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Tweaking the web-server again
Updated on Oct 21, 2012 @ 16:20:: Completed. I will continue to experiment with minor tweaks, but no major shutdowns are expected. See also Site performance, Server errors, outages and tunings
And yes, 1GB RAM is not enough 😉
Updated on Oct 20, 2012 @ 19:02: upgraded OS to the latest release. Looks like everything is still working. Next step is to make an attempt to migrate from MPM ITK + mod_php to MPM Worker (or even Events) + fcgid. Way too many things to consider … Or possibly Nginx? 😉
Published on: Oct 20, 2012 @ 15:07: I’m going to take the web-server apart again. No particular time. Just be aware and “reload” a minute later if the site is not responding.
Testing new performance features
Update: OK, I’m done with tweaking. let me know what you think 😉
I’m testing new performance related features. It is possible that something will appear broken or simply stops working.
Time, computers, hobbies, fetishes, kids and life
Time, time, time, time…. Time is ticking away, time is money, I’m running short of time, I have no time, you can’t stop the time, everything takes time… You hear that everyday, don’t you? But do you know how much time you actually spend on your hobbies, your fetishes, surfing Internet, etc?
Usually, I run several profiled browsers (Firefox) on several virtual screens. One for my work, one for general browsing and technical forums I closely follow, one for XXX browsing and one dedicated to this site. But the old and outdated OS had a memory leak somewhere, so after a week everything grinds to a halt. One temporary solution is to reboot the server, another is to kill one of the big processes. Aka Firefox. The first one to go is the XXX one, the second – the one I use to maintain this site.
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Using “Like Ra” name in Google
Updated on Sep 03, 2012 @ 12:51:
And the answer was…. No.
After reviewing your appeal, we have determined that your name does not comply with the Google+ Names Policy.
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You may re-appeal with additional information, if you have not already done so. If you’re already using Google+, your current name will continue to be used.
In any case, you never know unless you try 😉
Posted on Sep 01, 2012 @ 20:38:
I wonder if I can use “Like Ra” as the user name in Google services again. Just submitted an appeal. Currently my profile shows the following:
Google vs Facebook. Same story?
Weird, my Google account was blocked because of “unusual activity”, so I had to specify my mobile phone number to get it activated again. Yes, I know… Privacy, security… They do not exist in the Internet. I do not like the tendency. The amount of accounts in my rings constantly goes up and down without any activity from my side, people complain that their private pictures and posts disappear forever, their accounts got removed, etc.
Does the old Facebook story repeat itself? As soon as the amount of “friends” reaches 1,000 and you post something, your account (including Gmail) becomes more interesting for censors.
Or someone reports my posts. Ha-ha…
Here’s my badge, just in case:
Blog for mobile devices
Another attempt to make the blog more mobile devices friendly. Please let me know if you would like to add/change/improve anything.
Site maintenance
Update: the maintenance has been completed.
The server will be shutdown by the provider on May 30 between 2 and 5AM GMT for ~30min for maintanence.
Site news
Some of you may wonder why there are no new blog posts since … hmmm.. a months ago. A short answer is: “No time, no energy, no inspiration”.
A long answer is a bit longer 😉
- Last month I was overloaded with my work, then trainings and last but not least: some family obligations. All these activities left almost no time for anything else (see the short answer)
- When I have no inspiration I switch to other boring, tedious, but absolutely necessary tasks like system administration, redesigning and restructuring. For example, the tasks below.
- System, software and forum upgrade
- Forum restructuring
- Added sub-forums for shops reviews (a long awaited feature)
- New forum features
- New games and new version of the SuperDeepThroat game
- Revisited the completed self-bondage sessions posted in the forum and updated the index/table of content
- Removed some more ads
- Revisited links and moved them under the Blog control, so they can be easier maintained and automatically checked for existence.
More ideas, comments or complaints? Please let me know!
The forum is not working at the moment
Updated on May 04, 2012 @ 13:20:
One sleepless night and it’s fixed 😉 For some reason the plugin wiped out the template, theme and stylesheet database tables. I recovered them from the backup I made right before the upgrade (so they might be not up-to-date). And since I was already messing up with the design, I fixed more things I did not have time for before the crash.
As always, please let me know if anything is still broken or if you have suggestions to change/improve the layout, menu, etc.
Posted on May 03, 2012 @ 21:29:
The forum is not working for some reason. “White screen of death”. I suspect the Google SEO plugin and PluginLibrary. No errors in the error logs. Investigating…