Monthly Archives: July 2010

Wake for Oma

Posted on July 26, 2010 by red6

In 2002 the department bought a SUN machine and 1TB of disk for an eye-popping amount for use as our main – and in later years secondary – file-server. It was finally switched off last week after spinning its little … Continue reading →

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Sysadmin’s First Rule

Posted on July 20, 2010 by red6

My First Rule of System Administration goes like this: “The quick temporary hack to fix a problem always becomes the permanent solution, so get the quick temporary hack right.” I had another good example of this recently. A while back … Continue reading →

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Waiting For Godot

Posted on July 16, 2010 by red6

Ummm…… what? Sir Ian McKellen has been touring with his production of Waiting For Godot, and I was lucky enough to see the performance last night. The word is that the tour was originally planned to terminate in Australia, but … Continue reading →

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Time Team: Piercebridge

Posted on July 13, 2010 by red6

One of my all-time favourite TV shows is Time Team. I saw the Piercebridge episode last night. It was one of the best ever, but I was filled with unanswered questions, and shouting at the TV didn’t seem to help. … Continue reading →

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SpecFicNZ Meet-up

Posted on July 3, 2010 by red6

Ripley Patton is setting up a club called SpecFicNZ, for people interesting in writing speculative fiction (an umbrella term incorporating Science Fiction, Fantasy, and similar genres). This promises to be a very cool organization, and I’m looking forward to seeing … Continue reading →

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