Quite a while back I started messing around with Docker [http://docker.io], after the forum software [http://www.discourse.org/]. I use elsewhere started making builds for it and then eventually made Docker the only supported deployment method. So I started messing about with Docker fairly early, although I…
This blog isn’t dead! It’s just lying fallow. So there.…
I’ve spent the last four days re-organising my blog. Changed the theme, added tags to posts – damn I’ve got a lot of drivel here… four years worth! It’s been an interesting experience going back over my old posts, comparing what I was thinking back then to how…
The server has been down for a day or two while we changed the distro. It was running an obsolete copy of Mandrake, and it was just not possible to update the thing any longer. In my travels, I have come to like the Ubunt distro – and best of all,…
I don’t check the server for awhile, and the sql backend crashes. Argh. It was down for 5 days before I noticed. I suppose that will teach me to post a bit more often. What’s funny is that nobody else noticed. :p…
I really don’t understand the penchant for spamming web logs with referrer spam. Do these spammers REALLY think that when browsing your web logs, you’re going to be inclined to look at a referrer coming from www-buy-cigarettes-now.ru? Maybe one day when AI is a feasible and tangible…
Letting the server run out of disk space is baaaaad.…
Looks like the WordPress 2.1.1 download was compromised. I’m not sure if the download I had was the compromised version, but it never hurts to be safe, so I upgraded all the blogs I look after to the latest version. Obviously the script kiddies were bored. I…