Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: Blogging| Canada| GrabIP| GrabPERF| Life| Linux: Server| RANTING| Web Performance| smp
16 Nov 2005In order to reduce personal costs for both connectivity and electricity, this Web server and all associated applications will no longer be available as of 14:00 EST (19:00 GMT) November 22, 2005.
I am deeply saddened to have to take this step, but the cost of operating them is becoming a burden to my family.
Thank you [...]
UPDATE: We have a new home:
http://newestindustry.wordpress.com/
Stop by and check us out.
UPDATE: The shutdown date has been set.
NOVEMBER 22, 2005
Ok folks, this is it.
Last Call.
We have reached a point where the cost of the cable modem that connects my servers to the Internet has to be slashed.
Without the semi-static IP that I have had for the [...]
In: Blogging| GrabPERF| Web Performance
25 Oct 2005The TypePad application is currently experiencing performance degradation.
You could say that.
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UPDATE: Looks like TypePad has returned to something resembling normal. Slow, but normal.
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UPDATE: Geek News Central commiserates with TypePad. [here]
Technorati: typepad, web performance, six apart
IceRocket: typepad, web performance, six apart
In: Blogging
25 Oct 2005Ok, so I lied; sue me.
The main database is now running MySQL 5.0.15.
Please report any weirdness you see with any of my applications.
In: Blogging
25 Oct 2005Ok Everyone, if you start seeing some odd behaviour from my sites (GrabPERF, Newest Industry, Pierzchala.com), it’s because I am doing some testing to see if the scripts, processes, and applications I have built on top of MySQL 4.1 can stand the upgrade.
I will not be upgrading the primary database system until all of this [...]
In: smp
11 Oct 2005CLICK IMAGE
’nuff said.
UPDATE: From Technorati
10.11.2005
TypePad Service
The TypePad application is currently experiencing performance degradation. You may be experiencing application errors due to the issue with published blog content noted below. We are aware of the issue and are working hard to correct it as soon as possible; we apologize for the inconvenience.
UPDATE (1:10 pm) We have [...]
In: smp
6 Oct 2005Dear Level3:
Your homepage is full of useless empty spaces, including a very large screen full of empty space after the server response. Have you not heard of HTTP Compression?
At least I know you are using what used to be called ColdFusion to manage your content; ColdFusion is notorious for leaving large gaping holes in a [...]
In: smp
6 Jul 2005Ok, after this morning’s DDoS, I started rummaging around for ways to limit the amount of hurt that my server would handle. And I found the limit function in iptables.
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -d 10.125.1.250 \
–dport 80 -m limit –limit 6/m –limit-burst 10 -i eth0 -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A [...]
In: smp
22 Jun 2005I survived giving my first all-day training class in 2.5 years today. Man! I forgot how giving a class drains you! I feel like I have lost 10 pounds!
The group was interesting. It is always fun to watch the group dynamic when people from different divisions in a large company, all with different agendas and [...]
In: smp
10 Jun 2005Last night I built a new dedicated database server for my applications. Up until this morning, the databases resided on the same machine as the Web server.
The new DB server has less RAM than the Webserver, but has much faster SCSI drives, with plural being the operative word. Data lives on one physical device, and [...]