Tag: 11. Mai 2012

Entertainment time

I was very excited the whole week because of the new Tim Burton film „Dark Shadows“. When I saw the first advert I was like: „I have to see it on 11th May!“

So I went straight to the CineWorld in Dublin today. I thought I wouldn’t manage it in time to the show at 17:40 but I did it. I bought my ticket at 17:30 and went straight to screen 11. The movie is awesome and Johnny Depp played his role very well. There are some nice scenes in it where I had to grin a bit. I wont tell any details but all in all it is a Must-See-Movie for all Johnny Depp and Tim Burton fans. Too bad that it was a bit short in my opinion.

CineWorld Ticket - Dark Shadows

Maybe I’ll watch another film tomorrow and next week on 16th May I’ll watch „The Dictator“.

Houston we have a problem…

At the end of this awesome weekend every one of us took a shower and make oneself comfortable to fade away this bank holiday. While Tim was taking a shower I went to my room to bring something when I suddenly heard a new noise in it, just a click. I followed it and it came from behind the headboard of my bed. I couldn’t see anything, but then it dawned on me so I thought “look at the ceiling” and yes, there was incessantly water dropping from the ceiling! Bingo! Jazzy! I immediately called Laurence, he is the person of response for our apartment and he promised me to fix it. So we will see what will happen.

Giant’s Causeway

You probably already read that Tim, Rene, Tobi and I rented a car to drive along the Causeway Coastal Route. One station of our tour was Giant’s Causeway. It was overwhelming to see this stunning landscape and this nice coast. I have never seen such a beautiful place. The only unpleasant thing was these masses of tourists. You couldn’t take a photo without having a tourist crossing your way or sitting on a rock. Whatever, finally the Causeway’s charm atoned it for us.

Rock formations of Giant's Causeway

The whole time we wondered how these rock formations were created. It was fascinating and we decided to take a rest offshore to enjoy the surge and the awesome view. It was also fascinating that this only occurs at this place, whereas a few meters besides there are only normal rocks.

Causewy rocks beside normal rocks
Causewy rocks beside normal rocks

We had a great time there and it was absolutely unforgettable.

Surge at Giant's Causeway

New Tasks, New Toys

After having heard that every new switch is configured manually and that there is no default configuration template, I suggested to use Cisco Smart Install to install and configure switches automatically. Bad idea! Now the shit hit the fan. My new task is to set up a testing environment for Cisco Smart Install. To do this I got a Cisco Catalyst 3750G L3 switch as well as a Cisco Catalyst 2960:

my new toys
my new toys

After searching for the documentation and CLI commands I plugged in the 3750G’s power supply and was totally euphoric … and then bitterly disappointed. There is no iOS image on the switch. 🙁 So I have to transfer an image via console cable which takes about 4 hours. It is not easy to stay calm when you want to start your work and recognize that you have to wait for the XMODEM console transfer at approximately 873 bytes per second. 😛 As I am writing this post I am still waiting for the XMODEM transfer to finish, so I think I won’t start configuring Cisco Smart Install today. 🙁