Category Archives: Disaster recovery

My server is finally online again. It was actually down for less than three days, but it seemed like forever. Thanks very much to: Andy Rubin for providing high-speed internet access, Steven Ellis for helping with data recovery, Scott Dattalo, … Continue reading →

Some time back, a friend asked me to provide backup DNS for his domains, including some commercial ones, and I was happy to oblige. But it turns out that he never put ns2.brouhaha.com into the registrar’s records for the domain. … Continue reading →

More on the aftermath of the fire. But first, a bit of history of the machine. It was an older system that had been through many generations of motherboard, CPU, and drive upgrades. For a while now, it’s had an … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking about writing a diary entry for a while, but wasn’t sure that anything that I do, or that happens to me, was of the slightest interest to anyone. Maybe this isn’t either, but due to current circumstances … Continue reading →