Monthly Archives: July 2006

National sysadmin day

http://www.sysadminday.com/ – feel free to donate to my paypal account, details available on application

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new shiny toys but it isn’t all sunny for Sun

Our rack (well, half rack) of the new Sun T2000 servers has arrived. There is something rather cool about seeing prtdiag reporting 32 processors in a 2u machine Location CPU Freq Implementation Mask ———— —– ——– ——————- —– MB/CMP0/P0 0 … Continue reading

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NHS targets?

A while ago I got a letter from my doctor saying I was due a visit to the asthma clinic for my routine check up (basically, I blow in a machine and assuming I don’t die I pass for another … Continue reading

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Yay :)

Considering I wasn’t even going to bother putting in for promotion this year I was pleasantly surprised to find a letter from personnel congratulating me on my promotion \o/ Wooo Of course, it’s still not clear what the move to … Continue reading

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More account oddities at savastore.com

Well, I got into work yesterday and just before I rang savastore.com I attempted to login to my account. Wierd – my new password now works and I can see my new order (and the old ones have disappeared). Assuming … Continue reading

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Wanted: simple NAS

For a while now, I’ve been on the lookout for a simple network attached storage solution that would allow me to a) backup our laptops and b) share stuff around the house. Of course, I don’t just want a NAS … Continue reading

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It’s over again…

So, after 4 years of hard work it’s all over in a few minutes of what was (lets be honest here) a walk in the park :-(

Disappointing? Slightly.

Annoying? Very. Continue reading

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