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Month: March 2009

Denise: I’m sorry. This is just too funny.

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Percy Kwong

OK.. Here’s a story that will bring some levity to the whole situation. I really needed this to brighten my day. Let’s just say this happened some time in the past… So I’m talking to my friend Denise and she decides she’s going to come visit me. There’s nothing wrong with me seeing an old…

Too Much Email? Archive it!

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Percy Kwong

OK. If you’re anything like me, you get a lot of email and you also keep everything! Call it CYA (Cover Your Ass), but in this day and age, you need to right? Well.. Here’s the solution. The key to this whole thing is to get it in a format that will very unlikely suffer…

Oh Joy.

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Percy Kwong

Moving this week.  Fun.  I just love moving.

The Pitfalls of Yum Update and Postfix, MySQL, SASL, and TLS

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Percy Kwong

While CentOS and Redhat have a wonderful update facility called Yum, there are some pitfalls to just randomly issuing a ‘yum update’ especially if you have very little experience with the intricacies of your configuration.  Like any “techy” geek, I was bored and randomly decided to update my mailserver cluster last night. (yes, I have…

Something about getting away..

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Percy Kwong

It just makes you feel better. A mental and emotional recharge. I’m feeling much better. Melissa and I got to see the city in all it’s glory. Something about it always draws me back. I don’t wanna leave!!!

Removing the negativity (and the last post)

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Percy Kwong

So.. I decided to remove the last post from my blog, because it was just so damn negative.  I realize I have to “move on” so that I can start to live again.  There’s a part of me that died recently, but, I realize that the healing process starts with the first step. While I…

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