Gotta love Lake Worthless Utilities [1].
Sometime this morning, I awoke to the squealing of a hungry UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply)—it apparently had been squealing for sometime as it was both loud and frequent. I rolled out of bed and began the process of blindly shutting down my various computers. And if I do this in the wrong order, they might not shut down in time due to intercomputer dependencies (gotta love networked drives).
Five minutes after shutting everything down, the power is restored.
Sigh.
I then began the process of turning on my various computers …
[1] http://www.lakeworth.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BDED3ACD3-8D7E-4939-8A8D-62D9D838FB43%7D