Category Archives: oddments

Allright I’m back in the saddle for the autumn glory. I’ll discuss that later, as I have 20 or so bugs lined up which will take a few days. I successfully upgraded my Eclipse java development environment from the Helios … Continue reading →

Actually we have something of a snowstorm here today but for me it was another kind of storm. Initially I had unexpectedly little trouble upgrading linux from Lenny to Squeeze. Some locale issue only. But then bad things started happening. … Continue reading →

Here I sit in the office on a sleety friday morning in february. I’ve decided to push on to move hosting today so in an hour or two I expect to bring the game server software down and start copying … Continue reading →

The servers are now installed in the server cabinet at Exeo. I think they look pretty impressive: However! It’s been a hassle with the SSD’s. The Corsair had orange light which means it wasn’t accepted and we can’t use it as it … Continue reading →

The next package from Dell arrived today. It looked ominous: I hoped the logistics department at Dell had come to their senses by now. But it doesn’t look good… Okay. I have now received 50+ screws, each in an envelope … Continue reading →

The extra hot swap disk trays I ordered for the 2.5″ SSD slots arrived from Dell yesterday. Or so I thought. This is how the package looked: I couldn’t figure out what the letters contained. When I examined the hard … Continue reading →

I finished the new Wurm Online tutorial today with a new account and I to say the least I am amazed. I am of course very biased but I usually loathe tutorials and want them to end as soon as possible. Not … Continue reading →

Once every autumn and spring me and some old friends gather in a remote place and continue our old ongoing campaign of Dungeons and Dragons. Which is what we did this weekend. We’ve recently upgraded to 4th edition and are … Continue reading →

The game servers now use twitter to broadcast events! There are two types of tweets generated: server and village tweets. The idea behind server tweets is to broadcast ingame events to the world and by that making them more real. … Continue reading →

After the recent tweaks aimed at making the game a bit more newbie-friendly including bug fixes with the new tutorial system, I was hoping to be able to select what to do today. Yesterday the plan would be to start … Continue reading →