June 5, 2011: Fable III Progress

Medifast Status: Day 34, Down ~24.5lbs Finally today I have another weight drop on MediFast.  These days with the big drops (two and a half pounds, today) are really encouraging.  Going for days without seeing anything at all is really frustrating.  I am past the days of the big, sudden drops in weight and am …

DRBD Error: “Device is held open by someone”

I’ve seen a lot of people posting about this problem but it is very hard to find a good resolution.  Here is what the error will typically look like: filer1:~# drbdadm secondary r0 /dev/drbd0: State change failed: (-12) Device is held open by someone Command ‘drbdsetup 1 secondary’ terminated with exit code 11 You will …

June 4, 2011: Happy 65th Dad!

Medifast Status: Day 33, Down ~22lbs Today is my dad’s sixty-fifth birthday. The big move was moving the television from the fireplace into the girls’ playroom (aka “the den”, aka “the dining room.”)  Having the television in the living room has been driving me crazy.  It makes the house look awful and it causes that …