We’ve been doing some interesting things at work, as always, with yet more people and Linux boxes. And of the side effects of mixing people, Linux boxes, and several locations is this need for some sort of centralized logging. Luckily we have either syslog-ng or rsyslog daemons installed on each machine, so the only two … Continue reading On remote logging with syslog
Famagusta Gazzette reported on November 16th: The new Paphos International Airport will be fully operational from midnight tonight, marking the end of flights to the old terminal. Hermes, which manages the airports in Cyprus, announced that the new building covers 18,500 square metres and has the capacity to serve about 2.7 million passengers per year. … Continue reading Pafos airport reborn
The other day I went together with a few friends to the WhiteSnake rock band concert in Nicosia. It was the same venue and more or less the same setup as for the concert of the legendary Deep Purple back in 2005. Except that: the sound was really crap this time WhiteSnake is not Deep … Continue reading WhiteSnake in Nicosia, Cyprus
Reading Linus Torvalds’ blog I came across this paragraph: Not that I actually ever really minded wearing glasses, but I could not recognize my own kids when in a swimming pool and they were more than six feet away. And let’s face it. swimming after other peoples kids and tickling them is not socially acceptable. … Continue reading On healthy lifestyle
I haven’t been following the US presidential race closely. I remember watching a few speeches by Ron Paul, and thinking that he is a really nice guy. But somehow I doubted that he could win. Barack Obama’s speeches were the next best thing, even though I saw just a few of them. Here is a … Continue reading On Barack Obama win