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Freepository at 10

Posted by John Minnihan - 25/03/09 at 09:03:48 am

Freepository is 10 years old in May & a new site design has been released to correspond with the anniversary.

Perhaps the biggest change in this release is that of no more new CVS accounts. While this saddens me a bit (we were the first to offer hosted CVS accounts way back in our alpha in May 1999), we’re confident we’re offering what the majority of our visitors want – hosted Subversion. And existing CVS accounts aren’t going anywhere – they’re exactly where they were last week and you can access them exactly the same way today.

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Space Heater

Posted by John Minnihan - 26/01/09 at 03:01:00 pm

Sometimes this stuff just comes to me & I have no choice.

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Ajax Logfile Viewer – revisited

Posted by John Minnihan - 24/01/09 at 08:01:55 am

Almost two years ago, I wrote a log file viewer that asynchronously tails a log file & updates a <div> inside a a page.  As a courtesy to other engineers, I posted about it.

The funny thing about that is, although it is one of my most widely *viewed* posts, there are only a few comments.  This leads me to conclude that the highly technical software engineers who’ve arrived at the post via a search are very interested in learning how I’ve done it (check here for the post & you’ll see an explanation, the source code & a working example), but they aren’t interested in having a conversation. 

Someone else¹ pointed out that Google searches dropped off dramatically during Obama’s Inauguration, while both Twitter & Facebook usage skyrocketed.  This elicits the position that search is not a social application; it is performed as & when needed purely for information.  I’m fascinated by the very real anecdotal evidence of this in my own server logs.

¹ Sarah Lacey http://www.sarahlacy.com/sarahlacy/2009/01/google-dethroned.html

Tags: ajax, twitter, social

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Welcome Mr President

Posted by John Minnihan - 20/01/09 at 02:01:44 pm

Even if we never meet in person, I already feel like we’re old friends. Welcome, Mr. President. We’ve been waiting for you.

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Bono talks about U2′s performance last night

Posted by John Minnihan - 19/01/09 at 02:01:03 pm

I received a hat-tip about this video in an email from Josh Peck of ONE.org. 

So many people – worldwide – have their hopes pinned to Obama’s presidency.  This is both inspiring & a bit daunting.

Tags: U2, Bono, Obama

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Twitter’s impact on my 2008

Posted by John Minnihan - 01/01/09 at 10:01:55 am

For those who’ve been around me for more than a few minutes, you know that I like to be silly, enjoy a great diversity of music, have deep loyalty to family & friends, know a bit about technology, and have strong opinions on almost everything (just ask me).

Continue reading Twitter’s impact on my 2008…

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A very systemsy day

Posted by John Minnihan - 14/12/08 at 03:12:22 pm

I’ve done more systems work today than is typical.

The mail server, after a brutal spam thrashing that began 24 hours ago (see below), has been turned back on with updated Spamassassin rules, enhanced by the always awesome Mailscanner interface.  I’ve also completed the earlier-mentioned theme update.

And, moments ago, I reenabled twitterfeed.  I’m feeling like I’m getting close to convergence of my online presence.  If I could eliminate email… that’d be nice.

Tags: email, spam, spamassassin, mailscanner, twitterfeed

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Tropical heat wave

Posted by John Minnihan - 14/12/08 at 11:12:08 am

I watched the temperature in Littleton, the nearest town with an official weather feed, climb from 2 to 3, and now 4 degrees F.

I may have to remove my fleece…

Tags: weather, cold

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Themes today

Posted by John Minnihan - 14/12/08 at 09:12:59 am

Today, it is cold.  Actually, it is very, very cold in most of Colorado today.  That’s theme #1.  Theme #2 is WordPress themes.

I’ve used WordPress since 2005 or earlier (I began testing it before I made the switch), and one of the reasons I’ve stuck with it is the theme metaphor.  I appreciate the ease with which I can made visual presentation changes, with almost no coding effort at all.  The folks who’ve developed themes & made them freely available are to be thanked.

Yesterday & again this morning I tried several new themes and have settled into one that I really like.  A couple of tweaks later, and this feels like what I’ve wanted for quite some time.

Tags: wordpress, themes

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Upgraded to WP 2.7

Posted by John Minnihan - 11/12/08 at 11:12:42 am

Earlier today, I upgraded this blog to WordPress 2.7. Using the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin, this was quick, painless & error-free.

Two thumbs up so far on the new dashboard; I really like it. You may have noticed that I also changed the theme today – carrington by my friend Alex King (thanks Alex.)

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