Zoe is right as usual.  The dish is definitely off-axis.  When I migrate the LAF code to my backup computer I’ll get the dish’s precise orientation first.  And before I start up the LAF again, I’m going to make some changes to the code and hardware so this scenario doesn’t play out again.  Tonight, I’m going to buy several large external RAID drives.  Over the weekend, I’m going to type in the LAF code base from the printout I have, and make a few changes to it as well.

First, I’m going to add new logic so the logs can grow to span the new drives I’m installing and formatting tonight.  The logs will not be written to my OS disk as they were this last time.  Fool me twice, shame on me!  I’m also going to put in additional code to limit the log sizes so there is always a buffer of %5 empty space left on each drive just in case.  Finally, at Zoe’s brilliant suggestion, I’m going to add triggers so that I will receive instant email and tweets when the logs experience significant change.  I’m not having this happen again!