28 October, 2008
Check out rsync.net for backups
I've been using rsync.net to have nightly offsite back ups for configuration files, database snapshots, and web sites on this server. They provide a great service that works really well and helps me sleep a little better at night. If you need a backup service, I'd recommend you give them a serious look, especially after the latest email I received from them.
...click to continue reading.There are also new developments in pricing and service. We have lowered our prices by 25% across the board, and as is our practice, we have given all existing customers 30% more space in their accounts.
23 October, 2008
Linux video editors might be improving
My last attempt to edit video in Linux, sent me back to iMovie on my Mac and Magix Movie Editor in wondows. It might be time to revisit video editors in Linux.Open Movie Editor: Linux Video Editor with Plot Twists | OStatic
In general, Linux video editors, admittedly, aren't where Mac video editors are presently. Kino and Jahshaka, two popular "end user" video editing applications for Linux, seem fairly comparable to some of the common "consumer targeted" proprietary applications available for other platforms in terms of features, function, and ease of use....click to continue reading.
13 August, 2008
Troubleshooting connection problems with memcached
I was noticing today many apache segfaults on this server, and pretty high traffic loads at times. I haven't pinpointed the exact cause of high traffic, there are a couple candidates, but the apache segfaults seem to accompanied by the following PHP errors:
...click to continue reading.11 July, 2008
HOWTO: Use the find command to list symbolic links to a target
The following will list all the symbolic links pointing to a file within the same directory.
find /my/dir -lname my_linked_dir -maxdepth 1
You could search the whole but it could take some time:
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8 January, 2008
Linux Package management overview
I have to confess that delegating software installation to Debian and Ubuntu's apt command is what finally converted me to Linux. I stillhave a bias against .rpms and building from source based on disastrous experiences hunting down obscure .rpms or figuring out why make would not work. If you're trying out Ubuntu or another Linux distribution, you should stop and read download squad's
...click to continue reading.12 September, 2007
Mail Log Funnies
(02:04:27 PM) Mike Shade: Sep 10 05:04:55 www sendmail[7421]: l8A94tTP007419: to=< ...click to continue reading.
8 August, 2007
Filter mail log for bounces
I needed a simple way to find hard bounces from a mail log yesterday. Usually, you hook up a script to listen for bounced messages at an email address like "list-bounces@example.com". The script receives an email message and parses it to figure out if and why it bounced. I decided to take the opposite approach, and look for email addresses causing bounces in postfix's mail log.
...click to continue reading.5 July, 2007
Open source helps Nokia cut development costs
Nokia's N770 and N800 tablet PCs were developed with a conscious decision to use as much open source software as feasible. This decision had tremendous benefits in cost savings, code quality, flexibilty, and zero licensing costs. You can read the white paper HT:
...click to continue reading.15 June, 2007
Check out Tip o' the Day
If you need help with *nix stuff, and who doesn't, then my friend Mike's site is worth bookmarking and/or adding to your feed aggregator: Tip o'the Day.
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5 June, 2007
HOWTO: Convert mysql data to UTF-8 quickly
I've been revamping my Bolivian soccer blog, which I finally updated and made live tonight. In doing so, I needed to convert the data from ISO-8859-1 (back when I didn't know better about how to setup a database) to UTF-8. I was fearing the process would be complicated and tedious, involving some script to read the data and use PHP's mbstring or iconv extensions to do the work.
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