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So here’s yesterday in hits (yikes!). 
Once you strain out the multiple hits per page, it’s still quite a bit of new traffic .
So here’s yesterday in hits (yikes!).
Once you strain out the multiple hits per page, it’s still quite a bit of new traffic . . . .
And today is looking similar, and it’s only 11AM:
42143 /var/log/httpd/httpd-access.log
Aug 6 23:46:39 shuttle pid 1260 (mysqld), uid 88, was killed: out of swap space So I added some (slow) disk-based swap, and you all now face the interminable delays as the kernel tries to work with that…. I’m sure some people will claim that WordPress is TeH Suxxor and that’s where the blame lies, but I have lived through my MT days, with remaking of pages that didn’t change when you make a new post, with endless comment delays (how many MT site comment forms have “please submit once only” to assuage their users’ impatience?).
So I am currently weathering a wave of traffic from the popularity of this link and discovering where my hardware limits are. Last night, the MySQL server was terminated when the machine ran out of swap space.
Aug 6 23:46:39 shuttle pid 1260 (mysqld), uid 88, was killed: out of swap space
So I added some (slow) disk-based swap, and you all now face the interminable delays as the kernel tries to work with that.
shuttle swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: bufobj: 0, blkno: 778064, size: 8192
This too shall pass.
I’m sure some people will claim that WordPress is TeH Suxxor and that’s where the blame lies, but I have lived through my MT days, with the rebuilding of pages that didn’t change each time you make a new post, with endless comment delays (how many MT site comment forms have “please submit once only” to assuage their users’ impatience?), with comment spam, and more stuff I have happily forgotten.
Looks like some tuning tips I found here helped.
So I wrote up a little thing the other week on how to move or repair a damaged iTunes library …. 
I got linked from TUAW and that seems to have brought me a lot of new readers.
So I wrote up a little thing the other week on how to move or repair a damaged iTunes library. Looks like it was timely.
I got linked from TUAW and that seems to have brought me a lot of new readers. Thanks, all.
I had no idea.
I had no idea.
Some good deals to be had. Interesting that few items are out of stock/unavailable. But what’s available looks pretty good: a core duo mini (1.83 GHz) for US$570 is $70 more than I paid for a 1.42 GHz PPC model. The deepest discount is on the next step up, the 2.0 GHz mini (26%) so $775 with a $25 rebate. Is there a refresh on the horizon?
She says “I didn’t realize it, but these coupons are good for one gallon of gas at most retailers…. You probably have one or two just lying around somewhere, now is the time to use them before they lose their value and it’s too late!!”
Funny, in a bitter sort of way . . .
She says “I didn’t realize it, but these coupons are good for one gallon of gas at most retailers. I have seen them around, but until recently never took advantage of them. I never realized their actual worth.
You probably have one or two just lying around somewhere, now is the time to use them before they lose their value and it’s too late!!”
She attached a photo of the coupon:
Good for a gallon for now.Hope this helps!
This is the distance the hole in the base needs to be from the side.If you’re not using a swivel under the base, you’ll need a fairly large hole here, as you’ll need to install a socket (or “insert nutâ€) so the tripod can screw into the tripod head…. Things You’ll Need Cut pieces of wood A drill A socket Thumb screws Flathead machine screws Washers Wingnuts Insert nut,four pieces of wood, the base, side,arm and the swivel Related wikiHows How to Create Stereo Photographs How to Make a Panography How to Photograph Underwater How to Buy a Digital Camera How to Use the Technique of Panning Sources and Citations Build a Panoramic Tripod Head Source for this article.
panarama[sic] head – This is equipped with a bubble level and mounts between the camera and tripod. With its click stops it lets the camera take a 360 degree picture on 12 exposures.
The Minolta Autocord had some cool accessories.
Hmm, this is something I could some clever reader of MAKE coming up with. I find the in-camera panorama mode to not work all that well. And I think a 360 (or as little as you want) would be very interesting.
Instructions to make one are below the fold (thanks, Brad!).
Continue reading “this is an interesting idea”
Billmon, sage of the internets has returned.
That is all.
So I see a picture like this and hey, it’s good, well-composed, nice exposure. But check out the recipe:
Nikon D300 with Soligor 28mm f/2.0 lens and Hoya R72 filter. Allien[sic] Skin Exposure 2 simulation of Kodak HIE IR film, including grain and halation. I totally ignored the red channel and used roughly a 50/50 mix of the blue and green channels. The clouds had better contrast in this way.
That’s a lot of effort to replicate/simulate a specific type of film. I’d like to see something that digital cameras can do that film cameras can’t. A D300 is about a grand. The glass couple hundred more, plus some computer hardware and time.
You could also do this with a roll of IR film on a cheap film camera. The lens is of marginal importance as you have to stop way down with this stuff anyway. You get to be the exposure controls. So a high-end camera is of no benefit.
This starts to sound like Mac vs PC where the best a PC user could come up with was “it’s just as good” while forgetting how much time and additional components/ expenses it took to get there.
Yikes, I’m not ready to think about that. I guess we have a few weeks yet. I suppose I can give up waiting for a decent summer.
