In accordance with my conversion from ninja to pirate, I got a new T-shirt that says it all. Thanks go to the guys at shirt.woot.com for a cool t-shirt and especially to House for sending me a link. Now i’m *really* geeky. (Like I needed any help in this area anyway)
Here is a link to the shirt and the picture is below.
WAF = Wife Acceptance Factor. An interesting term for those of us who have an SO in our homes that isn’t into the “super high tech” scene and just can’t appreciate the fact that you have 3+ machines in your home. 
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… because of this little snafu I’d have to say that WAF is low for this interface in a multi-PC house. …
If you’re trying to lose weight by eating foods that make you crap a lot, is that the same as being bulimic?
The quest for moonlight in the fish tank rages on. A reef is great and all… when you can see it! Not having moonlights in there is doing yourself an injustice. I was against it at first because it seemed rather silly, now I can’t live without it.
When I first got the Current USA fixture, the moonlights feature just didn’t matter to me… until the first night. My aquarium came alive with lots of little nocturnal things. Some of them are out during the day, but definitely not all of them. And the glitter lines of LED moonlights are neat for those of us without point source lighting like Metal Halide. 
On to the review… the new 90g tank now has it’s new lighting system, but it needed some moonlights. I did some shopping through the various LFSs and came up dry. A little reading and searching and I came across the R2 Extreme LED Moonlight. It looked good on the web site and seemed to get good reviews… so I ordered one and installed it.
First impressions : You’re kidding… right? I got the unit with 2 LED cylinders and the single power brick. It comes with a cheesy Y-cable that looks like it just rolled out of the bargain bin at Radio Shack! Same thing for the power brick and power switch. Not that I really care that much, but in the aquarium world… exposed metal is a BAD then when it comes to power. A little plastic shielding goes a long way guys. For $40+, a little engineering on the power cord side would be great.
Mounting Setup : Adequate. Nothing fancy, but very usable. It comes with double stick tape and screws so it should suit just about everyone’s mounting needs. I highly recommend powering it up and moving things around a few times to get the lighting position right. For me, right was under the front lip of the canopy mounted horizontally with the LEDs angled slightly towards the center of the tank. Another gripe here is the relatively short length of the crappy Y-cable. It limits how far apart you can place the LEDs. I may have to hunt down another power brick and ditch the Y-cable.
Power On : WOW! Now this is what i’m talking about! Damn… these things are bright and the color is amazing. The glitter lines are really good as well. Very nice and it gets great coverage in the 90g. I tested out the other set on my 46bf tank with similar amazing results. Can’t wait to get them on that tank as well… the old Current moonlights just don’t seem the same anymore. My 46bf looks horrible in comparison to the 90g now.
Overall Recommendation : Buy with Caution. It’s a good product but it definitely has a little bit of growing to do in order to become a great product. If you know your way around AC power, you could easily make up some custom cables to solve the problems that the included ones have. I’m definitely considering a run to Radio Shack or Frys tomorrow for some ends and cable to make my own.
It’s official, I just had the best meeting I’ve ever had today.
I received an email from a project manager yesterday afternoon informing me of a meeting at 9:30AM this morning… I cringed at the thought and reluctantly hit the “Accept” button on my trusty BlackBerry.
9:15AM - My BlackBerry reminded me of the meeting. Once again, I cringed
9:30AM - I arrive at the meeting… no one is in the room except the PM. Weird, everyone must be late. It’s just myself and the project manager? Nope… we have a quorum! Apparently, she only invited the main tech contact for this project and yours truly. The main tech contact is out this morning due to working late last night so it’s up to us to get through the meeting agenda.
9:39AM - I’m back at my PC already. She asked me a few questions about the time line for my part of the project and accepted my answers as the truth. She questioned one answer with a legitimate concern and just trusted that I know my job on the rest of them. PERFECT!
Score 100/100 - Flawless!
If all meetings were like this, life would be SO good in corporate America. But no… most PM’s have to argue with you for no apparent reason. Most of them somehow feel that they know your job better than you do. And let’s not forget about the arbitrary deadlines that people like to make up and impose on their employees.
Anyway, bravo to the PM that I just got done meeting with! Bravo! What a meeting! Short, focused, and not overly distracting from my day. Now the time line is adjusted and we’re on target.
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