A busy week last week at work was made more manic by our server crashing midway through Thursday. Not just a normal crash, but a non-recoverable hardware failure type crash. Panic ensued for a few hours while the extent of damage was assessed.

Friday morning brought us the conclusion that trying to rebuild the defunct server was a futile task, and so we hunted around for an immediate replacement. After sourcing a suitable replacement we set about the task of retrieving as much data as possible from the dead server. During this process we were also shocked to find out that our daily backups had failed every day for the last 5 months. Luckily the RAID array was intact, and we recovered all of the essential data. A lesson was very quickly learnt - verify backups!

The rest of the weekend was spent reinstalling all of the server software, mail archives, dev sites, etc, and Monday morning we were ready to reinstate everybody onto the network. Many thanks to Pete at for all the hours spent getting us back together.

Oh, and the mo is coming along nicely, but I'm really looking forward to the end of the month.

I scored 52, and was pleased to find that (most of) the ones I missed are in the lesser/never used category.

See how you fare, just remember to be honest to yourself and do it all without any aids. Good luck!

Came across great post on 15 Minute Lunch that shows a selection of 'fashion' from the 1977 JC Penney catalogue. Man that's some funny stuff. I wonder if they still stock it?

Inspired by the catalogue, I've stolen appropriated some curtains from the local retirement home, and am busy with chalk and pins marking out a wing collar suit. Victory is mine, mwah ha ha.

I read somewhere that a man with a mo strokes it on average 460 times a day. I haven't counted, but I have caught myself stroking it! Oh dear . . .

First impressions of the Shick are very good. I don't think I have ever used a razor that was so sharp and precise before. And their claim to be a noticeably less irritable shave is certainly well founded.

Thanks Schick and the Movember foundation for turning me onto a whole new level of shaving!

At the hotel where I watched the race there were several office parties, and the theme at at least 3 of the parties seemed to be somewhat 70's oriented. My mo fitted right in with the theme, and with a little more planning the clothing department I could have fitted right in.

Which gives me some fashion ideas for the end of Movember partee. Maybe the David Soul look, maybe the tan safari suit. Your suggestions are welcome.

You can view also view a time lapse slide show of my progress .

To sponsor my Mo please go to http://www.movember.com/au/donate, enter my registration number which is 83965 and your credit card details.

The itching is subsiding a little, but is being replaced by my eyes catching sight of a dark mass beneath my nose. Must learn to control the urge to try and look down at my upper lip otherwise I'll end up looking like a psycho.

The rest of the boys in the office are maintaining their growths, but as they are all much fairer haired than me their growth isn't as obvious.

You can view also view a time lapse slide show of my progress .

To sponsor my Mo please go to http://www.movember.com/au/donate, enter my registration number which is 83965 and your credit card details.

You can view also view a time lapse slide show of my progress .

To sponsor my Mo please go to http://www.movember.com/au/donate, enter my registration number which is 83965 and your credit card details.

My normal razor isn't cut out for the fine edge work I'm trying to put in, so if anybody has a suggestion for a better tool I would be most grateful.

My snapshots are looking more like an arrest record each time I try them! Maybe a little smile would help.

You can view also view a time lapse slide show of my progress .

To sponsor my Mo please go to http://www.movember.com/au/donate, enter my registration number which is 83965 and your credit card details.