A pointless day
May. 3rd, 2004 05:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skyringA lot of stuffing about doing nothing productive. Been trying to load SQL Server onto my server, now that I've accepted that none of the cheapy ex-government PCs I bought at auction is going to work. The Enterprise edition won't load anything but client tools on XP Pro, one Developer edition wouldn't load at all and the second one didn't complete the installation - the service was running but not enough to allow me to apply the anti-Slammer patch.
Lot of mucking about with restore points, some of which wouldn't recognise the ADSL modem - not until I discovered that pulling out the plug and shoving it back in did the trick - and all told it's been a frustrating day. I still don't have SQL running and I need that to get DotNetNuke going.
I might try loading it on my workstation, but with IIS and VS 2003 going as well as my usual load, things might get a bit tight. Probably have to reload the server, another half day of swapping disks and fiddling about getting the network tweeked and installing patches and stuffing around.
And then my darling wife sends me an email asking me to sell a bunch of shares a few minutes before the market closes. She does the research and I do the trading, because I can sit on the computer all day and pick my moment. If I have time to do it. Had to sell at market and take a small loss. It's a sell-short trade, so the idea is to buy again once the market falls, but the stock has got to drop about 5% before we break even, and I'm hoping Kerri's research on that is solid, because it isn't being reflected in the market.
Oh well, five months to go before the ex-date. The normal trading range should see us good before then. Bloody Metal Storm is sinking fast after reaching a peak two weeks back. Should have sold it then. Take my chance next time. There'll be some wild news bump it up. Never see a dividend with this turkey.
Going well with the new book in the moments I can spare. Managed to explain Bookcrossing in a couple of paragraphs.
Lot of mucking about with restore points, some of which wouldn't recognise the ADSL modem - not until I discovered that pulling out the plug and shoving it back in did the trick - and all told it's been a frustrating day. I still don't have SQL running and I need that to get DotNetNuke going.
I might try loading it on my workstation, but with IIS and VS 2003 going as well as my usual load, things might get a bit tight. Probably have to reload the server, another half day of swapping disks and fiddling about getting the network tweeked and installing patches and stuffing around.
And then my darling wife sends me an email asking me to sell a bunch of shares a few minutes before the market closes. She does the research and I do the trading, because I can sit on the computer all day and pick my moment. If I have time to do it. Had to sell at market and take a small loss. It's a sell-short trade, so the idea is to buy again once the market falls, but the stock has got to drop about 5% before we break even, and I'm hoping Kerri's research on that is solid, because it isn't being reflected in the market.
Oh well, five months to go before the ex-date. The normal trading range should see us good before then. Bloody Metal Storm is sinking fast after reaching a peak two weeks back. Should have sold it then. Take my chance next time. There'll be some wild news bump it up. Never see a dividend with this turkey.
Going well with the new book in the moments I can spare. Managed to explain Bookcrossing in a couple of paragraphs.
