Hot time in the 'ole town tonight
2011-Sep-23, Friday 17:05![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
texxgadgetMy present client is going through growing pains.
In this age of idiocy, its refreshing to have a visionary founder who truly
understands the world in a realistic way.
This is not his 1st startup, but this appears to be his best so far.
Im in awe of some of the genius I see here and its refreshing to see people doing
the right things and the right things happening. I hope these guys turn an obscene fortune.
Cleverness just isnt rewarded enough in this day and age.
Im not so much in awe of our landlord, however. The plumbing & roof are shot.
The buildings are falling apart.
We are beating the electrical & the chilling to hell, but thats not their fault.
I could have bought a nice place in Silicon valley for the cost of last years electrical bill.
(That should make you reach for the clean underwear dispenser! -maniacal laughter)
I worry that the new lab Im designing for a new campus next year might be maxxed out before its built!
Im regaining my breath. I didnt know I could still run, let along that fast.
We kind of banished the support lab to the building at the far end of the complex.
We had to when we stole their power & chilling to beef up the QA lab.
Labs alone eat 1000 amps at 480vac.
Its about a 2 minute walk each way. We took 4 hardwall offices & installed several racks in each.
We ran extra power & networking to each. We identified a 20 ton chiller on the roof that was not
in use and reactivated it and divided it into 4 lines to chill the 4 mini labs down stairs.
We found another small room that had a dedicated 5 ton unit on it and built a 5th lab there
and it houses a customer proof of concept that has outgrown that chiller.
Now, I kind of understand why the 20 ton unit was retired in place...
I had headphones and didnt hear the fire dept klaxxon on my cell phone tell me that the labs
had gone through warning and well into critical. One of the support guys caught the warning email
and stuck his head in my office "Is it REALLY 102 in the lab?".
(My turn to reach for the clean underwear dispenser)
I clicked on the URL to my graphing system and gasped "Actually its 108 in there"
as I nearly mowed him down running for the back door.
Ive got box fans running in the doorways, and the open landscape down there now sounds like an
airport. 1 lab is still over 104 and the other 2 are down to 99. The last lab isnt online yet so
its OK in the 70s.
Finance & Sales are annoyed at the noise, Support is bummed because their stuff is getting cooked
yet again, but the HVAC guys are en route.
Cthulu only knows if they will be able to get parts over the weekend.
2 weeks ago, the shaft started grinding its way sideways through the blower wheel until it went off balance and then destroyed the bearings.
My facilities background is coming in handy here.
I was expecting something to happen this weekend, but at least it happened while I was here.
In this age of idiocy, its refreshing to have a visionary founder who truly
understands the world in a realistic way.
This is not his 1st startup, but this appears to be his best so far.
Im in awe of some of the genius I see here and its refreshing to see people doing
the right things and the right things happening. I hope these guys turn an obscene fortune.
Cleverness just isnt rewarded enough in this day and age.
Im not so much in awe of our landlord, however. The plumbing & roof are shot.
The buildings are falling apart.
We are beating the electrical & the chilling to hell, but thats not their fault.
I could have bought a nice place in Silicon valley for the cost of last years electrical bill.
(That should make you reach for the clean underwear dispenser! -maniacal laughter)
I worry that the new lab Im designing for a new campus next year might be maxxed out before its built!
Im regaining my breath. I didnt know I could still run, let along that fast.
We kind of banished the support lab to the building at the far end of the complex.
We had to when we stole their power & chilling to beef up the QA lab.
Labs alone eat 1000 amps at 480vac.
Its about a 2 minute walk each way. We took 4 hardwall offices & installed several racks in each.
We ran extra power & networking to each. We identified a 20 ton chiller on the roof that was not
in use and reactivated it and divided it into 4 lines to chill the 4 mini labs down stairs.
We found another small room that had a dedicated 5 ton unit on it and built a 5th lab there
and it houses a customer proof of concept that has outgrown that chiller.
Now, I kind of understand why the 20 ton unit was retired in place...
I had headphones and didnt hear the fire dept klaxxon on my cell phone tell me that the labs
had gone through warning and well into critical. One of the support guys caught the warning email
and stuck his head in my office "Is it REALLY 102 in the lab?".
(My turn to reach for the clean underwear dispenser)
I clicked on the URL to my graphing system and gasped "Actually its 108 in there"
as I nearly mowed him down running for the back door.
Ive got box fans running in the doorways, and the open landscape down there now sounds like an
airport. 1 lab is still over 104 and the other 2 are down to 99. The last lab isnt online yet so
its OK in the 70s.
Finance & Sales are annoyed at the noise, Support is bummed because their stuff is getting cooked
yet again, but the HVAC guys are en route.
Cthulu only knows if they will be able to get parts over the weekend.
2 weeks ago, the shaft started grinding its way sideways through the blower wheel until it went off balance and then destroyed the bearings.
My facilities background is coming in handy here.
I was expecting something to happen this weekend, but at least it happened while I was here.
