Pics
Old machines, older habits, and whatever survived the directory cleanup.
Static HTML cosplaying as an old PHP gallery. No database was harmed. No thumbnails were chmodded 777. Probably.
| Album | Photos | Era | Last File |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living Room Data Center | 10 | circa 2002-2003 | Residential hosting brochure, unfortunately real |
| Cage Match With Network Cables | 5 | 2004 | 2004-10-30 23:13:32 |
| Questionable Uptime Shelf | 5 | 2005 | 2005-02-15 15:40:30 |
| Backup Recovery Department | 1 | date emotionally unavailable | Dead drive field service |
The data center was technically also the living room. Compliance was handled by moving the laundry out of frame and telling visitors not to touch anything blinking.
Before cloud computing, the cloud was six beige towers in the living room and at least one shelf that OSHA never met.
Cooling plan: box fan, open door, and hope. Uptime plan: please do not vacuum near the rack.
The yellow cage shots are 200 Paul, back when you knew data centers by their address.
The living room data center got promoted to 200 Paul: now with badges, cages, and fewer carpet fibers.
360 Spear era: Barq’s root beer cans visibly holding up a Foundry ServerIron XL switch.
Load balancing by Foundry Networks. Physical balancing by Barq’s. Our hosting provider actually called to complain, which honestly feels like a badge of honor.
Official drive retirement policy: take it to the desert and put a 12 gauge slug through it.
The postmortem concluded: heat, dust, vibes, Deepak asking about the backups, and absolutely no lessons learned.
