A while back I realized my current server monitoring scripts were not doing enough to alert me when something went wrong, so I modified the existing script I was using to do more for my situation. Yesterday I decided I liked it so much that I should share… So in case you are looking for something like this, read on to see if it will meet your needs and feel free to download it and use/modify it for your own server(s).

Maybe it’s because I need to eat something, or perhaps because I haven’t left the house all day. Might have something to do with me staring at 3 consoles all day reconfiguring my firewall and notification scripts… But for whatever reason, I found this extremely funny and felt like I just had to share!

From Insecure.org comes the Top 100 Network Security Tools. A list of various users’ favorite security tools…

US District Court Judge William Shubb became so frustrated with ringing cell phones in his courtroom that he resorted to some unusual search and seizure … “You have to imagine this little guy all red in the face his robes just flying in the wind” ... Shubb reportedly stormed through the courtroom repeating “Whose cell phone is that?”

Go Shubb! I agree with taking a hard stance against the annoying cell phone problem, and for making a point of confiscating it. I don’t think I would have thrown (or tossed) the phone, but handed it to the bailiff instead to be returned afterwards. My only question is, did he pay for damaging her cellphone?

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I was thinking about how non-productive this weekend has been… Not that this is a bad thing. I enjoyed relaxing, watching TiVo and browsing the internet for funny videos and wierd news stories. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized – it wasn’t completely non-productive. As long as I did at least SOMETHING that needed to be done, right?

Well, I did fix myself something to eat a few times… that was needed. Seriously, I did work on a few side-projects and got them out of the way making room for me to hopefully work on more pressing issues next weekend. (Such as cleaning a path to the front door so maybe I can go outside and take pictures and get some fresh air)

I finally got around to getting one of my old machines back up on the server rack, FreeBSD 5.5 installed, and configured it to run as a secondary DNS server again. I hope to be adding a 3rd and placing it at Rogers house one of these days. This is all to provide backup DNS and Mail relay (store and forward) for my hosting company, SSA Host as well as allowing me to have my own seperate DNS/Mailservers for side projects and experiments without using the resources of my companys servers.

I also got my monitors off of my desk, and mounted to the arms I bought for them ages ago. This gives me much more desk space, and more room to attract clutter. At least I can still see the screens when I have junk piled up on the desk. It’s also better for my back as I find that I’m actually sitting back in my chair now instead of leaning over to see the monitors.

And perhaps most importantly, I removed the sparkly red cell-skin I had on my phone, and replaced it with the patriotic flag print skin – just in time for July 4th! Click on the thumbnails below to see pictures of my now-spacious desk and stylish Moto Razr

Aside from these little projects, I also managed to finally get KristopherEJ.com redone and back online. I’ve also moved the photo gallery over to the new site as well. Now, to just get that path cleared to the front door so I can leave once in a while to take more pictures to put in the gallery!