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MTN Business Data lines crash – down again
Team Blog - Mon, 08/30/2010 - 15:58
Last time, generator maintenance in Johannesburg took everything offline. There was just notification with the subject line “unknown” (referring to the categorisation of the issue) at 14h22: SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED: Intermittent Degradation in Service SEVERITY: Critical STATUS: Attending ATTENDING: MTN Engineers ADDITIONAL: Please note that we are currently experiencing packet loss and browsing issues to some [...]
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Afrihost ADSL Uncapped – throttled at 32GB to 0.56Mbps
Team Blog - Sat, 08/28/2010 - 12:29
So – Afrihost ADSL uncapped… the promise of “Pure Internet Joy” is part of the offering’s headline. On a 4Mbps line, the offering of the uncapped account is quite good. Then came the warnings — throtteling may occur based on usage patterns. Then came the notification that there would be an hour-to-hour usage analysis to [...]
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Search all files for TEXT in bash
Team Blog - Mon, 08/09/2010 - 22:12
To find all files by file name containing THE TEXT I SEEK: grep -lir "THE TEXT I SEEK" * Had to list it as I always forget. But you know that already…
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WordPress 3.0.1 – I’m sure you’ve upgraded already
Team Blog - Mon, 08/09/2010 - 14:53
I’m sure you’ve done it already, but WordPress 3.0.1 (a maintenance release) is out since Friday and you should have upgraded (and updated the database) already by downloading the 3.0.1 version. List of revised files: wp-signup.php wp-includes/default-filters.php wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php wp-includes/taxonomy.php wp-includes/class-http.php wp-includes/update.php wp-includes/post.php wp-includes/version.php wp-includes/default-widgets.php wp-includes/theme.php wp-includes/comment-template.php wp-includes/ms-blogs.php wp-includes/query.php wp-includes/link-template.php wp-includes/wp-db.php wp-includes/formatting.php wp-includes/ms-deprecated.php wp-includes/general-template.php wp-includes/canonical.php wp-includes/capabilities.php [...]
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Kindle Firmware upgrades
Team Blog - Sun, 07/25/2010 - 15:43
Remember to upgrade your Kindle from Amazon – there’s a new firmware upgrade available, taking the system to version 2.5.2 (24.3MB – you may want to transfer via USB…)Updates include: PDF Pan and Zoom (finally) — you can zoom into small print! Collections – to group books and documents by topic or type (not just [...]
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[UPDATE] SEACOM cable back up (for now)
Team Blog - Sun, 07/25/2010 - 15:27
Notification at 20:04 on 23 July 2010 read that the link was back up and stable. For now.From the update from SEACOM: SEACOM is pleased to confirm that all repairs to the submarine cable have been successfully completed. With the entire network now fully operational, our technical teams will continue to work closely with customers [...]
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[UPDATE] SEACOM – finally, a light of hope after cable outage and line down: 23 July
Team Blog - Thu, 07/22/2010 - 15:03
SEACOM expects all connectivity to be restored to full pre-crash conditions by 23 July 2010. The repairs are not complete yet, but, officially, “in the final stages of completion”, with only testing to go before the cable goes back down into the water. SEACOM’s official statement made today just after lunch: SEACOM is pleased to [...]
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[UPDATE] SEACOM operational update re repairs and down time
Team Blog - Sat, 07/17/2010 - 10:57
Finally, SEACOM has posted new (well, another) report regarding the undersea outage off Mombasa, which, though initially projected to be completed by 11 July will most probably only be finished by 22 July 2010 according to latest reports. Finally, though, they have announced that the “designated ship has been deployed to the location of the [...]
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[UPDATE] SEACOM still eyeing the 22 July as targeted restore date
Team Blog - Thu, 07/15/2010 - 18:00
Nothing much new, there is not even an operational update from SEACOM. However, unofficial reports are still pointing to 22 July 2010 as the targeted completion date forthe service to be restored for the submarine cable running up the East African coast. At present, though, “they have not yet settled the mobilization of the repair [...]
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On the fly compression of a tar-ball or mysqldump
Team Blog - Wed, 07/14/2010 - 14:47
Just to jot it down lest I forget: Tar’ing the local directory and streaming the tarball straight to gzip: tar cvf - . | gzip > target.tar.gz MySQLdump’ing directly to gzip: mysqldump --opt --single-transaction -h HOST -u USER -pPASS DATABASENAME| gzip > OUTPUT.sql.gz Using --single-transaction above to avoid locking restrictions on the tables, and it’s [...]
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[SOLVED] qlikView installation on Windows 7 – installation error
Team Blog - Tue, 07/13/2010 - 11:23
You may encounter the following error on installation: Installation ended prematurely because of an error when trying to install 32-bit or 64-bit qlikView on Windows 7. With or without UAC (User Access Control), installation fails. Suggestions to (re-)install vbscript.dll using regsvr32 vbscript.dll in the c:\windows\system32 (64-bit equivalent) directory didn’t help. On execution of the installer, [...]
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End of life for Ubuntu versions
Team Blog - Mon, 07/12/2010 - 22:22
In the story relating to release upgrades for Ubuntu, below the end-of-life table for the Ubutu Releases from the Ubuntu Wiki – just to have it all in one place; I’m only including the LTS (long-term support) editions, as these should be the only ones deployed on live production systems. In the meantime, Maverick Meerkat [...]
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[UPDATE] SEACOM – no news is good news?
Team Blog - Mon, 07/12/2010 - 19:49
Since their last update, SEACOM – via their news section or the SEACOM Blog which are ostensibly the same (sort of very weak SQL coding and gaping holes asking for SQL injection) – has not released any further news since 9 July 2010 — the target date of recovery is 22 July 2010. I loved [...]
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[UPDATE] SEACOM cable outage update – new ETA: down until 22 July
Team Blog - Fri, 07/09/2010 - 23:44
There has been a flurry of updates relating to the repairs to the SEACOM cable. In short – don’t expect anything before 22 July – previous expectations of “5 – 8 days” were over-enthusiastic from the operator themselves… While restoration capacity has successfully been sourced and implemented from other cable operators servicing the eastern and [...]
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[UPDATE] (no) News on SEACOM down due to router off Mombasa
Team Blog - Fri, 07/09/2010 - 08:26
So the site’s back, but there’s no news. No news is good news? Please note that our News module is currently unavailable, due to a security patch implemented by Hosting – we are working on the problem and the news will be back ASAP. Media Contact / Spokesperson: Frederic Cornet Public Affairs, Communications and Media [...]
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[UPDATE] SEACOM down – now their website, too
Team Blog - Thu, 07/08/2010 - 08:17
The official source for SEACOM press releases, www.seacom.mu has decided to follow suit on the router off Mombasa that has decided to crash, with a very boring bog-standard JET Database error message after the “Detecting Flash” redirection: Microsoft JET Database Engine error ’80004005′ Unspecified error /index2.asp, line 10 Not a good sign with regards to [...]
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Spidercam floating above the stadia @ World Cup
Team Blog - Wed, 07/07/2010 - 23:06
The Spidercam that has been hovering above the pitch in four of the stadiums for the World Cup in South Africa is manufactured by spidercam GmBH (headquartered in Austria). The company was founded in 2000 as CCSystems Inc and the prototype free-flying 360° view camera came into play in 2003. 2007, spidercam GmBH was founded. [...]
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[UPDATE] More news : SEACOM router down
Team Blog - Wed, 07/07/2010 - 09:11
Local ISPs have been making a variety of attempts and efforts to reroute local traffic to bridge the virtual shut-down of the connectivity of those users solely dependent on the SEACOM fibre-optic cable for their Internet access. Internet Solutions in South Africa have put in place a variety of rerouting options which, depending on the [...]
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#Worldcup #URU vs #NED tickets still available
Team Blog - Tue, 07/06/2010 - 12:20
FIFA just released another 1600 tickets, so there are oodles of Category 1 tickets still available! Only R 4 200.00 each! So hurry over to https://lmsfwctickets.fifa.com/LMS/UserArea/Wizard.aspx if you’re that way inclined… I wonder how close to the “64 100″ attendance in the 68 000 seater stadium we will get today… R 6 720 000 more [...]
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[UPDATE] SEACOM cable offline until at least 11 July
Team Blog - Tue, 07/06/2010 - 10:07
Slow Internet access (if any – in some cases, you can’t connect to sites without using a proxy) in South Africa… SEACOM has announced that the actual repair on the repeater in segment 9 will take only a few hours, though the full process may take at least 6 – 8 days. The ship is [...]
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