Monthly Archives: September 2007

That Time of the Year Again

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Hmmm…

Walking down the isles at Wal-Mart.

Sitting with a cup of coffee at a perfectly normal diner just off the highway.

Having breakfast at Shoney’s.

Scanning the selection while waiting for your turn at Dunkin’ Donuts.

Going down the highway listening to country music on the radio.

Thanksgiving.

Quarters. And the new twenty-dollar bill.

Car doors that say “ding-ding-ding”.

Getting a 20oz soda while paying for the gas, just because you can. And you’re a little thirsty. And you forgot to take into account the sales tax, again.

Talking with perfect strangers in the restaurant.

Cheap motels with neon signs.

Football. And baseball.

Pumpkin pie.

…sigh…

I Have Fought the IIS… and Lost

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I have fought the good fight. I have stood on the high ground and battled with the enemy. And I have lost.

It’s not that much of a battle, you know. I’m just trying to make Microsoft’s Internet Information Server to accept a new IP address. I have fought the configuration dialogs, I have wrestled in the early morning with httpcfg. I have stared down registry settings; stood face to face with knowledge-base articles; googled for many an article and bellowed with rage at the mute, silent error dialog.

“Network location cannot be reached.”

I edit the configuration; remove ip adresses at will; create new websites. I restart the website, restart the IIS, beat it with sticks and stones. I revert the configuration to the original settings, inspect the network card settings. I ipconfig, netstat and ping. I restart and restart again. And nevertheless, that impenetrable brick wall still looms in front of me. It… just… won’t… understand…!

“Network location cannot be reached.”

I am a user of Microsoft server products. I am a weary soldier on the battlefields of the Internet. I am a broken man.