Archive for June 2007

Making of a file server, part 1: Installing Ubuntu

Written on June 27, 2007 at 4:10 p.m.

For a quite some time I have been looking for a way to solve my backup problem. As I am a computer scientist (who has just finished all his exams :) ) the obvious solution was to build a home server with a large and reliable disk capabilities. The only problem so ...

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No more exams!

Written on June 27, 2007 at 10:59 a.m.

At last the Day has come. I have successfully passed my last exam :D When I look back it was a close one ... the moody professor's mood has been super low (When he came to the room he actually slammed the door really hard). But the important thing it ...

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Bonsai

Written on June 25, 2007 at 12:57 p.m.

This year my family gave me a really special present for my birthday. A bonsai tree. I have always wanted a bonsai tree in my room. !internal=/data/uploads/bonsai.jpg The tree is a *Ficus Retusa and according to this page it is one of the easiest trees to ...

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Wikibot

Written on June 22, 2007 at 4:14 p.m.

Maintaining a wiki project can be really tiresome sometimes. Especially if the community decides to reorganize the whole structure. For such occasions bots can be really handy. An explanation for the Ignorant: the term 'bot' stands for a computer program that simulates a really really limited subset of human behavior ...

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One down, one more to go

Written on June 20, 2007 at 6:10 p.m.

The last exam ... two year ago I would have never imagined it would be the Computer Communications course. But here we are ... through the writing part ... the oral exam in a week. Rumors say the professor is really ... moody. Kind of sucks considering this is my one and only chance ...

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Happy Birthday to Me!

Written on June 17, 2007 at 11:55 p.m.

Today I am celebrating my 24th birthday ... yay! Actually I am not really celebrating it because I have an exam tomorrow ... it is more like an above-average-mood intensive studying. I am accepting greetings below this post ;)