Maija and I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a great new year’s celebration, followed by an excellent 2008!
We’re thoroughly enjoying our holiday. We’ve had the chance to hang out with almost all of the people that mean something to me, so that’s great. If we haven’t hung out with you and […]
Archive for December, 2007
I had need to move the database my Windows Server Update Services is using from the Windows Internal Database to my full SQL Server (2005). Following are my steps:
1. Microsoft Article on the steps required, I used this as a guide, but as I had already installed WSUS, I had to vary things a bit.
2. […]
We’re there! Our bodies are thoroughly confused, but we’re safe and sound. And eating delicious pies!
So we end up in this hotel right, in Porvo? Turns out it’s a spa; quite a luxurious place. I spent the morning in the sauna, steam room, swimming pool and hot tub. In that order. Nice little bonus that was.
We eventually got back to Helsinki Vantaa and checked in once more. But lo, mysteriously […]
We were doing so well. We were at the airport nice and early, met some friends (one of whom was traveling at the same time as we were), found out said friends had just got engaged (congratulations Satu and Tukka!). Then we checked in, waited around, did some shopping, the usual drill. Only to find […]
We took the Pendolino to Helsinki last night, dragging our 3 big suitcases and backpacks behind us. The trip felt shorter than usual (3 hours).
Tonight we’re flying to Frankfurt, and then to Singapore, and then Sydney, and finally Auckland. Wish us luck.
I know it’s early, I normally save this till New Year’s, but that’s not gonna work this year. This is probably my favourite mix yet, the stuff I picked up this year just blows my mind. Please, download, spread it around.
From the mix page:
The annual New Year’s mix is a little early this year […]
Asterisk bows beneath my puny fist
Published December 3rd, 2007 in IT Industry and Personal. 1 CommentNot Asterix… he bows before no fist. But Asterisk… also known as *. Also known as the world’s most popular open source PBX (private branch exchange). Basically it’s a phone server, like office’s have. Except this one’s open source and free, runs on all sorts of hardware, and is almost limitless in it’s configuration options […]
