New hardware
Added a CD burner to this system today. This will simplify backups. Little trouble getting it configured under Linux. If anyone out there is a Linux Guru (or can help get this burner working), please let me know.
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System SPEEDUP
This evening, I installed PHP Accelerator 1.2p3 to the system which results in MUCH faster page serving from this site. Some results of testing the front page are below.
Linux is weird…
Okay, this Linux stuff is kinda flakey.
I’m trying to get XWindows (running Ximian GNOME) working when I log in as ROOT, but it doesn’t. It works fine if I log in as another user on the machine, but not as root.
Also, my ZIP drive has never worked since I installed Linux-Mandrake 8.1 PowerPack, running DevFS.
Anyone got any ideas?
Mr. Face Update — 15-Feb-2002
Last night, Wendy was planning to leave Mr. Face at the hospital instead of bringing him home (she typically takes him in with her in the morning (he’s fed, watered, & cared for all day) and brings him home in the evening). But, because they were planning to do a trach feeding tube surgery on him on Friday (today), she was going to feed him and leave him there.
WHAT IT TAKES TO PLEASE YOU article in CityBeat!
On Thursday, February 14, 2002, there was an article about WHAT IT TAKES TO PLEASE YOU, a tribute to Over The Rhine, in CityBeat. You can read the article here and see the project’s pages here. There is a PDF version of the article here.
MAJOR system backup performed — a little downtime.
Tonight, I performed a comprehensive system backup of this machine. Essentially a ‘snapshot’ of everything on this machine, I’m in the position of being able to completely restore the machine to today’s state in the case of a catastrophic loss.
It’s rather a long process, but thankfully, an automated one, thanks to Mindi/Mondo 0.58/1.40, an exceptionally smart backup/restore suite for Linux.
Right now, the large ISO files are being transfered across my home network to my Windows XP machine (which has the CD burner). These ISO images will be burned to three CDs and verified against the system. Once that’s done, I’ll be confident that the backup was successful. The server will be unavailable for about 90-120 minutes this evening while the backup and testing are completed.
Once that’s verified, I’ll be able to take this machine from "bare metal" to this configuration in just the time it takes to restore the backup. Nice.
From here on out, I’ll be able to do MUCH shorter "differential" backups — backing up only those files that were changed/added since the last complete backup.
Andromeda 1.91 — Updated on site.
Today, I updated to the newest version (1.91) of Andromeda, our MP3 Jukebox program for registered users. This new version features the following additions: Play everything in a folder including its subfolders (recursive folder playback) Add folders to the playlist Playlist buttons replaced by icons…