Hello DNS

Written by Damien on 22.07.2010 | Ballet, IT

Last night Telstra suffered a DNS server outage, the details of which I haven’t had a chance to look into.
This revealed a weakness in our hosting setup as both primary and secondary DNS entries are currently hosted with Telstra.
I’ll now change to a different secondary and tertiary dns host.
We’re also in the process of have [...]

Hello DNS

Written by Damien on 22.07.2010 | Uncategorized

Last night Telstra suffered a DNS server outage, the details of which I haven’t had a chance to look into.

There is a 50″ TV in my server room!

Written by Damien on 22.07.2010 | Ballet, IT

Well, yes there was a 50″ rear projection TV in my server room.
It was the foyer TV and the bulk off it stuck in to the server room.
Two problems with this.
A) heat. The unit vented into the server room.
B) size. That space has now become valuable needed space.
The server room is approximately 2.4m wide and [...]

Live from the Music Theatre Guild Awards 2009

Written by Damien on 05.12.2009 | Theatre

It’s awards night season for the theatre community in Melbourne.
The Music Theatre Guild Awards are tonight followed by the Victorian Drama League Awards tomorrow night.
I have representation in both.
I have two lighting design nominations and am also part of a nominated ensemble group.
On top of that I’m directly related to about 6 other awards for [...]

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