Posted in Web and Cloud Technologies on 11/13/2009 09:42 am by Dorian
Upgrades often is a naughty word in programming and system administration. When a system admin or programmer starts an upgrade, often it is with clenched teeth and an expectation something will break, explode or spontaneously combust. So congrats to the WordPress guys for releasing another seamless, non-breaking, and easy to do upgrade. And yes this blog now runs on the latest greatest WordPress 2.8.6.
Now if only upgrading my Drupal sites could be as simple and trivial.
Posted in Blogging, Web and Cloud Technologies on 06/12/2009 07:04 am by Dorian
I am continually amazed by the ease of working with WordPress. Not only do the themes and plugins just work, so does everything else. I upgraded my WordPress install to the latest and greatest 2.8 . Simple, clean and issue-less upgrade. This is how technology should work. Get out of the way and perform the tasks the user needs to do. And perform the tasks quickly, efficiently and perfectly everytime all the time.
In addition to that, I can proudly say that less than 20% of the older blog entries remain “Uncategorized”. I plan on tagging, categorizing and editing the remaining entries. With any luck, I have this blog configured perfectly before my upcoming birthday. Hurrah!
Posted in Linux, University on 12/13/2006 06:25 pm by Dorian
Many people still believe students study before exams. Right… Some students still believe they should. I, however join the ever-increasing ranks of slackers and non-studiers. That said, I will look over my notes, before taking the exam. My definition of studying… kind of unconventional.
My rationale? If I did zero work the entire semester, I sure am not going to learn anything in a single night. So instead I read over my notes. And do other things.
Today, I foolishly decided would be reinstall-Ubuntu day. Most of the morning and a good part of the afternoon consisted of backing up and reinstalling. I tried installing the newest Kubuntu. Alas, it refused to accept a JFS root directory. I wanted JFS, cause I like a fast, responsive file system. Not like Reisers which is fast and crashes hard. Not like XFS that runs like if every machine was a six-million dollar rack with more RAIDs and CPUs then a centipede has legs. And ext3, thats an ancient system… old but reliable. Still old though. After jousting with Kubuntu Edgy Eft, I popped in my Ubuntu Dapper Drake and decided to go the upgrade route.
So I am sitting right now, 30 minutes into an upgrade, copying back my backed up data, one DVD at a time. When I am done the copying, I will study. Right…