by CodeNinja | Feb 4, 2009 | Work, Technology
SO. work is progressing on my insane idea of a in house IM system for the Insane Asylum. Its currently going by the codename NetIM.
We have the server set up, a couple of users on there to test the functionality, while working out whats the best clients to use for Linux, Windows, & iPhone. (Keeping everyone happy is not an easy task).
Today we have NetIM plugged into to Asylums Monitoring System, So when something goes down the system tells the responsible people via Instant Messaging.
Nagios Monitoring System
CN
by CodeNinja | Jan 30, 2009 | Work, Technology
In the words of a Modern day philosopher :-
Mr. T “Got no time for the jibba jabba!”
Well the Governor of the Insane Asylum has decided the Inmates need a new communication system to cut down on the expense of plumbers to fix broken pipes from the current system of tapping on the heating pipes with a metal cup.
So an email was sent forth from the Governor asking peoples opinions on what Messaging system they prefer, and what do they like. Some of the responses are below :-
- PostIt Notes (My suggestion)
- ICQ
- Skype
- MSN/ICQ/AIM/Yahoo/ANy
- Walking over to person and Talking. (another one of Mine)
Then As the debate got sillier and sillier, involving Walkie-Talkie radios and Zombie invasions, I decided on the following Insane idea.
I vote for a telnet talker, and bots running on all our servers so they talk on there as well telling us when they not feel well, so we get preemptive IM chat from the servers before they break.
OK, so its all just Banter amongst the Inmates, nothing serious, right?
Wrong, The Governor comes to visit me in my nice padded room all happy and excited.. “I love your idea, can we really do that? it would be brilliant, I’ll let everyone know we going for our own IM system”
So I’m now looking at an install of Jabberd2 on one of our servers, getting a series of clients to recommend for Linux, windows, iPhone, and getting all Inmates onto one locked down system. Before getting our monitoring software to talk using it, and then making mini-AI’s for all our servers.
Oh and a support account to run from a widget on our customer only website…..
Its a good Job I am brilliant!!
CN
by CodeNinja | Jan 21, 2009 | Hacks, iPhone
All together now…
You know you’re a sweet little codemaker
Oh yeah
And I know you’re a sweet little jailbreaker
I know you are, baby!
I made up my mind
Tired of wasting all my precious time
You’ve got to be all mine, all mine
Oh, foxy lady!
(Jimi Hendrix – Foxy Lady)
This post is best read while listening to “Foxy Lady” By Hendrix…
OK, So I have had my nice new iPhone for a month now, so that’s long enough to keep it new and work out how to use it, so its now time to JailBreak the sucker and get some Linux functionality on there.
So. I’m armerd with the following :-
- An Apple 3G 16Gig iPhone
- A usb link cable
- QuickPwn
- Some Cans of Beer
- A low boredom threshold.
So Lets begin.
Step 1: Open can, and pour drink into a pint glass (I’m civilized you know). Plug iphone into computer and back it all up using itunes.
Step 2: Run QuickPwn, and follow the helpfull instructions, Open Can and drink beer (OK, we doing techy stuff now, ignore niceties like glasses it gets in the way)
Step 3: Reboot iPhone with all your fingers crossed, Grab another Drink while waiting……… “Please Come Back UP!”
Step 4: Unplug JailBroken iphone, and start adding sshd, Linux commands, and useful applications.
Step 5: Finish off the beers while watching NCIS… Why Do I never meet Geeks like Abby!!!
CN
by CodeNinja | Nov 12, 2008 | Technology, Customers
There should be a form of Caffeine-Breathalyser fitted to all computers that prevent incoming emails unless the operator has a sufficient amount of caffeine in their system to cope with lUsers.
For my example I shall use my morning.
9am: Get into office, log into everything, say good morning to fellow staff, people on the internet, go grab coffee. (1st work coffee off day)
9:45: Check emails (Caffeine levels too low) Receive email from “FFS” Email basically states with lots of SHOUTY emphasis that I have not set up a live & development server correctly, and have set both to be same machine, with no access to development one, The email then goes on to list the server specs at me.
Now. This is where the caffeine lockout should have been enforced. Unfortunatly, due to this IMPORTANT piece of IT hardware not being yet invented, there was nothing preventing me replying to the email, and CC’ing the MD of FFS in as well for good measure. Basically pointing out the ineptatude of the developer emailing me, and the fact he has no clue as to what he is doing, did not bother checking, or doing anything before disturbing me. It was a work of pre-caffeine level Rant-Art.
10:16: MD of FFS emails a groveling appology.
Please, will someone invent the Caffeinalizer cutout?
by CodeNinja | Oct 29, 2008 | Customers, Technology
It gets better…
After a week trying to evaluate My last “Data File” Busby have decided they are unable to evaluate the data due to their system still being broke from my last test. So to speed things up they are simply granting me access to their Live system as of Friday.
Oh the power… A new system to find the bugs in…
by CodeNinja | Oct 13, 2008 | Customers, Technology
An update on the progress of my project with “Busby” is about due.
As you are aware from my previous posts, this project is all about integrating with some old archaic parts of the Internet. For those of you interested in how old, I spotted a variable $Noah.
Well we recently hit a problem where every test we put through broke their system in such a way that they could not reproduce the error even using the test data we provided. Got to love old code.
Well their engineers worked night and day for the last week and have finally fixed the problem. They rolled back the code to a moth ago before they made any changes. I believe the old Internet code has become self aware, and is resistant to change.
SkyNet is coming.
