I’ve backed out the migration for now until I can figure out what’s up. So the site is back up on the old server, and nothing lost but some downtime.
December 30th,2008
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DNS has moved for some folks (but not me at home), but I’m getting the default hosting page instead of the real page. I’m still working this one, but I’m stuck doing something else for the next few hours.
December 30th,2008
MacIDOL |
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Everything should be moved and ready, and I’m just waiting for DNS to change over. Once I see the address change, I’ll bring the site back online and check everything out.
December 30th,2008
MacIDOL |
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I’ve got MacIDOL down again for the last time before it (hopefully) comes up on the new server.
I’ve got most of the files and the database moved over. Within a couple of minutes, I should finish transferring any last minute file changes, and be ready to activate the site on the new server.
December 30th,2008
MacIDOL |
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Well, I had issues with the transfer two different ways. Then, as I tossed and turned in my sleep knowing the site was down, I realized I had been thinking inside the nice GUI tools too much, tools that were never designed for sites as large as this.
I have a new approach I’m going to use now, and it won’t require me taking the site down for more than about 30 minutes.
December 30th,2008
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I’ve started the migration to the new server. I’m not getting good feedback that anything is happening, but I’m not getting errors either. Everything seems to have started off OK, so I’m going to cross my fingers and go to bed.
If nothing has happened by morning, I’ll turn the site back on and regroup.
December 30th,2008
MacIDOL |
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I’m about to start moving MacIDOL to a beefier server. This will probably take the better part of 24 hours, though it might be less. I’m hoping to have it all done before New Year’s Eve.
I’ll keep posting status here.
December 30th,2008
MacIDOL |
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Upgraded Wordpress today (it sorely needed it!), so I had to change the theme. I’ve also disabled comments, since the spammers seem to enjoy them more than my (non-existent) audience.
This is the “japan-style 1.2″ theme by Good Design Web
December 17th,2008
Geekido,
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I think I hit upon a trick of fusing
GTD and
DIT in a way that makes sense for me. I shift my
DIT daily “will-do†list to a weekly “will-do†list, but keep daily lists. As part of the
GTD weekly review, I identify which projects I will work on in the upcoming week, and slot the next actions into the daily list for a day based on what I “think†my schedule is going to be. As the week gets dynamic, I might not finish everything on a daily list, but each morning I reschedule everything that is not yet done, based on how my week is looking now.
I realize this has the potential for getting back into a situation where things always slip and never get done, but they’re still all captured in GTD. It’s really adding a bit of the DIT strategy to whittle down the next actions. It HIGHLY depends on making a good assessment during the weekly review of how much work can be taken on over the next week.
March 19th,2008
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A while back a friend asked me what blogs I follow on a regular basis to keep up with the IT world and professional life in general. I promised to post a list here. I have removed blogs I follow purely for personal reasons. Not all of these may still work.
Are there any I should take a peek at? Please leave a comment, and eventually I may approve it if it doesn’t get buried in the comment spam…
Security Stuff
- bugtraq @ insecure.org http://www.djeaux.com/rss/insecure-bugtraq.rss Good to skim for early warning of vulnerabilities you may see later.
- Cisco Security Advisories http://newsroom.cisco.com/data/syndication/rss2/SecurityAdvisories_20.xml
- Cisco Security Notices http://newsroom.cisco.com/data/syndication/rss2/SecurityNotices_20.xml
- Dark Reading: Dark Reading News From Other CMP Sites http://www.darkreading.com/rss_simple.asp?f_s=318&f_ln=Dark+Reading+News+From+Other+CMP+Sites
- Dark Reading: Dark Reading News Feed http://www.darkreading.com/rss_simple.asp?f_s=297&f_ln=Dark+Reading+News+Feed Strikes me as a trade rag, but I skim it anyway.
- Microsoft Security Bulletins http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/secrss.aspx
- SANS Internet Storm Center http://images.dshield.org/rssfeed.xml These guys often get the straight scoop pretty early, because of the reputation they have earned.
General IT Industry News and Commentary
- Gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.com/index.rdf Gadgets galore.
- Slashdot http://slashdot.org/index.rss Ok, so I’m kind if Old School, but I still check out slashdot.
- RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/feed/ I love the author’s style and the way he intelligently and reasonably tears up the pro-Microsoft media machine and the IT pundit industry.
Web 2.0 and Related Development
- Riding Rails – home http://feeds.feedburner.com/RidingRails
I haven’t really paid much attention to the next three in a while, but I haven’t removed them, either:
- Web 2.0 Blog http://feeds.feedburner.com/Web20Blog
- http://ww.xml-dev.com/blog/blogrss.php http://ww.xml-dev.com/blog/blogrss.php
- Sphere of Influence Blogs http://www.sphereofinfluence.com/blogs/rssmerge/fullrss.aspx
Personal Development
- Matt’s Idea Blog http://ideamatt.blogspot.com/atom.xml Matt does a great job of synthesizing a lot of the other books out there, and makes some great reading recommendations.
- Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development Blog http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/feed/ Steve’s generally a bit New-Agey for me, but he does have good ideas in there that I have found useful from time to time.
And because I’ve come to realize I can’t get by on tech skillz alone:
- Men.Style.com Daily News http://men.style.com/services/rss/feeds/daily_news.xml
- Men.Style.com: Latest Features and Articles http://men.style.com/services/rss/feeds/mens_features.xml
