Category Archives: General

More Migration

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The migration has proceeded apace, in spite of other commitments.

All e-mail accounts and forwards have been migrated.  Moving the imap accounts was significantly simplified with the use of imapsync.  Oddly, imapsync is free (as in speech), open-source software, but not gratis.  The author wants to be paid if you download it from his website, but if you can find it somewhere else, it’s yours to do with as you please.  Odd.  And vaguely appropriate for a Frenchman.  Anyway, I found the source-code online, and it worked a treat.

This blog and photoblog have also been migrated.  The migration was somewhat painful since the old server has a slow uplink, and the new server has a short transaction timeout.  Fun.  On this blog, I killed the old theme, but I don’t have time to craft a new one at the moment, so I’m just sticking with the stock one.  I’ll try to come up with something real soon now.  The photoblog has a new posting — the first in about 4 years.  Don’t get too used to the idea of new photos though.

Web Browsing and Privacy

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So as a follow-up to my change in attitude towards Google, I’m taking a greater interest my privacy in general. There’s a news on the Net these days of growing support for “Do Not Track” headers. I use Safari by default, and I was pleased to see that the latest versions have implemented it.

To turn it on, you need to have the “Develop” menu active in Safari (Safari → Preferences → Advanced → Show Develop menu in menu bar). The you merely need to select: Develop → Send Do Not Track HTTP Header.

I also took the time to add a couple of extensions to Safari while I was at it. Ghostery (Safari → Safari Extensions → Security) can detect and block the breadcrumbs websites use to track your usage. Finally, Incognito blocks Google, Twitter and Facebook tracking.

Blue laser pointers

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When did blue laser pointers get so cheap? Right now you can get a blue laser pointer from Amazon for less than $8 (link).

I’m not sure these are legit, but the one I have (from Yugster) looks the same and works OK. It has a pretty wide beam compared to my green pointer, but it’s still very cool. Oddly, the blue pointer is the only one that seems to excite the glow-in-the-dark stars on the kids’ ceiling.

Does anyone know why some of these pointers are selling for $150 (link), and others are selling for much less?

PS: I should also note that this thing is much more powerful than its <5mW rating. It’s probably closer to 30mW. It’s definitely not a toy, and I’m pretty sure I shouldn’t let the girls play with it.

Knot.org server migration started

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The main website migration has started. So far I’ve moved DNS and the main www.knot.org page to the new server. I’m going to start moving blogs as I am able. If you have a blog on knot.org, please be sure to contact me to make sure your site makes the migration.

Node.js

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Just started looking at node.js, and I have to admit I think it looks really useful. So far it seems lightweight and pretty powerful with less mental baggage than some other languages I’ve seen lately.

Anyone have a recommendation for a (canonical) project I should implement to get my feet wet?

Server Migration, part 1

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I just started migrating processes from the old server to the new hosting vendor. First up, karmadogs.com. The e-mail has already been migrated, and I’m cloning over the web page data now.

As always let me know if any problems are spotted.