Public Address | Cafe | Island Life: Wake up and smell the burning raid array https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Rob Hosking https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35802#post35802 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35802#post35802 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:15:26 +1300 Mark Graham https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35397#post35397 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35397#post35397

...insouciance...

...no less!

You've been in the South of France for too long, mon ami.

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:32:04 +1300 john shears https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35388#post35388 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35388#post35388 Courage Mon Ami, Bon chance pour votre vacance, et Noel Viva la France viva Gascony .

Great to have you back on line tell us some more about your travels as soon as you fully recover.
John

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:42:04 +1300 Lucy Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35275#post35275 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35275#post35275

But, isn't Richard Dawkins a refreshingly un-apologetic read?

Damn straight. Yes, every time he opens his mouth he creates ten fundies, etc, etc, but, you know what? As a member of the choir, sometimes I like to be preached to. It's...soothing. And a surprisingly useful source of logical argument, too.

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:44:22 +1300 InternationalObserver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35250#post35250 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35250#post35250

each time I've sat down to write about it I have lost the will

Must. Blog. Or. I. Will. Die.

You're in freaking France fer chrissakes! Have a holiday fergawdsakes! However did you survive before the Internet was invented?

:-)

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:45:44 +1300 Hamish https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35242#post35242 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35242#post35242 Heh, when it comes to backups, it always pays to do it yourself, even if someone else is supposed to be doing it too. The attitude of your average ISP technician to failed tape drives and full log files can be... negative.

But, isn't Richard Dawkins a refreshingly un-apologetic read?

]]> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:28:58 +1300 Shep Cheyenne https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35167#post35167 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35167#post35167 A story was told to me and retold many times of the switch over to a computor booking system rather than the manual booking system at Air NZ. Photos looking like the '80s stock trading room – but in 50's garb hung on the walls.
Someone pulled the plug and…

]]> Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:10:39 +1300 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35165#post35165 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35165#post35165 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:01:36 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35164#post35164 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/island-life-wake-up-and-smell-the-burning/?p=35164#post35164 Discussion from blog post.

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