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I'm a techie, photographer and cyclist in Toronto. My first computer had a tape drive, you'd think I'd get it by now. I keep sane by taking my camera out into the world and finding interesting compositions.
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8 months ago • •

🇨🇦syncros

8 months ago • •


Who else worked #y2k?

I was at UUNET Canada, an ISP and had to work from 9-3am testing scripts after midnight. Spoiler: they all worked fine.

No pics of the night but found this one from my first day in 1997. I had to label each end of these ethernet cables between two banks of switches. #networking

self portrait, 1997.  I'm standing in front of two production switches with a snakes nest of ethernet wires between them.
#networking #y2k
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in reply to 🇨🇦syncros • 8 months ago • •
I did... I was sysadmin for a software company in Paris. Had to shutdown servers, and run to my NYE party. Teammates on the next shift would turn them back on.
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in reply to Hubert Figuière • 8 months ago • •
@hub Glad they came up properly after the downtime! You followed the #y2k sticker advice! :)
best buy sticker saying remember to turn your computer off before midnight 12/31/99
#y2k @Hubert Figuière
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in reply to 🇨🇦syncros • 8 months ago • •
these were Solaris servers. Not sure what problem the Windows encountered it wasn't my job.
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