Monthly Archives: February 2012

Why’s the Server Out of Disk Space? Oops.

Feb 22, 2012

I have one web server (a VM from VPS.net) that hosts all of my various web sites. Nothing too intensive, mostly WordPress blogs and some custom PHP applications. Maybe a Python script or two.

Earlier, my brother alerted me to the fact that my MySQL daemon was AWOL, when he tried to visit one of the sites and got an error message. So I fired up a terminal and went to take a look. After trying to restart the mysqld process with no success, I eventually thought to check the disk space. Somehow, the 20GB volume was full. It didn’t make much sense, seeing as I wasn’t storing any large media files or anything…

Upon closer inspection, I found that there was one 12GB directory that was full of large Minecraft world backups. :)

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XKCD: Car Problems

Feb 8, 2012
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MacStories Reviews the New Tweetbot 2.0

Feb 8, 2012

New Look, New Domain

Feb 5, 2012

It’s been a long time since I’ve had an actively updated personal blog. I neglected this one for a few years, despite my occasional urge to write about something that was simply too many degrees of separation away from the topics of my other blogs. I blame a mix of forgetfulness, laziness and not having the “right” format and design.

I think I finally stuck the landing with this one.

Besides the lightweight design, one of the more interesting features I put into the new theme is support for Post Formats. I’m using the Link format to create link posts in the style of Daring Fireball, coupled with Alex King’s neat plugin to make a simple UI for them.

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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Feb 3, 2012

I’ve been enjoying Pat Rothfuss’s Kingkiller Chronicles series lately. It’s one of the best epic fantasy series I’ve read in awhile (right up there with a couple of my other favorites: The Way of Kings and The Wheel of Time) and it’s well worth reading if you like elaborate stories involving wizards.

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Redbox refuses to push Warner movie delay to 56 days, will rent flicks as they go on sale

Feb 3, 2012

It’s only a matter of time until Netflix does the same. The studios can only push so far before the service becomes too unattractive and subscribers start leaving again. I give it to the next contract renewal. (You can’t get much more ridiculous than a 56 day delay and forbidding users from adding the movies to their queues until after the delay.)