SaidHost down

Posted by Rob at March 5th, 2007

It’s typical this. I just got a server from Saidhost.com on Feb 21st. Then around Feb 22 or Feb 23 SaidHost.com went down. I didn’t even get chance to get it configured and running :(

From what I’ve been able to piece together Level 3 disconnected them from thier network. Saidhost had 2 network bandwidth suppliers. One supplier TELCOVE http://www.telcove.com/ was bought out by their other supplier Level 3 http://www.level3.com/.

Level 3 had been complaining about violations of their AUP (Acceptable Use Policy). They finally got fed up with the contstant violations and shut off the network fee for Saidhost. To me it looks like Saidhost had sold a server to someone who was using it to send out massive amounts of spam. When Saidhost failed to stop the abuse Level 3 just cut them off.

You can check out these links if you want any more information:
This thread on WebHostingTalk
Or this thread on FreeWebspace.net
Spam dispute leaves Pennridge, residents without Internet : The Morning Call Online

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a in joke for linux gurus

Posted by Rob at September 2nd, 2006

Make me a sandwich

For those people that don’t get the joke email me and I’ll enlighten you.

If you just want a clue find out what sudo means in linux.

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kitty0.org/blog » Referer - WordPress Plugin

Posted by Rob at August 25th, 2006

kitty0.org/blog » Referer - WordPress Plugin
Just installed a new Wordpress Plugin. This is such a cool plugin. If any of you have have wordpress I recommend getting this plugin.

The plugin shows who is refering to my blog and what search terms are being used. See it in action at the bottom of my sidebar.

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The Sysadmin Song

Posted by Rob at August 19th, 2006

The Sysadmin Song - Streaming Google Version

Description:
A funny song that sings the praises of System Administrators. Written by Wes Borg of Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie.
Visit our site at http://www.deadtroll.com for a free downloadable version of this video.

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Top 25 Explanations by Programmers when their programs don’t work.

Posted by Rob at August 19th, 2006

1. Strange…
2. I’ve never heard about that.
3. It did work yesterday.
4. Well, the program needs some fixing.
5. How is this possible?
6. The machine seems to be broken.
7. Has the operating system been updated?
8. The user has made an error again.
9. There is something wrong in your test data.
10. I have not touched that module!
11. Yes yes, it will be ready in time.
12. You must have the wrong executable.
13. Oh, it’s just a feature.
14. I’m almost ready.
15. Of course, I just have to do these small fixes.
16. It will be done in no time at all.
17. It’s just some unlucky coincidense.
18. I can’t test everything!
19. THIS can’t do THAT.
20. Didn’t I fix it already?
21. It’s already there, but it has not been tested.
22. It works, but it’s not been tested.
23. Somebody must have changed my code.
24. There must be a virus in the application software.
25. Even though it does not work, how does it feel?

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www. is deprecated.

Posted by Rob at June 5th, 2006

www. is deprecated.

How many times a day you goto a web address and forget to put the www? How many times does the site come up? Do we really need to make people type in www. ?

Is this a ruse by the keyboard makers to wear out the w key faster?

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URL Redirect

Posted by Rob at February 26th, 2006

How to do URL redirect in frames with path forwarding.

Get this CGI script and save it in your cgi-bin directory


#!/usr/bin/perl
##
##  redirect.cgi -- Program to frame redirect to another server
##

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

$uri = $ENV{'REQUEST_URI'};
$host = $ENV{'HTTP_HOST'};
$destbase = "http://www.stonhamhosting.net";
$dest = $destbase.$uri;

print "






<body>
The website for $host can be found by clicking <a href=\"$dest\">here</a>.
$host is registered though <a href=\"http://stonhamhosting.net/\">StonhamHosting - get web site hosting here</a>
</body>


“;

Then add this to your .htaccess in the top level directory of you web site:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)       cgi-bin/redirect.cgi

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I Work With An Idiot!

Posted by Rob at February 1st, 2006

I’m soon to be starting a new website where you can have a winge and moan about the idiots that you have to work with. It will also to somewhere to tell the world how bad people are at their jobs and tell funny stories.
Keep an eye out at www.iworkwithandidiot.com

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Weblog Tools Collection � 30GB Web Mail Launches Into Beta

Posted by Rob at October 5th, 2005

Weblog Tools Collection � 30GB Web Mail Launches Into Beta

How can anyone afford to do something like this? Even a huge company like Google can only manage about 2.5Gb worth of free storage. Come on guys level with us. I very much doubt that 30Gigs.com will be able to offer 30Gb to every user. But to honest how many of use GMail users are anywhere near our limit? Not many I bet. So for the few people who do use the full 30Gb there will be a few hundred other people using less than 1Gb.

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