This is actually Version 4 of my blog.
Enjoy!
There are some series of posts that go together. You can access them directly with the links below.
It seems the Insane Asylum is haunted, or we have the worlds weirdest burglars. Last night as I made my bid for freedom I left Gawain my trusty work desktop recompiling its kernel, and doing other re-compiles of parts of its OS. I know it was doing...
Update time, for NetIM BotNet – Part 1. I have now got the project running on version control (subversion), so that I can keep track of changes, revert to working versions in the case of irrevocable coding errors. and ease of installing on multiple...
Now a lot of people think that governments, or legal types thrive in pointless red tape, and the rest of us mere mortals are driven insane with the pointlessness of their tasks. The truth is somewhat different, Busby* could teach these lovers of...
Today I was reminded why I make it a policy to be unarmed in the office. The extra time needed to find a suitable weapon gives my temper time to loose its edge. And on days like today every second gained helps keep people alive… Now I’ve been busy...
King of the Lab! As those of you who have to deal with the world of emails know BT, Yahoo have recently upped their fight against Spam in a rather Draconian Manner. and SysAdmins around the world have learnt to dread the influx of the following in...
As my Dear Readers you may be aware (If you recall back to the Jibber Jabber posts). We at the Insane Asylum have switched to a uniform IM chat system that we now all use for inter communication between padded cells. Which is much simpler that the...
In the velvet darkness, of the blackest sky All morning the skies above the Insane Asylum have been dark & brooding as we are sat under a Thunder Storm. Now this is not necessary a bad thing, OK. So my dogs are outside getting drenched, OK I...
All is on edge in the Techno Insane Asylum today, I think its just a coincidence that I also happen to have brought a shinai into the office. “You took a weapon to work?” I hear you ask! Which tells me two things :- You don’t know me, You don’t...
“I’m not antisocial: I’m just not user friendly!“ I’m almost positive he’s doing it on purpose! In fact I am tempted to bring a shinai to the meeting tomorrow and teach the customer, not to mess with me! I’m working on MPD‘s project. You may...
So we have a new customer, lets call him “MPD“. Simple job (in theory) He’s fallen out with his web designers/holders and needs his site putting up somewhere else, (or he split from company and wants to go into competition, I did not ask which)....