I have been running my blog on the URL wp.dembowski.net for years. If you are familiar with WordPress then that’s an OK URL to use but most people are more comfortable with a generic name. I did not want to use www.dembowski.net (already used for a place holder) and did not want to put move [...]
Software
WordPress 2.9 is released!
I just got home from Christmas shopping and my SVN pull down of the trunk was 3.0-alpha. Which told me 2.9 is released and I should switch to the 2.9 branch. As always it’s just And that’s it. I’m now on the 2.9 branch. I’ve been using the 2.9 beta for a few weeks now [...]
Beware the canary mismatch on efree monster
For traffic logs, I use Clicky Web Analytics and take a look from time to time. See that flat dark blue line? Around noon on December 3rd my blog stopped serving web pages and it was not until about 5 hours later that I noticed it. I don’t get a lot of traffic but I [...]
Now trying OpenDNS SmartCache
If you are an IT/Network professional with UNIX/Linux/BSD experience and you have a network at home, you really can’t resist playing around. It’s the best way to learn and causing outages at home will only irritate your family. I’ve been using Google Public DNS for a day or two and it’s fast and responsive. Even [...]
Playing with WordPress 2.9 beta
I svn’ed the latest 2.9 beta on my blog, so far so good. It’s visually the same as 2.8 so I think user acceptance will be good.
Get your red hot WordPress 2.8.6
WordPress 2.8.6 is out and it’s a security release so update now. I’m expecting the usual complaints on the support forum but so far it’s been pretty sedate. I’ve been using WordPress since version 1.5.2 and I’ve never had a bad upgrade. Of course, I have a good idea what I’m doing and have never [...]
Downloading Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix
I’m downloading Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix right now for installing on my Acer Aspire One. Normally I would BitTorrent it but with FIOS it’s coming down directly at +2.1 MB/sec.
Ubuntu 9.10 is released
Ubuntu 9.10 is out, get it at http://www.ubuntu.com/. I’m planning on checking out UNR this weekend.
Rebuilt the Acer Aspire 1
I rebuilt my Acer Aspire 1 with the factory provided DVDs. Mainly, I did this because I want to use the soon to be released Ubuntu 9.10 UNR. By installing and using the netbook’s version of XP I can get a good idea of a best case scenario as my baseline. With my newly purchased [...]
Photoshop Elements 8 Upgrade
Note to self: next time you install PSE 8 make sure you turn off the Auto-Analyzer. The PSE 8 Organizer tried to analyze 23,000 old photos. That did really bad things to my CPU usage.
