Time Out has just released the list of the 101 films of the decade. Browse the list and run to see the ones you’re still missing…

Here’s reported the top ten:

1. In the Mood for Love (2000)
2. Hidden (2005)
3. Spirited Away (2001)
4. There Will Be Blood (2007)
5. The lives of the Others (2006)
6. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
7. Talk to Her (2002)
8. Far From Heaven (2002)
9. No Country for Old Men (2007)
10. Ten (2002, Iran/Fr)

Just as a note, the only Italian movie included in the list (31st place) is The Son’s Room (2001, It/Fr), directed by Nanni Moretti.

The full list of the 101 films of the decade is available here.

Recently I’ve experienced some odd SSH behavior, my connection is lost after not issuing a command for a while. Usually I get this message:

ME@SERVER:~% Read from remote host SERVER: Connection reset by peer
Connection to SERVER closed.

Nice, indeed. However, this can be fixed by creating the file ~/.ssh/config and pasting this into it:

TCPKeepAlive no
ServerAliveInterval 15

What happens here is that you overwrite the default SSH configuration usually found in /etc/ssh/ssh_config with a different behavior. A timeout interval is set after which your SSH client will request a response from the server. This is usually done via TCP keep-alive, which is unreliable (and insecure) and therefore turned off. So, no more timed-out connections here, great! Feel free to read the ssh_config manpage for more insight.

Faig la meva aportació personal a la campanya de la revista:

I know, its a bit much to post good reviews on your own site, and keep on doing it, but we really can’t help ourselves. Trust me, we always read the bad reviews too, learn from them and try our utmost to improve, so I think we deserve a little pat on the back once in a while!

Thank you Time Out! You may read the full review here.

Its simple – write a select that guarantees the return of nothing.  You will need to know your data.  In my case this is for adding rows to a log table.  The rows are timestamped when they are entered, so I had:

SELECT [Time], [Message] FROM [LogTable]

where [Time] > {fn Now() }

It worked.

Then it began to time out.

Every time the SELECT was run a table scan occurred.  The log now has just over 500,000 rows.

I removed some to a history table, down to 100,000, but still no good.

The execution plan says table scan, so that is the obvious cause.  I soon discounted indexes, the table is rarely read, and I’m prepared for the table scan when it is, as the select is likely to include [Message] Like ‘%something%’

Then I tried

SELECT [Time], [Message] FROM [LogTable]

where 1 = 2

the execution plan says ‘constant scan’, and the query analyser reports 00:00:00 as the execution time.

FIXED!

partim de què tenim instal·lat apache, php, mysql, php5-mysql, libapache

dintre del directori /etc/apache2 tenim el fitxer apache2.conf

farem una optimització d’apache

#
# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.
#
TimeOut 300 per defecte, posar-ho a 60

Les conexions KeepAlive son aquelles que es mantenen obertes després de rebre una petició del client i servir-la, d’aquesta manera la següent petició reaprofita la conexió. Són útils ja no s’ha d’obrir una connexió per cada element de la pàgina (imatges, css, javascripts,..) per defecte està habilitada

KeepAlive On

• KeepAliveTimeout: regula el temps que manté el servidor la conexió oberta esperant més peticions.
• MaxKeepAliveRequest: número màxim de peticions per conexió, una vegada que es superi el límit el servidor tancarà la conexió i el cient haurà de reobrir una conexió.

Un KeepAlive de 15 segons és elevat, ja que rarament una pàgina triga tant de temps en ser carregada. Si aquest valor és elevat farem que s’ompli de connexions d’apache que no és reutilitzen. Podem millorar aquest valors.

KeepAliveTimeout 2MaxKeepAliveRequests 1000

workers pre gestionar childs - els va obrint a mida que arriban peticions.

prefok -> ja obert a apache

MaxREquestPerchild 0 -> això significa infinit, quantitat de peticions que pot atendre cada child.

el programador php no allibera espai, i això augmenta la decadència del sistema, fixar un valor per exemple 150, després d'arribar a aquesta valor ho allibera.

AccessFileName .htaccess  -> per indicar directives d’apache en els directoris i les línees següents eviten la descarrega del fitxer .ht… per visionar-lo.

#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
#

    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all

finalment en debian el directori conf.d inclou programes qeu s'han de reiniciar en reiniciar el servei

al directori sites-available tenim el fitxer default

serverName joomla2

DocumentRoot -> on resideix la web

Directory -> té la directiva per poder accedir

per últim el paquet a2ensite permet activar i desactivar llocs d'apache.

si volem fer un virtualhost amb el nom de joomla2 per accedir a jommla, en d'afegir a /etc/hosts 

127.0.0.1 localhost joomla2 

 enllaços posibles d’interes en algún moment
http://www.bdat.net/documentos/entorno_publicacion_web/book1.html
http://www.comunidadhosting.com/asuntos-tecnicos-seguridad-y-configuracion/
http://systemadmin.es/2009/08/slowloris-ataque-de-denegacion-de-servicio-para-apache-1x-y-2x
http://systemadmin.es/2008/12/uso-de-memcached-como-cache-de-contendio-de-apache-para-soportar-el-efecto-barrapunto
http://todo-microsano.blogspot.com/2006/01/cmo-configurar-apache-para-evitar-el.html
http://ha.ckers.org/slowloris/
http://documentacion.systemadmin.es/Portada

Ada dua cara di Open Solaris untuk mengkonfigurasi grub khususnya untuk boot, jika di linux kita mengenal konfigurasi di /boot/grub/menu.lst jika yang memakai GRUB tentunya. Terus bagaimana yang memakai lilo waduh saya lum pernah make selain GRUB nih, jadi jangan nanya saya ya hehehe. Trus kalau di Open Solaris gimana ya? yang pertama ada di lokasi ini /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst memang agak beda letak konfigurasi menu.lst nya. Nah, kalau cara yang kedua lebih gampang. Di Open Solaris sudah disediakan command bootadm yang fungsinya memudahkan kita untuk konfigurasi booting.

Berikut fungsi yang ada di bootadm :

root@opensolaris:~# bootadm
bootadm: a command option must be specified
USAGE:
bootadm update-archive [-vn] [-R altroot [-p platform>]]
bootadm list-archive [-R altroot [-p platform>]]
bootadm set-menu [-R altroot] key=value
bootadm list-menu [-R altroot]

Untuk melihat menu booting kita pake command :

root@opensolaris:~# bootadm list-menu
the location for the active GRUB menu is: /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst
default 0
timeout 30
0 OpenSolaris 2009.06

Dari informasi di atas kita tahu bahwa default sistem operasi kita adalah Open Solaris, karena nilai default 0 yang artinya sama dengan node list OS yang ada di bawah, kebetulan hanya ada Open Solaris saja, jika ada banyak tinggal sesuaikan saja dengan node OS yang diinginkan untuk mengubah default booting. Nah caranya :

root@opensolaris:~# bootadm set-menu default=(node)

Sekarang merubah waktu booting nya, kita lihat waktu booting di list-menu adalah 30 detik, kalau ingin merubah misalnya menjadi 10 detik ya tinggal seperti ini :

root@opensolaris:~# bootadm set-menu timeout=10
root@opensolaris:~# bootadm list-menu
the location for the active GRUB menu is: /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst
default 0
timeout 10
0 OpenSolaris 2009.06

Oke selesai sudah, gampang kan

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Nobody wants to be left out of the Christmas celebrations – even the wall fish enjoy getting spruced up for the festive season.

These santa hats mysteriously appeared around the house a few years ago on December 1 – on various paintings, photos and fish.   The kids enjoyed running around the house spotting them all-  although nothing has yet beat the excitement of waking to find santa hats on their favourite stuffed toys (see previous post).

This inspired us to attempt a bit of sewing and glueing at “TimeOut” for playgroup mums this morning.  It is so much fun doing those little special things for your children – especially when they get so much pleasure out of it.

We thought this morning about the way were are similar to God in this respect.  He also loves to give good things to his children which we read in matthew 7:

“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?  If you, then who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”

Sometimes we fall into the trap of thinking that God is a grumpy old guy who just wants to take the fun out of life.

But isn’t he really the type of loving, caring parent who would sneak into the room at night to surprise us with santa hats?

]]> http://moureforyou.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/sorryforthetimeout-brbverysoon/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:55:59 +0000 joeiggy http://moureforyou.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/sorryforthetimeout-brbverysoon/

All that I love

I fold over once

And once again

And keep in a box

Or a slit in a hollow post

Or in my shoe.

All that I love?

Why, yes, but for the moment —

And for all time, both.

Something that folds and keeps easy,

Son’s note or Dad’s one gaudy tie,

A roto picture of a young queen,

A blue Indian shawl, even

A money bill.

It’s utter sublimation

A feat, this heart’s control

Moment to moment

To scale all love down

To a cupped hand’s size,

Till seashells are broken pieces

From God’s own bright teeth.

And life and love are real

Things you can run and

Breathless hand over

To the merest child.

- Edith L. Tiempo

Efter två dagars vila känner jag mig bättre. Officiellt var jag förkyld men egentligen var jag slutkörd. Inte utbränd. Bara lite sotig på händer och i huvudet.

Jag borde ha sett varningstecknen: nästan maniskt konsumerande av information, kontaktsökande utan plan, virrighet och svårighet att se framåt och planera, håglöshet och trötthet.

Vad stoppar elden? (Bild från fliccr)

Samtidigt kopplar jag bort mig själv, stänger av en del av omvärlden.

Jag borde ha sett?

Jag ser nu.

Klokare? Kanske.

För övrigt ska jag skicka det här till en närstående. Det är viktigt.

All XML extensions use the PHP streams.

To set a connection timeout, we can either edit the php.ini, or use ini_set() to configure it on runtime.

if ( (int) ini_get('default_socket_timeout') > 5)
{
    ini_set('default_socket_timeout',5);
}

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45785

(He knows the Hawaiian dance, but not the NFL rules?)

Fans were harping on the beloved Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb last year for not knowing that NFL games went into “sudden death” and ended in ties, but now the “idiot” jaunts are proving to be correct.

Here he is defending his idiotic overtime (lack of) knowledge:

First the guy doesn’t even know that he’s no longer playing college football, but now he’s calling time-outs all Chris Webber-style when his team doesn’t have any.

With the ball on the Oakland Raiders 15-yard line with just 27 seconds remaining in the first half, the ingenious McNabb called a non-existent time-out. He was then penalized for doing so, bringing the ball back to the Raiders 20.

McNabb was on full tilt from that point on, as he got sacked on the next play by Oakland’s Richard Seymour, and Philly was forced to kick a field goal. The score was then 10-6 with Oakland leading, instead of a very possible 10-10 tie at the break.

The Raiders went on to win the game, hanging on for a pathetic 13-9 victory over the hapless McNabb and his Philadelphia Eagles.

Oh crap… I’m really sorry. I just kinda zoned out and fell asleep here.

How much more time do I have to get back to you? 20 Minutes?? It’s going to take me at least an hour to get back across town at this time of day. Why didn’t you phone me sooner? You did? Ah crap I must have slept through the calls.

And if I don’t get back in time the changes are permanent? Shit Shit Shit, my wife is going to kill me! I didn’t want her to find out this way. This was just supposed to be a bit of fun once every few months. I don’t want to be a girl all the time..

You have to help me. This is not good… not good at all…

This is Rebecca Lane. I just love redheads.

Har nå våre her i Hemsedal i tre veker, har opplevd mye kjekt. Me har våre på fleire turer, blitt kjent med mange goe folk å hørt mye bra undervisning.

Denne veka har me starta på ei ganske intens undervisningsveke, med Hjertefokus som tema. Dette er veldig interressant, så me får sjå kossen det går. Ellers har me vært innom en gjennomgang i Det Gamle Testamentet i Bibelens røde tråd, med Arild Sæther fra OKS, og har gått igjennom Evangeliet etter Johannes forrige veke med ein sprudlande kar frå Holland, som arbeider som skiinstruktør og bibelskulelærar ved Fakkelbærerskulen Tauernhof i Schladming i Østerrike. Veldig interressant. Første veka var me innom Den Hellige Ånd og Guds Stemme.

Turane me har våre på er nevnt tidligere i bloggen, men rask oppsummering:

- Bli kjent tur til Leinestølen og Storehødn

- Tur til Kyrkjebønøse

- Fire dager i fjellet, innom Kljåen, Buli og Veikinnvann

- Kanotur på Vannen

I tillegg har me våre på utallige spaserturer, sykkelrunder og etterhvert skiturer. Me har også våre endel innom stampen her på Høyfjellssenteret. Fantastisk!

Bildet er frå soloppgang ved Nedre Veikinn etter tre overnattinger på fjellet. Her hadde vi bålkos med frokost og kakao frå kl 5 om morgenen. Nydelig!

According to a 2008 survey by Technorati, which runs a search engine for blogs, only 7.4 million out of the 133 million blogs the company tracks had been updated in the past 120 days. That translates to 95% of blogs being essentially abandoned, left to WOW (wallow on the web), where they become public remnants of a dream — or an ambition — unfulfilled.

I started blogging in 2006 which seems like a long time ago… then in 2007, prior to taking off on an extended motorcycle trip I started the Northwest Harley Blog.  The thinking at the time was that a mix of hobbies (motorcycle and photography) would be a natural fit and thus was born — rantings of a motorcycle enthusiast.

Many people start blogs with lofty aspirations — try to build an audience and leave their day job, land a book deal, get attention from traditional media or simply to share their so-called genius with the world. I did not! Some even assumed that once they started blogging, the world would beat a path to their digital door.  Getting started is easy, since all it takes to maintain a blog is a time commitment and inspiration. Some actually believe those TV advertisements about some mommy blogger making $4,000 a month?

As a “closet journalist” I like to provide a unique voice and work to accurately report and find unusual angles on stories related to motorcycle causes and the industry.  I also like to provide chronologies of my various ride and rally wanderings. After two+ years, or put another way — after 500 posts, 873 photo’s edited/uploaded, and several thousand moderated comments later I feel the blog is a successful hobby after obtaining on average 24,000 unique monthly views, but it’s also at a cross-roads.

The internet is different now.  It used to be about research, accuracy and quality entries.  The good bloggers had something to say about the big motorcycle issues of the day.  Now it’s about snippets from people who pump out dreck or large excerpts of other articles.  Original and high-quality content has become dumbed down.  Bloggers are required to spend more time ‘digg-n’, ‘tweeting’, ‘facebooking‘, ‘youtubing‘ and SEOing their posts than they do on the actual posts themselves. Even H-D is pushing their social media outreach staff to pump up the noise level on marketing messages in non-traditional channels — i.e. bloggers.

Sure it’s cool to have all this media presence, you can tweet ad infinitum and make videos clips if you’ve got a burning desire to do so… especially if you love new media and are thrilled to be in constant contact with your fan base or “tribe.”  In other words, if its an end unto itself.

But, that’s what bothers me.  There is a point of diminishing returns and a mental cost to all the work.  In the early days all that was required to “win” at blogging was to show up early each day.  Today?  You need a team of social marketers to get your message out, a second team to manage any fall-out from whatever you’ve said and a third to manage all the SPAMers and deletion of bad behavior rolled up by the Google machine in the form of drive-by trolls and haters who try and take up residence.  As a result blogs have a higher failure rate than restaurants!

Not all blogs fade from lack of reader interest. Some bloggers find themselves too busy — what with, say, band-camp, and swim practice, or perhaps even housework. Others graduate to more immediate formats, like Twitter or Facebook and drop evangelizing via the blog platform. And a few — gasp — actually decide to reclaim some small slice of their personal time.  This brings me full-circle about a decision.

I’m going to take a blogging timeout. Little if any new material will appear during the month of October.  I plan to resume in November.  Why?  Having blogged consistently for over three years now, I think it would be wise to take a step back and evaluate the effects (both good and bad) and determine what if any new direction should be taken.  If you have an opinion or viewpoint I’m sure you’ll let me know.

I appreciate the allegiance of the blog reader base who subscribe and those who visit the site regularly.  If you happen on to this site during the month of October I hope you’ll enjoy looking through the archives.

Enjoy fall and ride safe out there…

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