Category Archives: GNU/Linux

Crowdsourcing my OS Bridge Talk Proposal

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Michael Schurter

Update: Submitted my proposal, but please still leave me comments! I can still edit my proposal. Web server performance has been a hot topic for some time now as Apache hasn’t been the only viable option for a few years. … Continue reading →

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New Laptop: Acer Extensa 4630Z

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Michael Schurter

I bought a laptop recently because being a web consultant and tied to a desktop is not only embarrassing, but is a quick way to lose (or at least frustrate) clients who’d love to see my hairy hacker face on-site. … Continue reading →

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(Yet Another) Deploying Django with CherryPy Script

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Michael Schurter

Recently I deployed a Django project on an OSX server. I foolishly thought this would be as easy as on Linux until I ran into the mess that is x86_64 Apache + mod_wsgi* + Django + psycopg2 + i386 PostgreSQL. … Continue reading →

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Release Lenny!

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Michael Schurter

An article from El Reg about MySQL ends with a great quote: This is the same lesson that Debian hasn’t yet learned from Ubuntu: fast and good-enough always beats slow and correct. Release Lenny now! Update: Yay! It appears Debian … Continue reading →

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Web Server Quandary

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Michael Schurter

Apache was probably the first Linux application I learned how to configure. However, I’ve gotten a bit frustrated with it recently… The Problem A memory leak. Apache is eating up memory so quickly that I need to restart it every … Continue reading →

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Fixing Gnome Notification’s Popup Location

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Michael Schurter

Gnome notifications popup in the lower left corner of your desktop by default* which constantly annoys me. I usually have a terminal open in the lower left corner, and having my work covered by notifications is quite annoying. Luckily the … Continue reading →

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