Month: December 2002

Show Your Support: SAVE JESUS!

Show Your Support: SAVE JESUS!

"Aghast". "Scared". "Wretched". "Pissed off". "A little hungry." These are all terms that came to my mind when I learned that this very website was the unwilling host for this tragic kidnapping. Despite my best efforts, it appears that the kidnappers can access this site…

LANGLEY: Santa Clause is Coming to Town… TO KILL LITTLE BABY JESUS!

LANGLEY: Santa Clause is Coming to Town… TO KILL LITTLE BABY JESUS!

Mr. Langley…Your child is missing. Your child is with us. Your child is safe… For now. We think we’ve got the technical details mostly worked out (a friend lent us his PC), and are ready to once again launch our "REIGN OF TERROR" once Roger…

LANGLEY: Our shame.

LANGLEY: Our shame.

Mr. Langley…Your child is missing. Your child is with us. Your child is safe… For now. Click Read more…, below, for more information.

You cannot imagine how bad these last 24 or so hours have been. Roger got mad when we told him we didn't like "REIGN OF TERROR", and he quit the program.

AND he took the Mac. Our latest set of demands, supposed to be at NOON today, got delayed until now. We're sitting here in an Internet Cafe' writing this threatening letter, but we're pretty much out of luck because Roger ALSO took all the great pictures of lil'baby Jesus being terrorized.

This has not gone the way we'd planned. Not at all.

No! I do not want a refill on my coffee! It's decaf, anyway. Regular coffee makes me jumpy. Get away from me.

Continue reading LANGLEY: Our shame.

HAPPY MOUTH — December 2002

HAPPY MOUTH — December 2002

Review by Ed Sauerbrunn, ESauers@Mailcity.com Once again the motley crew so designated as “Happy Mouth” ventured to the local establishment known to many as Zips. A few of us Happy Mouthers tiring of trolling around the brash, trendy and expensive “It” restaurants (which alone is…

LANGLEY: End of the road…

LANGLEY: End of the road…

On Saturday, December 14, 2002, there was a tearful reunion as Mr. Langley was finally reunited with lil'baby Jesus. Jesus was returned to Mr. Langley in the middle of a piece of a King Cake. The little prince is home, and is reportedly doing well.…

SYSTEM UPGRADES IN PROGRESS!

SYSTEM UPGRADES IN PROGRESS!

During the few days before and after Christmas 2002, I will be updating several of this system's components to the latest versions.
The tentative plan is this:

  • Upgrade Mondo/Mindi to the latest version (1.61) — complete!
  • Do a comprehensive backup of the system to CD — complete!
  • Backup the current web-directory and store off-site — complete!
  • Upgrade to RedHat 8.0 (from 7.2) — complete! (This step was probably the single longest period of system downtime that we'll experience during this round of updates.)
  • Run RedHat's Up2Date utility to update RedHat 8.0 to the current patchlevel — complete!
  • Update to the latest version (1.3.3r1) of PHP-Accelerator — complete!

That's it for today… I probably won't get to the rest below until after Christmas. Let me know if you encounter any system weirdness!

  • Update to PostNuke 0.723 (from 0.714) — complete!
  • Test the new PostNuke installation — complete!
  • Backup the web-directory and store off-site — complete!
  • Test everything carefully — complete!
  • Do a comprehensive backup of the system to CD — complete!

There will be some brief periods of downtime during these updates, but I'll try to do it during the time that you're playing with your cool new Christmas toys!

As the updates progress, I will update the list above. Once the updates are complete, I'll post a message here.

HUGE THANKS to Gregor for helping resolve an email problem!

FESTIVUS!

FESTIVUS!

Well, the pole has been set, and final touches are being put on the gripes for the Airing of Grievances, and the time for training for the Feats of Strength has past, so it must be Festivus! Here’s hoping you have a good version of…