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Friday, October 31st, 2008 | Author: FoxSan

I always tend to unconsciously juggle around with words. It sometimes causes trouble because while I talk, I try to use the best possible words for it. This leads many times to cause me to stumble over words and phrases tho I don’t think it’s going that bad.

So anyway, as soon as I read “torrential downpour” I wondered if it was possible to actually download rain. Why? Don’t ask, I’m weird and you know it.

Rain.torrent gave plenty of results, Downpour.torrent was a failure at Google.

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So, I hope I have enriched your life now with this knowledge and bid you a good day!

*runs off, laughing hysterically*

Friday, October 31st, 2008 | Author: FoxSan

For everybody wondering what happened to Jake the suicidal ladybug, all’s well! But Jake is still trying to kill himself for whatever reason. Right before I saw him again, I nearly squashed the bug under my arm. Then he took off, flew over to Sonny’s desk and tried to get squashed while sitting on and under the keyboard.

Insects are cute (well some are) but mostly they are just stupid xD

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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 | Author: FoxSan

I just got an email from Servage, one of the places I host my websites at. Well… used to host, because the people at Servage are the most unprofessional people I’ve ever encountered on the Internets.

Help your Friends and Earn Free Hosting!

No chance in hell I will ever recommend this hosting to my friends. Not even to my worst enemies!

Let me give some examples:
If you want to use one of their SQL servers to put your database on, you can count on downtime on a regular basis. You will see “Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL” almost every day.

Instead of looking at the load on the servers, which is tremendously high, they advise you to copy the database to another overloaded server or make a new one on the same server!

Or you get an answer like this:

It may happen for the load on the mysql server your database is on. I would request you to keep an eye on this for next couple of hours and get back to us if the problem persists.

Um… guys, it’s YOUR job to keep an eye on the servers, not the customers’.
And instead of running your servers for MONTHS without a scheduled reboot, you’re bound to get problems and clogged up systems.

Traffic        ø per hour
Received    832 GiB         415 MiB
Sent             22 TiB            11 GiB
Total            23 TiB            11 GiB

Then, the website of a friend of mine got hacked.

First time it was my fault, i’m not shy to admit that. Putting a folder at 777 is bound to become trouble.
This is how Servage responds:

At 11.49 I sent a support ticket about not able to reach my websites via the web, nor via FTP.
11.58 : Support sends me a broken notification link about phishing activities on the website.

As I was about to fix this issue, I discovered that I was shut out, unable to delete the affected folders, sending tickets to the support, complaining about this.

12.49 : support tells me to delete the folders first before i regain access to the server through the filemanager in the control panel, which is IMPOSSIBLE since they shut me out.

19.58 : Finally, after receiving some vague replies in broken English I regained access to my account. LOOK AT THE TIMEFRAME! O.o

But then, it happened again!

16.04 Posting support ticket (with a sarcastic touch)
21.18 After numerous pokes I finally get a standard reply. They dont even bother to look at the issue!

Hello xxxxxx,

Please change the FTP password once and use the FTP server as ftp5.servage.net.

Hope this helps!

Kind Regards
xxxx, Support
Servage Hosting

WTF GUYS… o.o

Eventually one day later at 20.13 the whole issue was solved again.
But then this was the drop that overflowed the porverbial bucket:

Yes I can see you have cleaned the cache folder. I have unsuspended your account. Please do not ever upload any such contents at your account which compromises the Hosting terms.Your co-operation will be highly valued and appreciated.

Yes, even though the folder was NOT writeable from the outside, I get accussed of phishing.
Thats Servage for you. Servage fucks up and puts YOU to blaim.

Dear Servage, I’m sure you will read this someday and maybe you feel the urge to change something inside your company or send me a take down notice for this post.

1. I dont think you guys will ever change.
2. I will never take this page down, because it’s the truth, it’s a freedom of speech and it’s my duty to warn my friends and visitors for your “service”

As a final note:

Guys and gals, if you need web hosting, go to http://www.webmasters.com

I’m hosting there since 2003 and I’ve never had big issues with them.
Better yet, IF there is a issue, you get a fast and polite response and the issue is solved.

Yes, they are a little bit more expensive but it’s well worth the money.
Good, safe, solid, and reliable hosting. Trust me on this.

Monday, October 27th, 2008 | Author: FoxSan
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An enormous shitload of stress made me decide to smoke -a- cigarette again and one lead to another, eventually smoking like usual again. There is no excuse for picking up this filthy habit again, but a few months ago it calmed me down and made me feel comfortable again.

It was a dear friend yesterday pointing at my coughs and was under the impression that I might have had a cold or something. From that moment I paid more attention to it and noticed that I cough like a coal miner all day.

I will not deny it, I’m just as hooked to it as I used to be, but this is something I have to get rid off. Fast.

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Monday, October 27th, 2008 | Author: FoxSan

Today a ladybug landed on my desk turned his head towards me and stared at me for a while and in the meanwhile I decided to call him Jake. It could be a female of course, but calling a ladybug a male makes it extra geh. xD

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Jake on another quite lethal location

I tried to let it walk on a piece of paper so I could toss it out of the window, but Jake didn’t budge. Then I understood why. I looked outside and it rained really hard, so I decided to let it spend some time inside.

Jake is sad. Sad because the summer has officially ended and that he didn’t find a warm place for the winter. I think he’s even beyond sad, because he acts quite suicidal! o.o Jake sat under my keyboard, on my scrollwheel, on a mousebutton and even sat on the business end of my lighter!!

I’m starting to like the little bug. Dunno what to feed it tho, cuz i bet it’s hungry now… *sigh* -.-

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Friday, October 24th, 2008 | Author: FoxSan

Well I dont, but sometimes i do. o.o


I Hate Nature from Olde English Comedy on Vimeo.

I like David Attenborough and the way he talks about nature ^^;
Fo real then. I mean, dis wuz no David. Dis wuz cumedy. Hehehe cum. >.>

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Friday, October 24th, 2008 | Author: FoxSan

… “good” and “super”?

To me, banana ice-cream is good. Chunky Monkey from Ben & Jerry’s is super!
Sitting next to a very cute person is good. Having the other persons’ hand in my pants is super!

See? Life can be so simple sometimes, yet sometimes one gets kicked from the fluffy pink cloud when reading the latest email.

The spambox is never to shy to explain. O.o
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Darn Internets! Darn you, you pool of smut and ickyness! xD

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Friday, October 24th, 2008 | Author: FoxSan

It a song used in the Canadas and the USs during long trips and it’s horrible to sing or listen to.
Currently it is stuck in my head for some weird reason but it might have something to do with my job today.

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My boss is a member of the Rotary and sold bottles of water for a water project in Africa. He sold about 1000 bottles which I have to deliver this afternoon. One thousand bottles… o.o; Oh well… it’s for a good cause.

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Friday, October 24th, 2008 | Author: FoxSan

Need I say more?

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(sorry, i lost the source of this pic)

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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 | Author: FoxSan

Is it just me and my weird mind, or is this highly suggestive at first glance? xD

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Anyways, lovely site, go have a visit! http://www.pixiv.net/

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