Still in beta...

01.10.05


Well, apparently this site should still be considered unstable and "in beta". Last night I made a quick bug fix and restarted apache, only to log in this morning and find the site totally hosed. A half-hearted look at the logs this evening didn't turn up any hints (I'll get more serious about it this weekend when I have time to sleep and think about things other than work). I've got a feeling it's related to the hodge-podge setup of FCGI I have running here. I had to fiddle with the FCGI gem to get it to install correctly, and I also (lazily) installed FCGI and mod_fcgi from two totally separate sources. So I actually consider it a small miracle that I am still serving pages using FCGI on my poor little PII.

In other news, I went for a good run today after two days off. The first day back after a break like that tends to be very challenging, but I had a lot of mental distraction (work-related) that kept my mind off the fact that my legs were carrying me out and back several miles. Actually, at one point I had this epiphany that running is a weird sport. And here's what I mean: you're moving along, sometimes at a pretty good clip, but then you can totally lose track of where you are and what you're doing. I'll be running through a forest somewhere and then just space out for five minutes as I think about a programming problem or some philosophical question. It's almost like you're riding in a convertible that has these running legs instead of wheels. But then you wake up and you're like, "wait! those are my legs!"

I'm tired and caffeine doesn't even work anymore, so that's how I know it's time for bed.

3 Comments

  1. sommarblomma Says:
    basically, i have no clue about anything that you just said. *gets out "understanding programmer lingo" fumbles with it, gives up* o_0
  2. Craig Says:
    Yeah dude, you lost me after,"Well, apparently this site should still be considered unstable and "in beta". Last night I made a quick bug fix and restarted apache, only to log in this morning and find the site totally hosed" The sight looks great Doug, looking forward to the review section and seeing updates on your life. Later Craig
  3. Dad Says:
    It was just a matter of time......too bad you're not getting this all funky on a wireless Apple but there's still time

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