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IMified Up (Temporary Fix)

by mitch on March 12, 2007 in Asides, Geekery

Looks like you can use an alternate screen name to connect to IMified via GTalk/Jabber while they work through some growing pains.

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Site Functioning Normally

by mitch on March 12, 2007 in Asides, Blog Stuff, Blogging, Geekery

According to Dreamhost, the slowdown my site experienced earlier was due to “IO requests getting backed up due to networking issues between [my] HTTP server and the File server.” Things are fine now; let’s hope they stay that way.

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IMified Down

by mitch on March 12, 2007 in Asides, Geekery

Just as I begin to rely on it, IMified is down. It was hit-and-miss for me all weekend, and completely down today. I guess that’s why it’s called beta.

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Lunarpages Hosting Down

by mitch on April 24, 2006 in Asides, Geekery, Talk

My site was down for most of the afternoon due to a power outage at my hosting provider. According to this post, since the outage only affected a single floor, backup generators did not come online as expected. I am not sure I understand why they couldn’t start them manually.

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Linkto: Scriptaculous Cheat Sheet

by mitch on April 24, 2006 in Ajax, Asides, Geekery, JavaScript

Amy Hoy offers up Scriptaculous Cheat Sheet #1, a “Field Guide to Script.aculo.us Combination Effects”. Basic effects syntax all on a single-page PDF. Nicely done.

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Linkto: Create Your Own Ajax Effects

by mitch on April 19, 2006 in Ajax, Asides, Geekery, JavaScript, Talk, Web 2.0, Web Design

Thomas Fuchs, creator of the Script.aculo.us JavaScript effects library shows you how to create your own Ajax effects. Roll your own fabulous Web 2.0 effects using the amazing Script.aculo.us effects engine.

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Linkto: Rushi’s Weblog Client Review

by mitch on April 18, 2006 in Asides, Blog Stuff, Geekery, Links, MovableType, WordPress

Rushi quickly reviews a couple of weblog clients, or “blog editors”.

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Portland Goes MetroFi

by mitch on April 13, 2006 in Asides, Geekery, Portland, Talk

Om Malik reports Portland Goes Wi-Fi. MetroFi has been selected by the City of Portland, for building and operating a citywide Wi-Fi network. In the press here, and here.

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Firefox 1.5.0.2 Released

by mitch on April 13, 2006 in Asides, Geekery

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 Released. Here’s what’s new: Universal Binary support for Mac OS X which provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors. Firefox supports the enhancements to performance introduced by the new MacIntel chipsets. Improvements to product stability. Several security fixes. Download here.

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Meadows Challenges Skiers and Snowboarders to Keep Coming!

by mitch on April 12, 2006 in Asides, Portland, Talk

Dave Riley, General Manager, Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort issues this challenge: Ski area operators all whine and cry (including me) about how Pacific Northwest skiers and snowboarders hang up their boards too early in the spring. I was talking with my Marketing Director, Dave Tragethon today about this phenomenon… We then came up with [...]

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