Photos on DA
Posted on September 16th, 2008 by jorrizza
I’ve posted the best stuff on DA.
Backpackers Dream by ~jorrizza on deviantART
I’ve posted the best stuff on DA.
Backpackers Dream by ~jorrizza on deviantART
Tomorrow. Tomorrow I’m going to start my final year at Fontys, which will probably end up in six months overtime. But hey, when I’m done I’m going home with a Bachelors degree. Not that it matters that much. It only proves I can withstand enormous amounts of stupidity, not that I know anything about a certain subject. Maybe I’m going to pursue a Masters degree, but not at Fontys. Anywhere but Fontys. Fucking amateurs.
Oh well, let’s see what nonsense and outdated stupidity Fontys will try to throw at me this time. I’ve read something about embedded Windows and C#. Or what about some distributed system using, you guessed it, .NET? This is going to be fun.
Fuck you, Fontys.
What’s a geek without his box? My box made Linux go like “this is not a software problem”, so I thought it might be time to replace my hardware. Plus, I was running all of my stuff on a single 7.200RPM S-ATA disk, including my jbisc project files. No, I know what you’re thinking. I hate waiting for rsync at shutdown. Not that this box is old or slow, oh this X2 4400+ still packs quite a punch and 2GB of RAM ought to be enough for everyone (pun intended).
So I went out shopping. Normally I’m an AMD guy but this time Intel’s performance advantage couldn’t be ignored. I’ve got the following setup, I hope you like it as much as I do. The motherboard is an Asus P5Q Premium, with an Intel P45+ICH10R chipset. It’s got lot of nice stuff on board, like that live Linux image boot splash top thingy. Of course the standard stuff like software S-ATA RAID, 4x Gigabit LAN and some Realtek audio chip. This board should support an 1600MHz FSB and it gives me the tools to OC the hell out of the Intel CPU on top. Not that I’m into OC’ing anymore. You know, stability uber alles. Speaking of which, the CPU is an Intel Core2 Quad 9550 running at 2833MHz. They say it’s fast, but I haven’t tested it yet. To add some spice to the mix I’ve added two 2GB DDR2-1066 GEIL memory modules, with those nifty mini heat pipes and LEDs. The memory timings on these modules are quite OK at 5-5-5-15. A Club3d HD4870 OC is responsible for drawing nice pictures on my screen. This is my first ATI since a long time, I love their renewed F/LOSS commitment. To make sure I can get to my files fast without losing them I’ve added a Promise SuperTrak EX8650 SAS RAID controller. It should be connected to two Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 300GB SAS disks at RAID level 1, both spinning at 15.000RPM. This whole lot is powered by an Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W, which should keep it all from powering down while decoding my National Geographic alternatives. To keep this pile of PCBs together I’ve bought a Lian Li PC-V1000z, and like Borat would tell you, it’s niiice.
Earlier today the lot was delivered to my residence. This is the result. You might think “but dude, where’s the case?”. Some guy somewhere along the supply chain thought it was OK to remove the HDD and PSU brackets out of the Lian Li box. So now I’m stuck with a useless, but still gorgeous, case. Some of you, but not many, might say “but dude, where are the hard disks?”. Well, somehow Promise thought I needed multi-lane cables, while they damn well know nobody needs multi-lane cables. So I’ve ordered a couple of multi-to-single-lane cables to get those hard disks to work.
So today I’ve only PXE booted the thing into memtest86+, which is passed flawlessly. I can’t call this my new rig just yet, it’s not even close. I could call this my new boards ‘n cables, but that doesn’t sound tough enough.
I’ve never witnessed a Christian countering my arguments this often before. And it seems he keeps on going, too. This is definitely going on the ACP when this discussion is finished, if ever.
I wonder though, is this guy actually Christian? Since he does now how to construct a point. My guess is that he’s just doing this for fun or educational purposes. A Christian this fanatical would end up accusing me of heresy way sooner, just like the hundreds who came before him.
Edit: Ooh, this guy is good. He tried to lure me into defending my opinion about my point instead of the point itself. I’m really curious to where this might lead.
Now Skinny John the Legend has left the new pirate vessel has been vacant. A new skipper has finally arrived. He’s a Tegenaria Atrica named Eight Knot William, and a real lady killer. I just had to take his picture now he’s out for his nightly stroll looking for hot female Atrica’s.
So if you’re a young hot Atrica and you’re looking for some real pirate action, send an email to skipper.atrica@yarrr.wasda.nl. Thanks.
Of course I’ve made some photos. Two panoramas too, definitely worth checking out.
You can view them here.
As you might (or might not) have noticed, this blog is a little faster than it used to be. That’s because it has been moved to a new machine, called gescheurd. The old machine, grebbehout, has reached it’s expiration date. I’ve bought a brand new Sun Fire X2100 M2 packed with the whole shebang. You know, Opteron 1222, 4GB RAM, 300GB 15K SAS RAID 1, 4x Gigabit, 24/7 4h hardware support and so on. This is the fourth M2 in our network and it has two identical twins. This triplet is the new wasda.nl web front end. The other M2 is slightly slower but boasts a whopping terabyte of storage, so it’s used to store spam and some email.
Yep, that’s right. Web front end. The databases are now all stored on the database cluster. This 32-core monster is still able to fit all the databases in RAM with room to spare. Also, most of the databases have been migrated to InnoDB. I should have done this way sooner.
This server eats bandwidth from ViaViela’s rack and happily shares three full address ranges with the company’s internet backbone. The network is powered by 3com switches by the way. Great no-nonsense hardware, and in my opinion superior to Cisco or HP alternatives.
And here’s a video of me jumping off a bridge in Auckland.
For three weeks. I might look dead to most of you. But rest assured, even if I’m dead I will come back to haunt you. If I’m not, well, I don’t feel like quoting the terminator.
Yes, that would be the eleventh of August. You’ve got that right. Be proud of yourself.
