I called South Bay Haul Away and they came and filled half a huge garbage truck full of stuff. The trash guys I had to actually pay for though.
In the end I had two X-Terra SUV loads of stuff to take to Santa Barbara. I did one trip down and back on Saturday and then the second trip down on Sunday. I also have a painting that Fine Art Shipping is bringing down for me in the next couple of days. That left me with four days left in Santa Barbara.
Today was my birthday which was spent doing some remaining shopping and finishing my taxes. (Foreign residents get until June 15 to file!) Tomorrow I need to mail off my tax return and some other stuff. (TurboTax says I can’t e-file for some reason or another.) Then I’ll have a couple of days to relax.
miltownkid might come up to visit. He’s hanging out in Pasadena now and said he was gonna come up here for a bit though I still don’t know when.
But anyways, done!
Open House, Sunday June 3, 12:00pm through 5:00pm! Giving away my stuff!
Hi all,
I’ve gotten rid of some of my stuff mentioned previously but there’s still a lot left. I’ve also found a lot of odds and ends I’d like to get rid of. There’s still some good stuff left like a TV, the Sun servers, a bookshelf CD/Cassette Stereo, etc.
If any of you or your friends would like to come over this weekend to see what you’d like to take, please let me know. I’m going to have an open house this weekend to try to get rid of what’s left. Please let me know if you’d like to come by earlier on Saturday.
Call me at 408-930-8474. Location is 2388 Shoreside Court, Santa Clara.
I’ll be back to the states May 28 through June 9. This is the time I’ll finally be moving out of the place in Santa Clara. I’ll be looking to sell/give-away/donate/throw-out some of the less portable stuff so let me know if any of you would like to buy or take (best offer accepted!) any of the following gear:
Queen Size Mattress
Queen Size wood frame bed with headboard and two bedside tables (one still in the box)
Wide Wood Dresser
25″ CRT TV
Wood TV Stand
Apex Region-Free DVD Player
Large Wood Desk
Computer Desk matching above desk
Filing cabinet matching above desk
Bookcases of various sizes
500 CD rack
250 CD rack
Sun Ultra 80 4x450mhz 4gb 2x72gb Server
Sun SunBlade 100 500mhz 2gb 2x160gb Desktop
Two Sun Multipacks with 6x72gb scsi disks
1U case with power supply, dvd-rom, floppy, two 3.5″ drive slots with caddies
1 sofa
1 matching love seat
1 la-z-boy recliner
52″ rear projection standard definition TV
Stereo Rack
5 speaker surround speaker system (has subwoofer too but it’s broken) and speaker stands
Denon pre-digital surround sound receiver
Turntable
Qudraflex-666 vintage receiver
1 two shelf rack perfect for storing laserdisks!
Lots of laserdisks!
20″ Sun CRT Monitor with dual inputs
4 port KVM
APC Smart-UPS 2200 2000VA UPS with four external battery packs and web management card (all batteries replaced May 2005 so should be good for 2-3 years more)
Metal ‘gorilla’ 6 foot high storage rack
Two 6 foot high plastic storage racks
Various other PC and Sun parts, boards, memory, ethernet gear, wifi-b access point, etc.
Two Bay Networks 8 port network terminal servers (serial to ethernet, great for console ports)
Two Remote Power Management units (power on and off gear over the network, one may not be working)
Trek bicycle with Shimano pedal mounts
Brother Laser Fax/Copy/Printer
Basically I’m looking to keep my CDs, Books, some clothes and magazines, and get rid of everything else. Due to lack of time, I’m willing to let this stuff go cheap to my friends. This list was made from memory, so it’s quite likely I’m forgetting things.
ALL ITEMS FOR PICKUP IN SANTA CLARA ONLY, TO BE ARRANGED BY APPOINTMENT BETWEEN MAY 30 AND JUNE 6. No shipping or delivery. No pickups after these dates.
(from miltownkid with variation)
You are given 12 coins which all look exactly the same. One of them is a counterfeit coin and will be either lighter or heavier depending on what it was made from. Using a balancing scale, take exactly 3 measurements to find the counterfeit coin and determine if it is lighter or heavier than normal.
The big variation is that miltownkid’s version didn’t require you to also determine whether the odd item is heavier or lighter, just to find the one which was different. (This version is written more like a story too.) I solved his version in just about three hours but had one particular case where it was undetermined if the weight is heavier or lighter. Having to find that makes it just a bit more complicated. (My solution was also a bit more complex than the canonical solutions available online. (No peeking!))
This one looks easy, and you’ll think you are on the right track about a dozen times before you actually get it. Keep checking that all possible cases can work out in only three measurements. If you solve it, send me an email rather than putting a spoiler in the comments.
The workers had to pry open the back door to get into the shop this morning, so the latch on that is busted. Not a major loss though. The foreman told me that somehow the front door had been connected to 110v power instead of 220v which is why it wasn’t working last night. That still doesn’t explain how it was able to be closed.
