A couple of my peers have both written entries on a similar vane, and now I feel compelled to catch up.
Except I already did, a long time ago.
I think I might have to add one of David's to my list, though. I like the whole idea of being wrong publicly.
Who'd have thunk I'd have been so busy with life that it would take me several months to switch servers?
Right. Well, here we are, clogging up the tubes again. There's all sorts of fascinating things to blog about, including coffee, shaving, Flickr, libraries, repositories, and life in general.
Stay tuned...
For those of you on RSS, I apologize for the several re-posts this morning. I upgraded Drupal from 4.6 to 4.7, which was a non-trivial undertaking. It seems to have re-posted some of my old entries as a result.
Otherwise, things seem to be running swimmingly. The new version is a fair sight better than the old one. As a result, for those of you not on RSS, I have also changed the theme and moved around some content and added some fancy CSS menus. Overall, I'd say it's a win.
So here's a comment I wasn't expecting:
Windows 3.1 review, where? Where can I find the review of Windows 3.1? I keep trying to find it on this post: http://ardvaark.net/windows_31_review.html but the "review" keeps linking to the main technology post page, and I can't find the review. I'm SO curious to see the review with screenshots, so can anyone tell me how to get it?
I can only presume that jen26059 is referring to the Windows 3.1 review I posted about almost two years ago. And whoops! It seems that it got lost during my transition from Geeklog to Drupal. Normally, I could just go back to the old site, except that I never moved the old content in the transition from the Old Samus to New Samus. What's worse, Old Samus had already been nuked. Oh no! The review is gone forever!
But wait! There's one more hope! Yes! The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has snapshots of my site, including some very old old old versions of my site. This also includes the missing review.
So, I have recreated the original page based on the old HTML. You can find it here. Enjoy!
If you're seeing this entry, then you are viewing my site at its new home. Those of you who keep track of the IP addresses you visit will notice that ardvaark.net has moved from 66.92.171.205 to 38.99.66.216. So what happened here?
My primary server for several years has been a box named Samus. It is a 1.0 GHz Athlon T-Bird with 1 GiB of RAM and several SCSI Ultra-2 hard drives, all running out of my home via my Speakeasy business-class 1.1 Mb SDSL line. Originally, the machine was a gaming rig I built for myself circa 2001, but it hasn't seen that kind of action since I got my new laptop a few years back.
Finally, after all these years sitting next to my desk, I have grown weary of the heat, noise, and (most importantly) worrying about caring for the hardware. Of late, Samus has become quite finicky, often locking up with a machine check exception, and I just don't have the time to care anymore. So, as part of the office decoration, I have decided it's time for Samus to go. I have rented some hardware from VR Hosted, and have been working to transition Samus's functions to the new machine. The only item that won't work is the ArdCam. The hardware for the cam is actually plugged into Samus, so I have to find a way to run it locally. I'm kind of leaning towards a Mac Mini.
Henceforth, the new machine shall be known as Samus, and the old machine shall answer to ... well ... Oldsamus. At least until I decomission it. That day will be sad, but necessary.
For those of you who are incessant Dumping Ground followers: I apologize for the downtime this afternoon. I finally took the time to upgrade to MySQL 4.1, and it took a bit longer than expected.
And who cares? ;-)
For the first time since I was comment spammed many moons ago, I have enabled comments on my blog. This is mostly because Drupal has a lot better comment moderation capabilities than Geeklog, as well as plugins to make things go even smoother.
For now, you are required to request an account, and I must approve it, before a comment can be posted. Further, I have to approve individual comments. If it's a little draconian, I apologize. Once bitten, twice shy, and all that.
