OCI Instance stuck in “starting”, “stopping”, “rebooting”, what to do?

What to do when your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure instance gets instance Recently right after doing a regular apt-get dist-upgrade my OCI instance got stuck for a few hours in the “reboot” state. Using the web GUI to restart didn’t work, and the result was the same through the command line…. Continue reading

Base Department – You Let Me Down

Should we do some reggie stylie yaCome on the hit, oh mama miaDance track of better of my jamSuperman lover makes you jump upJump jump, come on, spring it upFlame of the sparkle makes the partyman runnerJump up and move your assKing of the raggamuffin move showbiz Want to say… Continue reading

[music] Master Jam – I wanna know

I wanna know If the time is right to get into the night I wanna know If you're the one to show me the way to go I wanna know if the time is right I wanna know if it right tonight I wanna know if the time is right… Continue reading

[music] Imperio – Veni vidi vici

Aaaah Aaaaah Veni vidi vici Yeah yeah I've got to let, I've got, I've got to let, I've got, I've got to let you take control I've got to let, I've got, I've got to let, I've got, I've got to let you take control Veni vidi vici Veni vidi… Continue reading

[music] First Base – Love is paradise

We have to find a way to come together We have to find a way to make it better Love is paradise Cause love multiplies Love is paradise Cause love multiplies Baby let me get that body Pump it like a hotty, 'Cause I'm hot, see Cleanse me, rub me… Continue reading

[music] Julia – All I want

All she wants – love and devotion All I want is love and devotion All she wants All I want is love and devotion All she wants All you want is love and devotion Believe in me girl, that's the reason I'll be there every day and night Just to… Continue reading

[music] The Free – lover on the line (Extended Mix) [1994]

Hello, hello, talk to me you're my lover on the line   Lover on the line. You won't see me but you're blind Try to touch me, touch me with your mind Love me on the line For this unit you are mine I'm your lover, lover on the line… Continue reading

SystemD: a few sample scripts to run Selenium Hub

[Work-In-Progress post]   This morning, I crafted a few systemd unit files to help me manage running a Selenium Hub. As an extra benefit, I have some stuff ready for whenever I move to using CoreOS. 🙂 I'll keep the files here:   https://github.com/PortNumber53/systemd-stuffs/tree/master/selenium-hub   So if you're familiar with… Continue reading

CoreOS: Resizing partition c0d0p9 on a HP DL360 G5

I recently installed CoreOS on my HP DL360 G5 and notice that even though I setup a hardware-raid 5 with 6 72GB SAS drives, my ninth partition was only 2GB in size. After some research I found out that CoreOS is supposed to enlarge the ninth partition automatically but that… Continue reading

Bootstrap: prevent jump to content when clicking tabs

Recently I had to add tabs to a website and ran into not wanting the browser to jump to the panel content when tabs are clicked. I just want the content to switch. After a little research, I found posts explaining how to obtain the opposite, and a little later… Continue reading