My alarm clock sounded suspiciously like a phone

Ring.

Ring.

Ring.

“Mughuwaha?”

“Sean,” said Smirk. “You awake?”

“Mughuawhaha,” I said.

“Our customer S is complaining about network lag, what's the address of their installation of Cacti [1]?” I gave Smirk the address, and he was able to log in. “Thanks.”

I fall back asleep again.

Ring.

Ring.

Ring.

“Hugmugahwah?”

“Sean!” It was Smirk yet again. “Somethings wrong with their installation of Cacti—there's no data for the past two weeks.” Oh great, I thought. “Can you look into it?”

“Yeah,” I said, resigning myself to the fact that yes, I am getting up early today [2].

[1] http://cacti.net/

[2] /boston/2007/01/31

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