Category Archives: Computers & Networking

Computers, System Administration, Networking.. all that good stuff.

by srhuston

A Clue, At Last!

So I spent a good chunk of today trying to get my DNS PTR record changed. First, I had to get the username for my account, which after calling one person he informed me that there’s a website to go to which lets you set that up. Went to the website, set it all up, he asks if there’s anything else he can do. I tell him about the reverse DNS question, and he said he has no idea how to do that. Fair enough, I’ll file a ticket online.

Oh wait. But you can’t file any trouble tickets online. You can view your tickets online, but you can’t create a new one. What kind of bass-ackwards system is that? Apparently, one that the Big Red Check uses. Loverly.

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by srhuston

The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

Got tired of waiting for my current registrar (Easyspace) to transfer my domain to my new registrar (Dreamhost), especially since they don’t seem to be touching DNS now that I initiated the transfer. So, good old Unix to the rescue:

joshua:~# dig www.srhuston.net @ns1.dreamhost.com
...
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.srhuston.net. 14400 IN A 208.113.156.214
...
joshua:~# dig gallery.srhuston.net @ns1.dreamhost.com
...
;; ANSWER SECTION:
gallery.srhuston.net. 14400 IN A 64.111.108.163
...
joshua:~# vi /var/named/db.srhuston
[edits]
joshua:~# service named restart

So, the new site is "on the air" now. You probably guessed that, since you're reading it. And this post serves no real purpose then. Oh well.

by srhuston

And There Was Much Rejoicing

So Leigh and I, in our messing around with various stuff, now have two linked IRC servers (well, he had one, but now I’m running one too). If you’re interested in a chat, and know what IRC is, point to irc.srhuston.net 6667 (or irc.srhuston.net:9999 if you want to use SSL) and find me. There’s a few of us on at various hours :>

by srhuston

Ticking Away The Moments That Make Up A Dull Day

So Steph got her new computer last night, as it was shipped to my office so I brought it home with me. A Dimension 4600, 2.8GHz machine with an 80GB disk, DVD-ROM and separate CD-RW, 512MB RAM… it’s pretty. Even if it does run Windows XP 😛 (At least it’s XP Pro, somewhat respectible.)

We’ve installed a bunch of stuff on it between the two of us, and still have more things to do. One very good thing is that once we get Quicken on there and move our data from the VMware install on my desktop to the new machine, I can get rid of VMware entirely. I love the program, don’t get me wrong, but more often than not it’s been the only reason I’ve been unable to upgrade the OS for one thing or another (and even now I’m running an older kernel than I want to because of it).

Now, I can finally stop whining when I can’t find a copy of a game for the Mac… Ugh, what’s wrong with me? First I got an Apple, and now I’m actually not unhappy about a Windows machine in my house? I must be coming down with something…