2009-11-17
Fedora 12 Upgrade Success
All went well with the upgrade to Fedora 12. I have a few tweaks to make for my end, but everything should be as normal for the website again.
Another upgrade - possible INDY outages
Here's the usual upgrade blather:
Now, I'm going to add something more....
With the way things have gone historically with these upgrades, I'm planned and ready for the worst. If the server's out for a few days, don't worry or be surprised. Just wish me luck.
Alright, Fedora 12. Here we go!
I will be upgrading the web server over the course of the next couple days. You may notice some downtime, though it is more likely that the upgrade will only cause a single outage of up to an hour tonight. (As always, any outages will not effect email or the blog, as they are hosted externally.)
Now, I'm going to add something more....
With the way things have gone historically with these upgrades, I'm planned and ready for the worst. If the server's out for a few days, don't worry or be surprised. Just wish me luck.
Alright, Fedora 12. Here we go!
2009-10-16
Unanticipated Outage!
The cats chewed through some cables. We're trying to get things replaced quickly. Sorry for the unannounced outage.
UPDATE (2009-10-16 20:41:00 MDT): Thanks to the efforts of a close friend, we managed to obtain a 50ft replacement cable and have now rerouted the cable away from curious fangs.
UPDATE (2009-10-16 20:41:00 MDT): Thanks to the efforts of a close friend, we managed to obtain a 50ft replacement cable and have now rerouted the cable away from curious fangs.
2009-10-10
Metric Day 2009
Happy Metric Day, everyone!
Today is October 10th (10/10).
For the next 10 days, I challenge you to acknowledge, observe, and use the International System of Units (aka SI or Metric). I suggest starting small, recognizing fun personal uses for SI which don't disrupt your interaction with others. For example try switching your thermostat to Celsius, observing the km/hr on your vehicle's speedometer, or converting your height to meters and/or your weight to kilograms.
I started like this a few years ago and I've enjoyed using SI ever since. These small steps can be both fun and educational; and, who knows, maybe one of those fun personal uses will make more sense to you than SI and will stick.
Today is October 10th (10/10).
For the next 10 days, I challenge you to acknowledge, observe, and use the International System of Units (aka SI or Metric). I suggest starting small, recognizing fun personal uses for SI which don't disrupt your interaction with others. For example try switching your thermostat to Celsius, observing the km/hr on your vehicle's speedometer, or converting your height to meters and/or your weight to kilograms.
I started like this a few years ago and I've enjoyed using SI ever since. These small steps can be both fun and educational; and, who knows, maybe one of those fun personal uses will make more sense to you than SI and will stick.
2009-10-08
Lab Testing Hyper-drive Propulsion
This bit of news [Technology Review] is quite exciting. It's being reported that it may be possible to test and confirm a form "hyper-propulsion" (or "hyper-drive" as it's known in Science Fiction).
This is a big deal. The article summarizes a paper presented by a physicist named Franklin Felber [arXiv.org] suggesting that this technology could be used for space propulsion. I suspect that this same design could be used as the basis for the generation of power as well.
It'll be interesting to see how this develops and if Felber has the chance to give this theory a go in a particle accelerator.
This is a big deal. The article summarizes a paper presented by a physicist named Franklin Felber [arXiv.org] suggesting that this technology could be used for space propulsion. I suspect that this same design could be used as the basis for the generation of power as well.
It'll be interesting to see how this develops and if Felber has the chance to give this theory a go in a particle accelerator.
2009-09-30
INDY site is back online
That was not fun at all.
I definitely don't feel like reviewing the details of my anguish, so instead I'll candidly encapsulate the experience by saying: "It's a good thing that I run backups as diligently as I do."
Anyway, at this point, everything should be exactly as it was the moment before I took things offline to perform the "simple" upgrade.
Ugh... I'm so glad that's over with.
I definitely don't feel like reviewing the details of my anguish, so instead I'll candidly encapsulate the experience by saying: "It's a good thing that I run backups as diligently as I do."
Anyway, at this point, everything should be exactly as it was the moment before I took things offline to perform the "simple" upgrade.
Ugh... I'm so glad that's over with.
2009-09-27
Possible INDY outages
I will be upgrading the web server over the course of the next couple days. You may notice some downtime, though it is more likely that the upgrade will only cause a single outage of up to an hour tonight. (As always, any outages will not effect email or the blog, as they are hosted externally.)
Here we go!
Here we go!
2009-08-26
Everyone deserves clean water
Please take 5 minutes to watch this amazing video about an effort to bring clean drinking water to everyone on the planet.
URL: http://vimeo.com/6202666
URL: http://vimeo.com/6202666
2009-08-13
Google Reader's "Send to" Feature
Google Reader has added a "Send to" feature which makes it easier to share items with outside services/systems (e.g. Blogger, Facebook, Twitter, etc.).
If you're a Google Reader user and want to try this feature, simply go to the Settings menu, click on Send To, and select the services you want to add beneath each item.
If you're not a Google Reader user, don't worry because - thanks to this feature - you should expect to see alot more people sharing the benefits of their Reader feed with the outside world. In fact, this INDY Blog entry was started with me clicking Send To -> Blogger under the item cited at the end of this post.
via Google Operating System Blog: Google Reader's "Send to" Feature
If you're a Google Reader user and want to try this feature, simply go to the Settings menu, click on Send To, and select the services you want to add beneath each item.
If you're not a Google Reader user, don't worry because - thanks to this feature - you should expect to see alot more people sharing the benefits of their Reader feed with the outside world. In fact, this INDY Blog entry was started with me clicking Send To -> Blogger under the item cited at the end of this post.
via Google Operating System Blog: Google Reader's "Send to" Feature
2009-06-30
INDY and HTML 5
Within the past week, I have moved much of the underlying code of INDY.CC from XHTML 1.1 [wikipedia] to HTML 5 [wikipedia].
What does this mean to you? Well, if things are done right, you shouldn't really notice any differences, rather features will "just work" and without you needing to download/install random proprietary plug-ins (e.g. Flash or Silverlight).
You will need to take one step though: you need to get yourself a better browser, one which can interpret HTML 5.
Here are the browsers whose current versions can interpret (the most valuable parts of) HTML 5: Firefox, Opera, and Safari. I expect more browsers will step up in the future, though it's no surprise that Microsoft's Internet Explorer isn't on this list.
As an aside, if you use a browser that cannot interpret HTML 5, websites which use it will still load decently in your browser. (You just might have to fight with your computer in order to get what HTML 5 gives naturally.)
So, go find the most recent version of your favorite browser (or pick a real favorite [browse happy] if you claim that IE is your current favorite). I'll be adding more tweaks to INDY which will use HTML 5 as time goes on, for now I recommend that members check out the videos in the Gallery which are using the new HTML 5 video tag.
What does this mean to you? Well, if things are done right, you shouldn't really notice any differences, rather features will "just work" and without you needing to download/install random proprietary plug-ins (e.g. Flash or Silverlight).
You will need to take one step though: you need to get yourself a better browser, one which can interpret HTML 5.
Here are the browsers whose current versions can interpret (the most valuable parts of) HTML 5: Firefox, Opera, and Safari. I expect more browsers will step up in the future, though it's no surprise that Microsoft's Internet Explorer isn't on this list.
As an aside, if you use a browser that cannot interpret HTML 5, websites which use it will still load decently in your browser. (You just might have to fight with your computer in order to get what HTML 5 gives naturally.)
So, go find the most recent version of your favorite browser (or pick a real favorite [browse happy] if you claim that IE is your current favorite). I'll be adding more tweaks to INDY which will use HTML 5 as time goes on, for now I recommend that members check out the videos in the Gallery which are using the new HTML 5 video tag.
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