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Technology Weblogging

The Survival Guide to LAMP: MySQL and Saving the Pig

In the last two weeks, two WordPress weblog sites have had their sites suspended or moved to interim servers because of performance issues. In both cases, the ISPs who hosted the sites (different companies) sent snapshots of the MySQL processes that caused the problems with the emails. I worked with one of the sites offline, […]

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Burningbird Photography Places

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Here are some of the photos from today’s Alley Spring Mill trip. I need to return in about 3 weeks when the trees have started to green. And I also need to go about mid-morning, when the light on the Mill will be better. It is a wonderous place, though. As was all the countryside […]

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Weblogging

Character

I spent much of the day in the heart of the Ozarks, at Alley Spring Mill. The previous photos I’ve seen of it didn’t do it justice, and neither do the ones I took today. It is an extraordinary place — a mill on a crystal clear river with bright green and pure aqua waters; […]

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Political

I have a bridge

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Here’s the End of the story. Here’s links from: BoingBoing Neville Hobson Kottke (quick link may scroll off page) Politech Media Culpa Scoble CBS Market Watch Committee to Protect Blogging A Blog Herald Entry In fact, here’s the Technorati Cosmos for the story. And, just for grins and giggles, this. Now check out Joi Ito’s post and the […]

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Media

Firefly and Battlestar

I rather liked tonight’s episode of Battlestar Galactica. It was twisty and turned a lot and I even liked the subplot with the Adam and mechanical Eve back on Caprica. Loved the last scene and the jazz and the whole crew dancing together. The development of the female characters in the show continues to be […]