Ultimate sigh will be back on the 1st of May. Again going on holidays means I ‘ll be shutting down my server tonight. I ‘ll try to put a redirect onto ymanmeander while it’s down so you can still enjoy sighing from years gone by.
Apr 192011
Apr 182011
Liverpool dew in the 102nd minute. 1-1 to Arsenal. Even though Arsenal scored a penalty after the 90th minute already. Let’s all laugh at Arsenal and how crap they are. Even though Liverpool had two youth team full backs in their defense.
Apr 142011
This post is a long time coming. But I just haven’t had the time to write about it.
Last month I made a return to Fort St, for a friendly kickabout. It’s the first time I’ve been there in 10+ years. God that makes me sound old. As you can see, a lot of the old school grounds look pretty much the same as before, just with more construction stuff around.
The quad
The “New” Kilgour area
The field itself is still as crap as ever. I almost twisted my ankle on the first run since I had forgotten all about the many potholes that lie underneath the overgrown unmowed lawn. The ball would bop up strangely and randomly. Ahhh…brings a tear to the eye.
We ended up playing on the old sandy tennis courts, where strangely there was a thin piece of almost undetectable string in the middle of the court serving, presumably, as the net. So we had to play on the top court instead. The walls are higher but the grounds are just as dodgey, the grass just as messy, and Leondios and a few other teachers are still there.
It was the best of the times, it was the worst of times…In short: the school still looks shitty, but it still brings back good memories. And the students there are still just as awesomely funny. On one of the new high fences I saw the words “Pedestrians area” crossed out and made to read “Pedos area”. Classic.
Apr 082011
Apr 012011
SIGH! I haven’t been able to access any web pages for the last day and a half. I found out I could still ping IP addresses though (and Ultimate Sigh is still online). So it seemed to be a DNS issue with TPG. I called them and they were of not much help. Basically told me to reset the modem (which I had) and reset my computer. Then they said all they can do is charge me for a technician to come out if it still doesn’t clear up.
Fuck that. I put in Google’s DNS (8.8.8.8) and I can resolve host names again. Basically TPG fail!!! I think if I had stuck with their support suggestions, I wouldn’t be surfing web pages until next week or even later if I had to pay for a technician to come out, even though I don’t think the problem is with my line.
SIGH! The world is full of SIGHS.