Database backups and analytics.

I’ve finally gotten off my lazy ass and implemented database backups. I don’t move enough data to worry about something overkill like database replication and dumping, so I am just falling back on WipeOut’s AutoMysqlBackup script.
Additionally, I had no idea that there was a robust fork of webalizer, named awwfull. It’s got a few extra [...]

Posted at 4pm on 11/17/07 | Comments Off | Filed Under: general, site meta | Tagged: analytics, backup, database, mysql, stats | read on

Free Rick Marshall

Rick Marshall has a story to tell.
After “parting ways” with Wizard Magazine earlier this month, Rick has been blogging about it very publicly for the last few days. The online comic book industry sites seem to be supporting this, and it doesn’t seem like it’s simply because they’ve all hated Wizard for years. For the [...]

Posted at 12am on 11/17/07 | no comments; | Filed Under: diatribes, friends, general, informational, shit stirring | Tagged: fired, rick marshall, shit stirring, stories, wizard | read on

CSSEdit + TextMate = <3

I don’t know if I’ve ever personally mentioned this and I know I’m years late to the party, but it bears repeating that CSSEdit and TextMate are two of the only applications I miss when I’m on a Linux machine. One could argue that there is always (re: eternally) going to be vi/vim or emacs, [...]

Posted at 11pm on 11/16/07 | no comments; | Filed Under: applications | Tagged: applications, coda, cssedit, panic, rails, ruby, text editor, textmate | read on

Consolidation

I’m shutting down pretty much every single domain I own, orangefort.com included, while I work out what to do with all of them. I’ve ceased all contracting work on the side, and I’m scaling back the ambitions I’ve poured a lot of the last year into.
Basically, if it’s not my full time job, cooking, or [...]

Posted at 1pm on 11/1/07 | no comments; | Filed Under: general, informational, site meta | read on

About

I am a surly and opinionated web infrastructure administrator who moved to Massachusetts to work for a mid-sized engineering software company. It was a strategic decision.

I’m a strategic kind of guy. See?
Before moving to Massachusetts I lived in Albany, NY. By lived, I mean “lived my whole life there”.
My principle interests are technology, specifically web [...]

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