Blog Migration
Posted by BM5k on June 19, 2008 at 04:58 AM
At some point this week, this blog is finally making the migration to my web server, as my shared hosting expires early next week. Nothing like procrastination to help things get done early.
If the blog goes down, or stays down, then you know what happened.
Rails + vCard
Posted by BM5k on June 19, 2008 at 04:52 AM
I was looking at microformats for use in a current project, and decided that I’d like a way to export contact data as a vCard. A quick google search revealed this, which just happens to be by Derek Neighbors. It uses the VPIM library, which I found here.
Being the “There’s no way I’ll remember any of this later” person that I am, I tossed this into a pastie, and am blogging about it more for my benefit than yours.
On Servers and Services
Posted by BM5k on June 12, 2008 at 07:24 AM
Currently, my clientele consists of a very small site that someone paid me for, and a handful of personal projects.
I’m not really making enough money at this point to justify having 2 servers, but suddenly a backup seems quite nice. My web uptime the last 3 weeks has been something like 0.00001%, which has totally destroyed any sense of productivity.
I set up my entire workflow based on having access to my server that is as of now mostly useless. For example, my subversion repository is inaccessible, which throws a huge wrench in my source-coding. All of my current projects (including the one that might make me any money) demos are all down.
full time job + life crap = not getting the chance to take care of this stuff quickly
which could wind up costing me the one project with potential income
which means I can’t afford a backup server…
Hobbes == Down
Posted by BM5k on June 12, 2008 at 07:20 AM
My main web server is still hosed. I managed to completely screw up the open directory config, and have 0 remote access to anything. And the web service is down.
Plan A* is to have my buddy attempt to re-create the open directory structure.
Plan *B is to have the server shipped to me so I can reinstall the OS
Plan C*, which is completely independent of the other two plans, is to kick myself in the ass for not taking the time to more throughly troubleshoot when I was *STANDING NEXT TO THE SERVER last week. Can I was only in town for 3 days be my excuse? I hope so, because that’s all I’ve got.
Still Alive
Posted by BM5k on June 07, 2008 at 09:53 PM
Just a short post to let everyone know that I’m still alive. My main web server has been down for a while, and I’ve had a full plate of personal crap to deal with. Posting from a rest area in West Texas, headed back to AZ after seeing my folks this weekend. Pics and details later/on my twitter.