Monday, August 09, 2004
Visit 2 - Days 12 and 13 - Of Patch Panels and Flights Home
Wanted to give everyone a heads up on what happened Friday and how my trip home went.
Friday was a great day to remind me why I am a theologian and not a) an accountant b) a computer engineer or c) anything that requires physical labour.
I literally spent the entire day working alongside the Dead of the College setting up the patch panels for the network in the new library. This involved: 1) stripping wires 2) cutting down wires to go into patch panels 3) poking in four two wire sets of wires into each and every little hole on the patch panel 4) tying down all the wires so they don?t elope with one another and go and make new networks 5) lather, rinse and repeat.
Wow, I would love to tell you this was thrilling work. Imagine, hot humid day, wearing pants, shirt, and bright (hot) work vest, standing on hard concrete floors, bending over in a little space, using a little tool to punch down wires, all while experience intestinal duress ? Yes, it beats EuroDisney, but it certainly did not change my calling to be a theologian.
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