GeekBlog
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh... Sometimes I hate being a Geek....
Sometimes, I think that I'm not really a geek.... I just think I know things.....
Because it seems like I always need help figuring things out.....
If I were a true geek, wouldn't I always know the answer to everything????
Isn't that the modern definition of a Geek????
No, I'm not talking about the "Sideshow freak that bites the heads off of live chickens" one...
I'm talking about the modern day definition, you know... The one that says he/she whom knows everything computers and is really smart is herby known as "Geek"....
No, not a nerd... That's something else... and involves think black rimmed glasses and a pocket protector..... I'm talking about Geeks....
Being a Geek is still an "in-thing" isn't it?
I hope so... I put alot into my "geek" image.... Both in TF and FM mode (TF = True Femal, FM = Fake Male).....
There is always my FM - California Sleezebag Look... (ask Kim for more details)...
N-E-Ways... Off 2 work I go......
BTW, Next week I get to play Supervisor again..... IF only I got paid for it....
-HUGGLES-
-Piper
P.S. NEVER ship UPS (and it's officially named UPS now, not United Parcel Service) unless Absolutely nesecary.... TRUST me on this.....
Saturday, July 05, 2003
For those few of you that know about this, and those fewer that are even interested, here's a status update of the server.
We went up 2 NY to administer the server ourselves... It's approx a 3 hour drive.....
Get there, install the latest SOPHOS binary along with the latest set of IDE's for said binary, and it starts running...
Several mins later it starts reporting tojans and delting files... in stuff like /usr/bin/tar, cat, more, etc....
The thing is, it was deleting a LOT of stuff that I KNEW the os needed... (BTW, it even had infected the running copy of SOPHOS, or so it thought, so it deleted itself)...
N-E-Ways.... A reboot later, and the damn thing won't boot.... Can't mount the drives... shut dunt work.....
So I grab the RedHat 7.3 cd, boot to recsuce disc mode, run, e2fsck on the partitions, reboot, start an upgrade, and find out that I'm like 2 MB short space on the / partition, so I goto a diff terminal desktop and del like 15mb of stuff in the root that I no longer needed.....
Start the upgrade over, and find I'm short about 6mb on the /var partition..... So I del some files......]
Start the install over.... Install fails when trying to install the NetTools rpm.....
So I pull the disc out and clean it......
STart install over, same error....
So I took out the burned copy I brought as backup.......
"No RedHat install media found int the drive"
So I clean that cd.... Still nothing......
So I plug back in the ethernet leads... Try an FTP install...
Nothing....
So now Andromeda-I is sitting here at home where I am having about the same luck as b4... Even wtih new burn cd's.... So I'm trying fresh installs on new drives.....
Results so far:
My new 160GB primary drive out of DIGITAL - partitioned, installed, won't boot.
One of my 80GB drives out of DIGITAL's IDE Raid array - Initialized, then died.... Fdisked, then died... Formatted, then died.... Started installing, then died and rebooted.....
The other 80GB drive out of DIGITAL's IDE Raid array - Not Recognized, not even in bios.
My 4GB backup/travel drive - System just locked up... Have no-idea if it has anything to do with the drive, but that's where things stand at this moment.
N-E-Ways, doesn't look like any real sleep for me tonite... Altho I might grab a short nap later on....
-Piper
Wednesday, July 02, 2003
STUPID Linux WORMS.....
Andromeda-I (The Primary MAIL server, IRC Server, and HOST for sites such as TGCOMICS.COM and RELUCTANTPRESS.COM) got compromised today.... Aparently just was I was trying to patch it.
That's what I get for trying to sleep in the A.M....
If I just stayed up 24x7 and didn't sleep, I wouldn't have these kinds of problems.... I'd know about everything as it happened....
Oh well... My 4 day weekend becomes 4 days of sitting around and watching the damn servers...
STUPID SCRIPT KIDDIES....
Atleast back in the day.... Hackers had ethics.... Now all these script kiddies are flooding the net trying to wreak havoc and put good/reputible businesses out of business.... THIS SUX!
Sometimes I REALLY wish I had never gotten into this damn busines....
IT would have definately save me a whole lot of heart-ache.....
N-E-Ways.... Off to wait for the techs to ring my phone back...
-Piper
I just finished washing my hair.... I plan on Dyeing it tomorrow while Kim's in AC...
I'm using L'OREAL Feria, color R75 in the POWER REDS Series.... The color I'm going to use is labled "FLAMING RED/Bright Copper Red".....
With any luck, this will turn out better than the last couple times I tried.... It seemed like they only partially took, and I have dark hair so they didn't turn out well... I'm hopinh to lighten a bit as well as go read... I think/hope it will go well... When I FIRST died my hair (and I wish I could remember the brand/color) it was only semi-permenant, and worked GREAT, and turned out LOVELY.... But still darker than I wanted....
My om like it tho, all tho she saw it after it was mostly gone...
N-E-Ways... No real complaining today... Got a 4 day weekend to look forward to... I may post again later tonite.
-HUGGLES-
-Piper
Tuesday, July 01, 2003
As the saying goes.....
Life sux and then you die.....
Sometimes I just wish that I could SLEEP!!!!!!
Got home from work, decided to run out to the mall to pick up headset for my new cellphone (Nokia 6340i). Didn't get home till about 1pm, after runnin around trying to find one that worked more than half assed, and trying to work on something @ the office...
Try to sleep... 2pm, phone rings.... I'ts Pickles... Followed by Kim.....
Get up and fix a prob for a customer/fried... Get back to sleep about 2:30ish....
3:45.... Phone rings....... Telemarketer....
get back to sleep about 15 mins later.....
4:45 Phone rings... Telemarketer.... I decided to check e-mail....
Friend that I haven't talked to in a long while nails me on AIM.....
Get back to sleep about 35 mins later.....
And I was basically up for the night about 6:00pm... NOT hat I wanted... Hopefully I'll get back 2 sleep b4 midnight...
-Piper
