Author: sroot

  • Fresh Ubuntu install could not resolve domains names – and how I fixed it… maybe

    For some time I’ve had trouble installing Ubuntu Server to test things. Affecting 7.10 & 8.04, but only at work and not at home. Strange. Now though, I’ve just figured out what the problem was, at least, I thought I had. At work, we have a gateway/DHCP box (say: 192.168.55.254). When handing out IP addresses,…

  • Eurocon 2009 – the final day

    Time flys when you’re having fun and this 4 days have certainly flown past. Several players are already packed and left (having 14 or even 20 hours to spend driving home). Others are still sleeping, several have had breakfast, there are only a hundful of us in the con room at this hour (09:30 local…

  • Eurocon 2009 – The Duel

    Last year, the duel became an epic. Myself and Unguis faught until our fuel ran out – twice! The duel is played as a pair of players and this year I flew with Zonix. You fly towards the enemy at the same altitude, once you have ‘merged’ (passed each other head on), the fight is…