They finally figured out how to make ubuntu rock on wifi…

Posted on August 3rd, 2008 in sysadmin by They

They have a new laptop.  It came with Vista Ultimate, but even now, the bluetooth on windows never works as it should — not that they are surprised. Since they use bluetooth really often (to upload photos from the camera on the phone they have), this is a problem. OK, not much of a problem.  Continue reading →

Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day

Posted on July 25th, 2008 in culture,funny,pop,say,sysadmin by They

System Administrator Appreciation Day – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

DNSstuff is now charging for DNSreports…

Posted on April 28th, 2008 in say,sysadmin by They

So, in the quest for Free DNS Report alternatives, they found intoDNS: checks DNS and mail servers health. They like it. Mmmmm. AJAXy.

Newish look.

Posted on April 21st, 2008 in about,sysadmin by They

They were tired of the old, non-wordpress-2.5-compatable theme.  In honor of the new system, they have now selected Cordobo Green Park.  They are not displeased.

It is about time…

Posted on April 6th, 2008 in awful,culture,sysadmin by They

…that end-users are made responsible for securing their OS

Why gentoo? Why debian?

Posted on April 6th, 2008 in sysadmin by They

How did these distibutions choose their names? Etymology of a Linux distro | Royal HeHe2-ness! They now prefer gentoo for servers, and ubuntu for desktops, for what that is worth…

A trip in the wayback machine

Posted on March 31st, 2008 in funny,sysadmin by They

jwz – Happy Run Some Old Web Browsers Day!

Long time coming…

Posted on March 29th, 2008 in about,new,sysadmin by They

they.com is now running on new hardware! There was a happy congruence of tax refund check and Dell having a sale of 45% off servers, so the 8+ year old system (a sun netra t1 with a 900MHz ultrasparc IIi, 1G RAM and an external 30G drive) has been replaced (by a poweredge 2750, with Continue reading →

Catchup blogging for the new year…

Posted on January 1st, 2008 in awful,culture,funny,nsfw,politics,pop,say,Secularism,sysadmin by They

(This is a big list) All things overheard: Overheard in New York | With New Yorkers, That’s a Safe Bet Overheard in New York | How Seacrest Saved Britney Overheard in the Office | Have We Learned Nothing from the “Cock Diagram” Incident? Overheard Everywhere | Is There a Polite Response That Doesn’t Sound Gay? Continue reading →

More catchup blogging…

Posted on December 10th, 2007 in awful,funny,politics,pop,say,sysadmin by They

Once again, we start with things overheard: Overheard in the Office | Now Hop on One Foot While I Take Your Wallets Overheard Everywhere | More Likely He’d Giggle and Start Talking about Threesomes Overheard Everywhere | Maybe I Should Find a Nice Lesbian and Settle Down Overheard Everywhere | Why Children Should Not Be Continue reading →


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