I’ve spent a great deal of time over the last few days cleaning up this blog. With too many things to really list exhaustively, I’ll fire off some of the major changes:
More to come as I continue development and deployment. I look forward to complaints, comments and suggestions.
In doing some basic maintenance, upgrades and the like on the blog over the last several hours, I’ve installed a ‘Subscribe to Comments’ plug-in that will enable you to do just that. At the bottom of each comment submission form you’ll have the option to subscribe to subsequent comments (on the same post) by way of e-mail. The usual privacy stuff applies – I won’t share your e-mail address with anyone, you can trust me, blah blah blah.
Enjoy!
In order to accommodate wider content, I have made the blog slightly wider. Now weighing in at 880 pixels wide, everything should still fit nicely on those of you still on a 1024 pixel screen width, assuming your browser window hogs a sufficient amount of screen real estate. On a larger horizontal resolution? Well, a little whitespace never hurt anyone.
Continue reading ‘Minor Layout Changes (Updated)’
Charlie’s Server is back online, folks. We’re now hosted out of Boston, Massachusetts via Comcast High Speed Internet. Sorry about the downtime!
Charlie’s Server (the host of this blog) will be down for an as yet determined amount of time while I relocate from Norwalk, CT to Boston, MA. At the very least, the server will be unavailable for four hours, and at the most two weeks. Updates will follow as I receive more information. I apologize for the inconvenience.
I’ve been lagging on updates to the blog software lately, and am now pleased to announce that this blog has been updated to use the latest and greatest software. Both the blog engine and the theme engine have been updated to their latest released versions.
Continue reading ‘Blog on CS Finally Gets Its Fix’
Blog on CS is now running WordPress 2.x. The upgrade was smooth save some WPG2 glitches, which were solved within an hour, and some K2 glitches, which were solved within another hour.
All in all, I’m impressed so far. The transition was as smooth as can be expected and the benefits are clearly visible, not to mention hightened security. I highly recommend upgrading to anyone running an older version of WordPress.
I found a great deal on RAM for Charlie’s Server, so I went ahead and bought two 512MB sticks. This should fill out all four RAM slots for Charlie’s Server to exactly half capacity (2GB). I expect them to be delivered within another week.
I also found a great deal on SATA hard drives, so I bought two 10K RPM Raptor drives for Charlie’s server. They should provide a nice, fast, redundant replacement for the current nearly-decade-old 6GB drive that currently provides root.
I’m done spending for the next month or two.
Charlie’s Server is reborn. The previously mentioned replacement hardware came in a few days back, and the new server is up and running. To be honest, the speed (or lack thereof) of the new Athlon 64 hardware didn’t stun me. All in all, though, I think I made an excellent purchase, particularly in terms of bang for buck. It’s stable as anything, and more than fast enough for my needs.
Continue reading ‘Long Live Charlie’s Server’
As previously mentioned, replacement hardware for Charlie’s Server was pending order. Now, all of the necessary replacement parts have been placed on order and are being shipped to Lina’s residence in South Windsor, Connecticut. It can be expected that Charlie’s Server will return by the last week of September.
Continue reading ‘Replacement Hardware on the Way’
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