April 30th, 2009 by Grazer
Biker, wilde Hunde mit Herz
abends, in den abendnachrichten, politikergeschwafel ohne inhalt, leere versprechungen, das übliche eben was von offizieller seite als tagwerk vollbracht wurde…
wir müssen zusammen auf die schwächeren acht geben, wir müssen unseren kindern eine zukunft bieten… bla bla bla…
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Moving the server machines
April 28th, 2009 by Stargazer
Due to the fact that I am moving to the new flat, my servers will be offline for a couple of hours starting tomorrow afternoon (GMT+1). I’ll post here as soon as I know anything new before we’ll go down for hopefully not more than three hours.
Update – 2009-04-29: It is not a big surprise for me, but the new line to be is still dead and it looks like the telekom service didn’t finish it correctly. So the move is still pending. Worst case scenario would be being offline for a week or two…
Update – 2009-04-30: If it’s not the provider or the telekom causing troubles, it’s the charlady causing troubles by unplugging the server rack for using the power plug. Systems are up again, but still at the old location. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Update – 2009-05-04: Today our Telekom announced that a technical guy will come round looking at the problem to (hopefully) solve it. Just to be sure, I got me an SDSL Modem to be able to check their work afterwards without taking my servers down…
Update – 2009-05-07: Just before we all gave up, a miracle happened: the modem started connecting and my ISP could finally start configuring it for the final testing. To be honest, we’re suspecting the telekom guy has forgotten to remove the testing plug at the other end of the line – but who knows.
Update – 2009-05-12: After some line tests and preparations the server move happened today. All systems are now up and running in their new home.
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Cutlery in the bathroom – pliers in bed
April 28th, 2009 by Stargazer
Currently my life is turned upside down – especially anything related to my new home. Yes, you have read that right: my new home – I moved. This is the reason for the current chaos around me. But it’s getting better every day since we’re trying to move anything to the final destinations. As soon as things went back to a rather normal way, I’ll be blogging more often again.
Tags: life
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Kismet
April 17th, 2009 by Stargazer
I guess it was fate that my day started with a broken car. It’s one of those days you’d love to erase from your mind if you could. One of those days you’d just like to stay in bed until it’s over.
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My favorite ISP again…
April 14th, 2009 by Stargazer
Every now and then it happens to me, that I have to have a look at the computer problems of my relatives, just like the current weekend. Topic of the session: “Internet access”, the classical error report: “nothing works” – roughly translated this could be taken as a “Search for it, I’m too lazy to demonstrate” thing, not to forget that the user never did touch anything.
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Parking
April 9th, 2009 by Stargazer
via xkcd
… and best wishes to the guy who couldn’t park at the company lot. He shall pray that I never got a blowtorch with me, as the Idea itself is quite tempting…
Tags: humor
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Die Königin der Landstraße
April 8th, 2009 by Grazer
viele lkw-fahrer meinen, sie sind die kapitäne der landstraße. das mag ja alles gut und recht sein und vielleicht auch irgendwie geschichtlich bedingt, aber die königin der landstraße, das ist nur eine, und das wird sich auch nie mehr ändern…
die königin der landstraße, wenn ich mal so dezent vorstellen darf:
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