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I took Christmas and Boxing day off - kind of.

I didn't actually "work", but I did have to stay near the PC. Thanks to a web server crashing Christmas Eve.

At least I didn't have to think about coding.

We did have a fun couple of days though. Christmas Day started early, as it always does with kids. Mind you they got the house cleaned and their own breakfast while we "slept in". Then it was onto breakfast, pancakes with maple syrup and cream and toasted croissants with ham and cheese.

Present time was preceded by the original Christmas story, found in Genesis 3 when God foretold the coming of Christ as a cure for Sin.

The kids got some smaller presents from each other, presents from grandparents, and then from us some large presents for all of them; a digital camera and a portable DVD player.

Our main web server failed on Christmas Eve. I sent an emergency SMS to the techs and they started work right away. It took 30 hours to fix! A raid controller card failed on the server and once it was replaced the entire raid array had to be rebuilt.

This site only came backup about 5 minutes ago. 

Thanks goodness the techs were available to work on Christmas day - I am, so thankful to them for that! 

This is hilarious - Darth Vader goes to the deathstar canteen for lunch, done with lego.

Unfortunately not suitable for kids, a couple of swear words, but in context.

I laughed out loud!

We went for a tour of the Christmas Lights near our place the other day, check out my photos on Flickr. I think these guys are insane, but at least they create something for us to enjoy and the kids love it - cheap entertainment!

While you are in the mood check out these amazing lights - 110,000 feet of electrical cable and over 40,000 lights.