Category Archives: Advogato

The day started slowly today. I spent a lot of time on the phone to the Irish Consulate, trying to find out how the hell to relinquish my Irish citizenship. I need to fill out a Declaration of Alienage, but … Continue reading →

I don’t think I’ve ever drunk so much fluid in a single day. The day started with two cups of water, followed by two pink lemonades at Max’s. Then I cycled up into the Marin Headlands, before heading down to … Continue reading →

Went down to Digital Island’s facility on Friday to check out Linuxcare’s equipment in the racks. I’ve now seen what an EMC Symmetrix looks like. Wow, is all I can say. I’m now going to be staying in San Francisco … Continue reading →

Spent today fixing reverse DNS using Perl, curing Oracle problems for the finance department, configuring the last few printers that were not yet on-line, and generally tidying up the loose ends from the move. Spoke to my boss and Human … Continue reading →

Yesterday saw me configuring a lot of static DHCP addresses (what an oxymoron) for unofficial servers on the Linuxcare network. A large amount of DNS rewriting was required as well, though reverse DNS is still broken. Apart from that, outstanding … Continue reading →