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Life

Merry Christmas 2009

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Pet Peeves

Dear UPS

Disks in two of our servers failed last week. One was covered by warranty, the other by a HP Care Pack (Next Business Day). In both cases, I reported the failure last Friday and replacement disks were promptly dispatched by the distributor and HP, respectively. As of Wednesday evening, they have not arrived. Yes, we’re […]

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System Administration

A blast from the past: mod_epp

I recently got contacted by SIDN regarding some problems with mod_epp. They were running into issues when combining mod_epp with mod_proxy and needed me to find a fix. We came to an agreement, I spend some time programming C again, and here it is: mod_epp version 1.6. Changes: * Bugfix: Internal EPP error messages work […]

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Tracks

Tracks

This one started with a basic circle and grew from that. Worked out better than expected in the end. These days, once I build such a track, both kids play with trains on it. I had to repair the bridge a few times, but it’s getting a lot better now.

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Internet

Google DNS resolution service

In their endless quest for world domination Google recently unveiled their public DNS resolver setup. Such a service is nothing new per se, OpenDNS is doing something similar for some time. Based on the FAQ, Google seems to do this right: A sensible privacy policy and no NXDOMAIN rewriting. They even seem to implement some […]

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Pet Peeves

Wie man Kunden das Musikkaufen austreibt

Ich komme per link auf die amazon.com Seite zu einer CD: Die angespielten Lieder klingen gut, der Preis passt, schauen wir mal, was wir dafür in der EU zahlen: Ja, genau so motiviert man Kunden zum Kaufen. Verarschen könnt ihr wen anderen.