Site Up Again
This afternoon I began to receive "Error establishing a database connection" error from my site. And when trying to login via ssh, the server hangs after the password is entered.
Category: Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Site Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.5
Upgrading WordPress to the latest version is surprisingly easy following these instructions.
The Annoyance of In-Text Ads
Thanks to the inclusion of pop-up blockers in all major browsers, pop-up advertising no longer poses as an annoyance to web surfers. In fact I not only block pop-ups, but block Flash by default as well.
ASUS P5QL Pro Audio Configuration in Ubuntu 8.10 (64 Bit)
After building the new quad core PC, I realized that the sound was not working (at first, I did not pay much attention to sound since this new build is used mainly as a headless node).
A Simple Beowulf Cluster
As I mentioned previously, one of the reasons I built another quad-core PC was that I wanted to do some experiments with high performance computing. Even though the idea of a two-node mini cluster does not sound like much, the…
Another Quad Core Build
I built a quad core machine about six months ago. The goal back then was to build a performance PC. Recently, I decided to build another PC so that I could have my mini-cluster.
Flash Site Compatibility Issue
It seems that the Toyota site does not render correctly with Firefox under Linux (with Flash plugin enabled). It definitely has something to do with the Linux version of Flash and how the site was constructed.
Flash 10 on Ubuntu 64 bit — Significant Performance Improvement
Flash 10 just came out a few days ago, and I just installed it using the information provided on Ubuntu Forum (I used the script from here to install on my 64bit Ubuntu).
New OC Result
I upgraded my P5E BIOS to 0903 and it seems that this BIOS has some improvements on over-clocking.
A Fun Week
My old Dell Dimension 4100 (Pentium III, 1GHz, 512MB) has been running faithfully for around eight years now. And after I switched my blog engine from dasBlog to WordPress, I have been using it as my web server.
Server Upgraded to Ubuntu Server 8.04.1
During the weekend, I decided to upgrade the server running my blog from Ubuntu Server 7.04 to 8.04 since version 8.04 is an LTS and is supported through 2013.
Olympics, Linux
I have to admit, not being able to watch Olympics on Linux is truly disappointing (I,II).
Uptime
The severe thunderstorm last night knocked out power, and the UPS did not hold long enough before the power was restored. So early this morning, when the power did come back I had to power on my web server.
More WGA Woes
Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program has been around since Windows XP, and I am sure that even if you have not personally experienced the pain caused by WGA you must have heard some of the horror stories.
Code::Blocks Settings for Qt Development
Qt is a cross-platform object oriented C++ framework for application development.