Sam's Blog

Days fly by...

Man! When things are busy as they have been, days just fly by. I look at the clock...it's 5 already? But I just got here...I've still got tons to do...and it's beer-o'clock?

Data Center
I got a chance to check out the regional data center today. It's a 30,000 sq. foot DC that is in the same facility (different floor) as another VERY popular company - which will go unnamed. It will soon become an enterprise data center and will double in size. Although I was impressed with the security and neatness of the DC, I was not impressed with the number of devices. I expected much more. I imagine that, when the buildout of the second floor is complete, it'll be pretty impressive.

Poker
At almost any time of the day you can find poker on TV - usually Texas Hold 'Em. When did this get so popular? They've got announcers that put all kinds of emotion into it. Even nicknames for some of the players - my favorite is Mike "The Mouth" - I'd like to punch him in the mouth. He talks a lot and tries to be funny/intimidating...but he's neither. For the first time I saw "the cut" on TV. The cut for this particular tournament was 560. So, when the guy in 561st place gets eliminated, they announce that everyone else made the money cut. 560 gets $12,500 - 561 gets zilch. The place goes wild - especially, those guys with a "short-stack." I guess it's guys like me watching it on TV that made it so popular....

posted by Sam @ 5:02 PM