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Archive for July, 2006
GrabPERF: TailRank measurements getting turned off
In: GrabPERF| Web Performance
31 Jul 2006In the next 10 minutes, I will be turning off the TailRank Measurements. The performance has been abysmal for the last month.
I’ll check back in a couple of weeks to see if they snap back.
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Upgrade to Wordpress 2.0.4
In: Blogging
30 Jul 2006In the last three days I have gone from Wordpress 2.0.2 to 2.0.3, then from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4. All went seamlessly, and the blog working as expected.
Upgrades in both cases took less than 5 minutes.
I love Wordpress. I now know why Moveable Type is tanking so hard.
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GrabPERF: Original Web Server Sold
In: GrabPERF
29 Jul 2006At our garage sale today, I sold off the original GrabPERF Web server. Sad to see it go, but it was time.
I am still trying to sell the database server. But I might turn it into a file server with a couple of massive drives.
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Why it’s time to go home to Canada…part infinity
28 Jul 2006It appears that I will likely have to be fingerprinted every time I come into the US from now on. [here and here]
I love being an “enemy alien”.
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GrabPERF: Measurement Cleanup
In: GrabPERF
27 Jul 2006Over the last 12 months, GrabPERF has added a lot of measurements, especially from folks who thought that the system was cool, looked at the data a few times, and never returned.
So, I have looked at the logs for the last few weeks, and determined that there are definitely a large number measurements that no [...]
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- Tags: app, cool, data, database, GrabPERF, HTTP, IM, it, measurement, Om, One, pr, Technorati
GrabPERF: The old servers are on Craigslist
In: GrabPERF
24 Jul 2006If you want to own a piece of GrabPERF history, let me know.
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Web Performance: MySpace Offline
In: Web Performance
24 Jul 2006I came in this morning to read on Netcraft that MySpace had been knocked offline by a power outage at their datacenter. [here]
The question is now one of how did this happen. There should have been contingency planning in the extreme for this type of event, especially for operations in the Western US. Backup generators, [...]
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- Tags: app, data, EAD, HTML, HTTP, it, LAN, Om, One, outage, performance, Technorati, web, Web Performance
GrabPERF: For Sale — The Original Servers
In: GrabPERF| Technology
23 Jul 2006As everyone should know by now, GrabPERF has moved to some pretty swell co-lo digs provided by our friends at Technorati. This saved us a bunch of money, both in connectivity and in power.
Now, after nearly 6 months of inactivity, I have decided to sell the original GrabPERF servers. I have no more need for [...]
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GrabPERF: Five of Seven Agents updated
In: GrabPERF| Web Performance
21 Jul 2006As of right now, five of the seven GrabPERF measurement agents are updated with the new code I created last night.
I am also planning some addition changes to the service, including posts, HTTP Basic authentication, content matching and some basic per-measurement cookie jar technology.
Thank you all for your continued support of GrabPERF.
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Web Performance — Flickr: Do you want to get faster?
In: Web Performance
21 Jul 2006Dear Flickr:
I have been wondering for sometime why downloads from your site seemed a little sluggish at times.
At first I blamed your unprecedented growth and success. For a little Vancouver startup (I am a BC boy myself), your entrance onto the stage of social networking applications has been phenomenal. The move from zero to infinity [...]
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