April 17, 2001
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Hang on brothers and sisters. Your domains are next in line.
Archive: April, 2001
April 17, 2001
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How many ways can you say “pain in the ass”?
April 17, 2001
Packet sniffles.
Praise the soul of Jon Postel, I think we’re alive and kicking again. For those of you just tuning in again after the move, I have been struggling in an attempt to get the world to understand just where in heck my new server is. After a week’s worth of Network Solutions domain records getting … More
April 16, 2001
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If this weren’t so typically Network Solutions, I’d be laughing out loud. When I updated the domain records for all of the sites I host, I specified that the DNS running off my ADSL connection was primary and the DNS operated by the other Grant was secondary. The secondary DNS would just do what it … More
April 15, 2001
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Oh goody, the email is finally starting to trickle through on the accounts connected to the recently transferred domains. And doesn’t it just figure that the first two messages I receive are spam.
April 14, 2001
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Note to self. Next time you need to move servers and domains, make sure that you leave the old DNS entries in place until the updated host records are completely propagated. That way, the MX record for your primary domain will be accessible during the transition period and your email account will still work. Arrgh.
April 13, 2001
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We’re back. And at least some of the world can tune in. Until the magic of DNS propagation works its merry way throughout the entire system, some of you won’t see this message for another day or so. All in all, a relatively painless move. I can’t wait until I’m back on a regular posting … More
April 12, 2001
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Another late night, another step toward becoming my own internet service provider. I’ve managed to cram all 34 of the domains I host into the new name server, and I also set up a stopgap web server to hold their place in line while the physical box moves across town sometime today. My partner on … More
April 11, 2001
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Sometime during the next 24 hours, I will moving this server to its new home in a cluttered, but cosy, corner of my basement. Part of the imminent parade of fun that awaits me is updating the thirty or so hosted domains to point to my DNS. If for some reason this server ends up … More
April 10, 2001
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Some of the treasures uncovered during the sorting and packing tonight. Left to right as shown: Adobe Illustrator for Windows 1.0 demo on 5.25″ floppy; Apple Stellar Invaders on original Apple II Diskware 5.25″ floppy; and Lisa Office 7/7 Release 3.1 System Disk 4.What else did I stumbled upon this evening? How about a February/March … More