Romans 8:28
A day of joy and excitement for some friends, but death for others. How I will miss my old Awana commander. Your family is in my prayers. Brave to the end. I salute you, sir.
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It’s SysAdmin Day!
Oh thank you White Mike. ::sniff:: You brought tears of joy to me eyes. |:_-)
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Subject: Happy SysAdmin Day
Happy SysAdmin day!
Keeping it Cool
New hypothesis: DSL modem is getting too hot, especially in the summer causing it to scramble. This should keep it cool…
US Concentration Camp?
By request: Here is some video footage (what I’m allowed to release) we recorded last weekend of what we believe is the remains of a secret U.S. Concentration Camp. Download here.
Update: Power restored. All services normal. Monitoring for abnormalities.
—- old report —-
SYSTEM ALERT: POWER FAILURE. ON BATTERY.
We have experienced a power failure. Downtime imminent. See log for status:
~16:30. Power failure.
~17:20. Power failure reported to sysadmin (me).
~17:30. Non-critical servers powered down. Power saving status enabled. Connection tested: [...]
Can you say it right?
Here are a few computer terms I hear mispronounced by professors and professionals:
GIF - Macintosh artists typically say GIF with a hard g but the correct pronounciation is with a soft g like JIFF.
MySQL - Windows SQL admins commonly say MySequel. But the correct way to say MySQL is My [...]
Who voted for this woman?
…an abstinence until marriage program is not only irresponsible, it’s really inhumane.
Abstaining from sex is oftentimes not a choice, and therefore their only hope in preventing HIV infection is the use of condoms.
–U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-California)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is contrasting health “experts” and people like Barbara Lee who support [...]
Around the world in 92 minutes
Bob showed me the International Space Station last night orbiting the planet 220 miles away at a speed of 17,500 mph!
SHO Log:
July 9, 2004
10:20: on way to gas station battery light comes on at stops. ..revved engine at 1K to compensate. after refueling car wouldn’t start. console blank. popped the hood, wiggled the battery cables, and she started right up.
10:50: picked up folks to see movie, battery light starts coming on at [...]