Year: 2011

Day in brief – 2011-07-08

PHP upgrade, server downtime, and WordPress wierdness

I’ve upgraded the server to PHP 5.3.  The packages just showed up as alternative (php53) in the list of available upgrades and I was having troubles with earlier PHP versions, so I went for it.  It didn’t go quite as easy and simple as I expected.  Apache started crashing often.  It took me a few re-installs and configuration tweaks to fix these things.  It looks like now it’s fine.

As a side effect, I noticed a whole bunch of posts titled “Auto Draft” showing in the front page of my blog.  I wasn’t working with WordPress at the time, so it was strange to see new empty content posted.  Apparently, it’s a somewhat known issue with WordPress 3.0.  While I was trying to get rid of the empty posts, it seems I deleted a few posts  of mine own from the last couple of days. Maybe they will still show up.  Maybe not.

Anyway, I apologize for all the inconvenience.  If you notice anything else misbehaving, please let me know.

Day in brief – 2011-07-07

  • @angadn and you still think open source is overrrated? :) Thanks for following, btw. #
  • @angadn Run on a Linux box? It doesn't. Want to collaborate with a few people on a document? It turns into a nightmare. Google Docs! :) #
  • @angadn There is vertical split as well (:vsplit instead of :split). Awesome for writing unit tests. #
  • @angadn pros like what, for example? #
  • @angadn I see. Well, most of these things I don't care about. Probably other FOSS people don't too. To each his own, I guess. #
  • @asaliev @alex_mamchenkov LOL. I guess it was an auto-complete that I didn't notice. Or something. :) #
  • @angadn I'm a Red Hat / Fedora man. Always was. Always will (probably). Using Fedora on desktop and Red Hat / CentOS on server is awesome. #
  • @angadn Apple products have nothing to do with Unix. Even though some are based on it. It's all covered up and hidden. Average Bob wins. :) #
  • @asaliev I had a superhero idea yesterday – BoredMan. Always bored. Can kill enemies with boring stories. Wears a large B on his chest. :) #
  • @angadn Those might be UNIX lovers. They are not Linux lovers though. There is a difference. Linux is open and that's what I love about it. #
  • @asaliev Joker: Why so serious? BoredMan: I'm not serious. I'm bored. :) #
  • New note : Extreme GPU Bruteforcer http://bit.ly/p4Vsat #
  • New note : Plastique Icons: Over 400 Free Icons « Iconify.it, LLC http://bit.ly/oi4s69 #
  • Shared: Gravatar: Now supporting Gowalla, Google and GoodReads http://bit.ly/qFyGYZ #
  • Shared: no. 346 – @PortlandiaGirl http://bit.ly/nKh9KQ #
  • Shared: no. 345 – @nirvana68 http://bit.ly/owuRFW #
  • Upgrade your blog to #wordpress 3.2. Add new post. Go to full screen by clicking a toolbar button. Start writing. It's impossible to stop! #
  • Google Plus Tips & Shortcuts http://bit.ly/oMo06D #
  • GitHub: mamchenkov pushed to 2.0 at mamchenkov/cakephp http://bit.ly/qN1bpb #
  • GitHub: mamchenkov opened pull request 143 on cakephp/cakephp http://bit.ly/n5jxkw #
  • @angadn yes, of course. CakePHP has a whole Sanitize class with a few methods. Have a look here: http://api.cakephp.org/class/sanitize #
  • It's 7pm on 7th day of the 7th month. Bling! #
  • File:Prisoner population rate UN HDR 2007 2008.PNG – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://bit.ly/r5Kz41 #

Day in brief – 2011-07-04

  • Shared: Are You Ready for WordPress 3.2? http://bit.ly/mvLceT #
  • Start your Monday morning with troubleshooting MSIE and it will set your mood for the whole week. #
  • I just found a commit that broke things for me, using git bisect. Pretty cool. Git Book – Finding Issues – Git Bisect http://bit.ly/mNDqPj #
  • Opera Founder Jon S. von Tetzchner Resigns Over Differences With Board http://tcrn.ch/jcS8Xp #
  • I'm at The Ship Inn (Limassol) http://4sq.com/irVLb7 #

More Picasa Web Albums space for Google+ users

Google Operating System blog tells:

Picasa Web Albums offers more free storage if you are a Google+ user. According to Picasa Web’s help center, “photos up to 2048 x 2048 pixels and videos up to 15 minutes won’t count towards your free storage”. If you upload photos from Google+, they’re automatically resized to 2048 pixels on their longest edge, so they don’t use the 1 GB of free storage that’s available in Picasa Web Albums.

For those of you not on Google+ yet, only pictures up to 800×800 pixels won’t count up on your storage.  You really should let me know your email address and I’ll send you an invite.