BurningbirdAccording to my statistics package, I had over 25,000 visits from Slashdot the last few days. I do know that my server felt the strain Friday night, but held together. I learned an important lesson from the experience — don’t save your pages as ‘php’, unless you really need the PHP functionality. As Mark said, Ouch! In addition, […]
My father is an extraordinary man. He came of age in the depression, working in any job he could get — from timber camps in Alaska to being a railroad man. In fact, he was working for the railroad when he heard about Pearl Harbor. At the train’s next stop, he got off, found the […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My server is surviving the increased activity. Considering that the page getting hit is photo intensive and PHP-based, not to mention the strain the Perl-based comment system is adding, I think the server — and my host, Interland — came through nicely. There are some great comments at the Slashdot site, as well as […]
I have such an affinity to nature— to that which is neither man made nor inspired— that I imagine myself walking into the forest one day never to return. The forest will have recognized one of its own and I will be absorbed, welcomed home; Leaving no trace of my existence except a silver phone, […]
My “Parable of the Languages” has just been slashdotted. “Mean Dean” from Heal Your Church Web Site weblog was kind enough to submit me, and the floods just started. I’m taking odds when my server goes down… Update: The folks at Interland are keeping an eye on the server — luckily they know Slashdot. I am getting massively […]