Site Docker Comms Quite a while back I started messing around with Docker, after the forum software. 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 didn’
Site Updating 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
Site Fun and games in fairy land 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
Site As is typical... 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
Site Referrer Spam 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
Site Damn crackers suck! 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
Site Toil & Trouble I spent this afternoon setting up that blog for my friend. I also used the time to try troubleshoot some issues that I had noticed in the backend of my
Site Strange places You would probably be horrified to know that I’m writing this while sitting on the bog… So, I just won’t tell you. Instead, imagine me sitting on a
Site Blogging on the go I’ve finally set up a blog via email facility, so I can now blog from anywhere that there is a GPRS signal. This post is essentially a test to see if it works. If you’re reading this, then obviously it does… Otherwise
Site Server Silliness Sloppiness really irritates me. Case in point – I install some updates for the server, and schedule a midnight (my local time) reboot so that some of the updates can take effect. It turns out that one of the updates decided to disable the mysql
Site Theme Scheme So I’ve changed my theme. Whoop. It’s quite a change from the old one. I’ll keep this around for awhile… I’ve got plenty sitting on the back-burner, so if it’s different every time you visit, don’t be surprised.
Site Wooooosaaaaa Server hard disk crashed, so the site was offline for awhile. Had lots of fun recovering the disk. Did a bit-for-bit image of the old disk to the new one,
Site Fucking with the mind... Freshly installed server. No relation whatsoever to the old machine. I lie – the only file I copied over was the apache virtual hosts config, and the websites themselves – and the databases. Suddenly the file system changes to read only. – I pick this up because
Site Feeling Lost Wow, my last post was Christmas eve, and now suddenly there has been a huge jump to March. I’m feeling a bit lost on my own site – the backend has undergone a couple of upgrades, and now my entire interface has changed. This
Site Brain Drain Wow, it’s been an interesting week or so. You may not realise it, but the site is now running on new hardware. The old box kept randomly crapping out, especially with all the new traffic from my other site. I spent a week
Site Upgrade Parade I friggin’ hate upgrading the blog. Damn be-hatch takes awhile. Considering I have to ‘diff -br’ the live site with the new files to see what I need to replace. It’s not a straight forward process, unfortunately, since I have all sorts of
Site It's late, I'm tired It’s really annoying when I try and implement something on the site, and I discover that my template code is faulty. Grrr. Oh well, a couple of hours of debugging solved the problem, eventually. Today we spent an exorbitant amount of money on
Site Do you feel lucky, punk? The combination of Spam Karma and Referrer Karma seem to be doing the trick. I have not had my blog spammed for a couple of days now, woohoo! Mind you, that was just about the only traffic I received, so maybe I should disable
Site Oy... I’m a complete dolt. Yes, I had upgraded to the bleeding edge version, but it wasn’t right on the edge. It was more like 6 feet back from the edge, you know, where you can see the ocean far below, but you’
Site New stuff again I’ve upgraded the Wordpress engine to the bleeding edge version. If you saw anything funky over the past few hours, it was just me upgrading and hastily fixing all my content to work with the new changes. I still need to fix the
Site Fucking Spammers Die Die Die Well, I solved the comment spam problem awhile back, but it seems that the fuckers have found a new method… trackback. Goddamnit. So I’ve implemented a new anti-spam thingy, aside from the “captcha” image on the comment post, which will hopefully help with
Site New Look New year, new face. I’ve decided to change the look of the site for awhile. A fresh pair of underwear! 🙂 Hope you like it.
Books Wiki Wonders You may have noticed a new link on the menu called Wiki. Yeah, I finally got around to installing a wiki. Not for any particular purpose, mind you, but because I was bored and just wanted one. You know how it usually goes, though.
