Foo Fighters

New York, Aug 21 - Last night the Foo Fighters (shop) took precedence over non-profit tech blogging. It was yet another shameful example of America's distraction culture. However, the last minute decision to attend this blogger does not regret. There are few occasions that the Foo Fighters do acoustic; few in which one can sing along with Dave Grohl (info) and a few thousand inebriated buddies. The Beacon is a relatively small venue and for me it was standing room only. Work shoes are not meant for standing three hours straight but the show was worth the foot aches. The Foo Fighters are not great stage performers, at least not when doing acoustic, but their music doesn't require presentation. It is its own substance. It is almost spiritual, without the theology, especially when you can sing along with the aforementioned few thousand favorite inebriated buddies. There is power in their music.

In other news: the servers arrived yesterday. Two hot and sexy (at least for this non-profit) rack-mountable Xeons with RAID 5+1 and 2 GB RAM. The soon to be domain controller has already been loaded with OS, Backup Exec, and Symantec Antivirus. It's twin will get Exchange 2003 Standard on the day of the migration. Should be fun!