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I took out an ad on the bus

Alan McCloskeyApr 1, 2009August 25, 20140

I was presented with a pretty good deal lately. In exchange for donating some of the leftover lab computers, I was given free advertising on

The lights went out in OCMS

Alan McCloskeyMar 31, 2009August 25, 20140

My wife just informed me that the electricity went out on the block… but she was still able to IM me… meaning that the UPS

DNS Servers Crashed Hard

Alan McCloskeyMar 23, 2009August 25, 20140

In case you hadn’t noticed, OCModShop (and all its sister sites) were unreachable at about 5:30 PST. Apparently the DNS servers I go through went

OCmodblog moved over to Server 2008

Alan McCloskeyMar 20, 2009August 25, 20140

If you get a 404 error, then that means that you probably have some old files cached. Since the permalinks are new, you may be

Server 2008 Woes Over

Alan McCloskeyMar 19, 2009August 25, 20141

I installed a Server 2008 web server a few weeks ago, but ran into several issues, primarially dealing with the 3ware RAID card. No matter

OCmodshop Is Going Live!

PatrickMar 16, 2009August 25, 20140

Well, kinda. I’m just excited I wanted to let you know in a couple of months, this site is getting it’s first “Video Game Movie”.

Maybe freedom of information is too free.

Don HaynesMar 15, 2009August 27, 20142

I was browsing through a website selling books when I came across an old book called “Hitman: A guide for the independant professional”. I know

3ware Escalade 7000 and Server 2008

Alan McCloskeyMar 12, 2009August 25, 20142

So, I’ve been toying with Windows Server 2008 for a few weeks, and have ironed out most of the kinks… until I came across this

OCMS Is Back Up

Alan McCloskeyMar 8, 2009August 25, 20141

Apparently OCModShop went down either last night or this morning… The server that runs the OCModBlog went down, and was a hardware error, because the

New 'Old' Videos Posted

Alan McCloskeyMar 6, 2009August 25, 20141

It seems like videos are everywhere on the internets. I have lots of videos from several events, but haven’t uploaded them because of several problems.

Big Long Fight with PHP and FastCGI

Alan McCloskeyMar 2, 2009August 25, 20140

So it took a good 15 hours from start to finish with Server 2008. This is why I don’t really like to do upgrades unless

Server installation troubles with DVD-ROMs

Alan McCloskeyMar 2, 2009August 25, 20140

I can be such a dumbass sometimes. If you read my previous post, you know that I’m trying to install Server 2008 on a spare

Trying Server 2008

Alan McCloskeyMar 1, 2009August 25, 20140

For those of you who don’t know, my daughter has Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP for short). This is a very rare genetic disorder that causes

Noscript, ad blockers, and ball sweat

Alan McCloskeyFeb 22, 2009August 25, 20141

A note appeared in the comments section the other day, apparently dissatisfied that I had a NOSCRIPT message asking people to turn on Javascript in

Adding FLVs to Windows Server 2003

Alan McCloskeyFeb 21, 2009August 25, 20140

I’ve been wanting to add flash movies to OCModShop for a while, but there was a lot of work involved, and it didn’t seem worth