Lots of PHP coding. Then a bit more of PHP coding. Some PHP coding for desert. Finished the day with yet some more PHP coding and a nice fish tavern dinner.
P.S.: Happy Valentine day to everyone.
Category: Technology
I work in technology sector. And I do round a clock, not only from 9 to 5. It is my bread and butter, it is my hobby, it is the fascination of my life. And with the current rate of change particular in information technology (IT), there is always something new to learn, to try, to talk about. I often post news, thoughts, and reviews. And when I do, this is the category I use.
Compilations
Compilation-installation-testing day. Compressed quoting in tin finally pissed me of, and I’ve built mutt RPM with NNTP support (vvv.nntp patch). Using mutt-1.5.3 was also a good excuse for the CPU cycles. Once I start, I am unstoppable, so mozilla’s new 1.3 beta release didn’t have to wait too long. Font aliasing is a new concept for myself.. err, for my eyes. I’ll keep it for a couple of days, and if it won’t start unblurring, I’ll build it without xft staff.
Looks like I also have a night of php programming of LDAP web interfaces in front of me. Heh, well, ok.
Work tasks
Lots of PosgreSQL reading. I have to make a nice setup of Apache/Jboss and Postgresql cluster, where Apache/Jboss will be in load balancing, and PostgreSQL in fail-over (high-availability) configuration. Apache is by far the easiest to start with.
The Art of Unix Programming
Spent most of the weekend reading the Eric Raymond’s draft of The Art of Unix Programming, which appears to be surprisingly usefull and easy to read. I think I’ve already recommended to all people that I know. If I haven’t, here is your chance.
Random bits
Today I did have the first production restore using amanda. It went like a charm. I’ve spent some time with Red Hat Network today, since updates were coming faster then I could put them – kernel, php, openldap, kerberos, xpdf, etc.
Half of the day was spent on a somewhat lengthy presentation by HP guys. Few of them were local, rest came from Greece. Nice talk about HP itself, hardware (mostly Proliant servers and blades), and software (mostly OpenView). Few of them were rather impressed by our home-grown solution based on Nagios (aka Netsaint), MRTG, RT help desk, tkined/scotty, mtr, and few other tools (maybe later I will fill in the links, but now I am too lazy and tired).