Thunder, Computers and Blogs

Woke up around 06.30 from thunder and heavy rain. The thunder was really close and you could feel the massive sound from it in the bed. The power of nature…
Around 06.50 I picked up my Tungsten C and wanted to check my email but there wasn’t any network to the rest of the world. Oh, well. During thunder things usually break, but normally it is on the other end, at the university. That was not the case today. After we got up and showered I started looking for the error and found that the 16 port switch on the second floor had stopped working on the auto-uplink port. A quick switch to a 5-port brother solved that part, got a link light but still no conectivity to the rest of the world. Hmm, let us verify the 8-port hub downstairs. No link light to the switch upstairs. That port on the hub was broken as well and I moved the cable to another port on the hub and it all started working. Verified the 16-port switch and yes it was broken. Called Netgear and I am getting a new one, again. This is will be the second time it is replaced with a new one.
Everything felt OK and finally I could eat my breakfast. Half way through Johanna wonders where Jennifer is and she heds up to check her email. “Gubben, I have no net.” Hmm, I have net on the other computer but not on hers. Some detective work shows that the ethernet card on her computer is broken and after a quick swap her computer is up and running again. Update the DHCP server to give her the right IP-number. All great.
Hmm, perhaps I should fix Tina’s blog so the RSS-feed gives the full entry? Hmm, I cannot change anything on her blog. Log in as Tina. HUH, she doesn’t have any permissions at all on her blog besides posting new entries. That is strange. After 1 hour I give up. I cannot increase her rights and I cannot add myself as an admin to her blog. That blog is living on its own in cyberspace.
What a day. And it is only 11.10… I really hope nothing else got lost during the night.

[Written while listening to: You Make me Wonder – U96 – Unplugged]

4 thoughts on “Thunder, Computers and Blogs”

  1. Hy there. A good friend of mine is searching since a long time now for the “unplugged”-album of U96 – without succes. I hope that you still got it (like written in your article) and I really like to have a copy of it. Would you please contact me if it is possible? I`ll surely pay for it if the price is ok. My Email-address is added so please write me back. ( I hope you understand, wht I´m trying to say, ´cause my english isn´t very good).
    Best wishes
    Anne, Delmenhorst, Germany

  2. Hy there. A good friend of mine is searching since a long time now for the “unplugged”-album of U96 – without succes. I hope that you still got it (like written in your article) and I really like to have a copy of it. Would you please contact me if it is possible? I`ll surely pay for it if the price is ok. My Email-address is added so please write me back. ( I hope you understand, wht I´m trying to say, ´cause my english isn´t very good).
    Best wishes
    Anne, Delmenhorst, Germany

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