Fun times - Announcing Ukko File Cloud or Ukko FC for short.

I feel like I am lacking in some sleep and sleeping in recently, also a bit of a hard time getting to sleep. Anyway, technology is always good to learn, reuse and so forth. Created a site for our Ukko File Cloud project so we can work on it. Basically it was a Digital Resource Management System for a small training centre called APW and was requested to be done for Software Engineering project at uni last year. We deicded that it is good software and decided to further develop it recently. So purchasing ukkofc.com we can continue to work on it and get interest from people to use our software. We are still rebrnading and changing the project over, but slowly getting there and it is for a passion with friends to continue this like we did last year. Ukko actually is the Finnish God of Thunder in Finnish Mythology, sort of like Zeus in Greek mythology. Lots more work to be done while everyone juggles uni, work and a social life.

When the system fails - a tale of lovehatetragedy etc

So I got a new domain name for a project we are doing and used godaddy to sign up for it. They took my money with ease and it is there on whois. Time to setup the nameservers for the site, which will be hosted on www.eightyoptions.com.au (shameless plug ;)). Failure to set it. Page cannot be found, huh? System is broken. Logged in and out, no dice.

So here I am using Opera under Windows having issues to change this last tiny detail. Guess Opera hate ASP as much as I do. Call up support and get talking with a Yankee and he tells me to try IE7 (not 8, it is too broken). So I try it, click on the page and wallah. It actually works to my amazement. Set the details and log back in using Opera and what do you know, it works... I smell a helpdesk quick fix on the account issue after he dodged my question of why it would not redirect. That and the ads are insane. So here we are, waiting for the nameserver to update and to see my new creation spring to life. That is what Ukko was about, but more details in due course. Now its time for L4D. 

Just had another look, the domain dashboard is gone which did lead to the error page and the problem, I knew it was something fishy :)

Ukko

That is all there is to know at this point. 

Weekend super fun times

Just how I like it. Hang with friends, beat people in Tekken using Bryan Fury and quiet. Linux box still needs some love and so does the house. Meeting soon and if you are reading this Timoshii, WAKE UP, you are buying drinks for the meeting. Technology wise, Facebook is dirty. They want to use YOUR photos for advertising. Imagine it, your photo is used for a matchmaking service, endorsing Microsoft or Apple products or worse... endorsing Maccas. This is a common status around:

FACEBOOK has agreed to let a third party advertisers use your posted pictures WITHOUT your permission. Click on SETTINGS up at the top where you see the Log out link. Select Privacy. Then select NEWSFEEDS and WALL. Next select the tab that reads FACEBOOK ADS. There is a drop down box, select NO ONE. Then SAVE your changes. (REPOST to let your friends know!)

I do not remember opting in for this feature... Maybe they will get a clue when people start leaving. I AM NOT ENDORSING MACCAS! But I will endorse Hobart for a small fee, please get in touch :)

Wireless - joys and fun of the Linux box called Geskirov

So it is all working, except it decides that the wireless network only supports wep. I found this problem before, but forgot how to fix it. So before I bash it in, I will try again later today. It is only good to vnc into and to run digs/whois whenever I do network stuff for work and some LAMP testing. Oh what fun..

Other news: Missed the gym as I was waiting for the new Leverage show, if you like a show where criminals do good, I suggest you have a look on google, it is quite good. Also yay for the weekend :D

Linux

I have a headless box. Behind the tv with only the power going in. The bastard does not want to turn on and connect via the wireless network. It was originally going for hard drive upgrades and ram, just got more ram instead, do not think virtual machines will run on a 512 base system... Anyone care to donate to the cause of fosh (free open source hardware?) Back to the main part, why did Geskirov die? Looks like I have to bring it up stairs for dissection. Hope it is not a loose cable..

Welcome

Now that I have this up, I would like to welcome you to the Gospel according to me. 

More to come after the break.