Just spent 5+ hours wrestling with a network device that I was trying to configure with my Thinkpad, which is running Windows 7 Enterprise. After posting to forums, starting from scratch more times than I can count, bugging various colleagues over the phone, etc etc etc, I had a flash of troubleshooting inspiration….

*walks over to Windows XP machine and plugs in network device*

*pulls up www.google.com*

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Everyone get ready to panic, we’re almost out of (OK, 2 years away from the exhaustion of) IPv4 addresses.

Most of us don’t have to worry but if you run a public facing service on the Internet (like, perhaps your company website) you might want to check out what your web host is doing to get ready and read up on IPv6.

In case you get confused by some of Tyler’s more technically-inclined posts, know that you can look forward to hot tips from me like, “Turn your computer off, then on again!” and “Unplug it, then plug it back in!”

I will also occasionally post pictures of fluffy kittens and rainbows, and possibly start an advice column.
xoxo
Beth

Man the world of webcomics is pulling out all the stops today to keep my mind of off this.

So I’m all for backwards compatibility and all, but when there’s aspects of your OS that are getting exploited that are 17 years old, you might want to think about starting with a clean slate at some point. Jes sayin’.

via Slashdot

Because if not, me, my new bluetooth earpiece, and my contrarian nature are gonna hop on this blog-train SO EFFIN’ HARD.

So a few little tidbits to start your year off:

WINDOWS 7 IS OKAY! – Serious, I am always the guy who get’s off the OS upgrade bus line somewhere out in St. Johns, but I’m posting this from my Windows 7 Professional 64-bit install, and lovin’ it. The good/bad Microsoft OS cycle continues….

VIRUSES, SPYWARE, AND MALWARE ARE STILL BAD! – And still out there in droves. We started off 2009 hoping it was on the decline, but no such luck. So if you’re manhood is getting insulted my pop-ups, come see us.

IPHONES ARE COOL, BUT NOT INVINCIBLE! – iPhones are awesome. Except when they decide they want to take a high-dive from your shirt pocket into the porcelain pool. So now we at Old Town Computers do iPhone repair.

I STILL USE TOO MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS IN MY POSTS! – Deal wif it.

We are four years old.

So here’s the deal.

And here is the deal in graphical-poster-based format.

And here are some Deals.

So we are through the first round of Backspace/OTC’s Left4Dead Tourney, and things are shaping up interestingly. The block residents who really should be leading at this point, Backspace and Ground Kontrol, have LOST their first round. OMG. Meanwhile, the dark horse, FUD, had a great round, and the Backspace regulars, No Team, crushed it, with a victory of 897 to 23. Frick.

9:05

RIP Ground Kontrol. Knocked out in a 29-11 loss. But the Backspace Ladies Team, WRU, are now fighting it out.

One week later

The problem with live-blaggin an event you are running is enclosed herein. The end result was kinda surprising. Team Backspace (both the men’s and women’s teams) we eliminated, as was GK, as mentioned above. The Dark Horse F.U.D. put up a good showing, coming in second, as did the Bobcats with their fancy hats, but it was the Ford’s team that pulled it out. A follow up event is soon to come in Oct, be sure to check back here to get more details.

WE’RE OLD.

4 years to be exact.

(you): So what?

(Me): So what!? SO LET’S DANCE!

We will be celebrating our 4th year aniversary on Oct 16th @ Backspace in style, and details will soon follow, but I did want to say that if you could be bothered to attend, you shall be entertained by these rad folks and these awesome peeps. And if you ask really nice like, we might even play games with you.