I’m having a brain wave on improving our site license checking on a server that handles thousands of concurrent users without overloading the system and user logs with expiry messages. The next question: Is it worth pursuing? The current scheme works almost all of the time.
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A most reasonable session with my personal torturer: push ups, dead lifts, a rotator cuff thing, and a hip flex. I can do this.
I’m sensing a desire for the next iPhone. It would be the first time I might upgrade specifically for a better camera. Waiting to see what the specs would be. Is it going to be a street photographer’s wet dream?
Back at the gym for a bit today doing my personal torturer’s recommended workout. I was supposed to be doing this for the last two weeks, but missed a few days. I had to dial it back a bit. New session tomorrow.
Currently up: Molly Maher and her Disbelievers
Waiting for The Wailin' Jennys
Just took on Bluesky. There are folks there I follow that have abandoned X.
I am righteously pissed off at Meta. It’s a damned prison. I’m not posting anything original there ever again.
Yet another quick test. ###
Nearly done with the setup. Moved all my sites to a new server. TLS-ified. Changed the microblog to a subdomain. Just a few more tweaks needed. Photos are still wonky.
Testing after a domain change.
Failed in configuring a DDNS to run a home web server. I suspect a firewall hiding somewhere at Spectrum and was too lazy to poke around. Decided to keep the VPS at Linode/Akamai instead. Easier config.
Heading back to Rochester today. Planning on Hwy 14 again. Probably pick up some Spotted Cow in VIroqua for my daughter.
Met George and ME for lunch today in Beloit. Back in Madison now for dinner with my sister’s fam.
I’ve completely missed the Coldplay bandwagon.
They are playing Camp Randall tomorrow evening. Hard to find a room anywhere in town. The Terrace at the Union is more packed than usual for a Friday evening. Good thing my sister’s neighbor is letting us stay for a couple of nights.
Off to Madtown today. The scenic route awaits: US 14 through the driftless area of Wisconsin. Just beautiful.
I think I’m moving my main site to a local server. It’s a single page that would reference all the various subdomains. It’d save me a few bucks a month. I need something to do in my “spare time”.
Today I’m puzzling over how to organize my various sites. Do I want to continue to maintain a photo site in addition to using the photo bits here on micro.blog? And then there’s the whole Facebook, Instagram thing which I would love to chuck into the waste bin. Pondering… Changes are likely.
I was briefly considering having a dry week and then I recalled that I was going to be in Madison WI this weekend with time on the Memorial Union Terrace. Maybe next week?
Oh Joy! Time to renew my driver’s license!
Deckset was much easier to use than iA Presenter. The only thing easier in Presenter was that I could move slides by drag and drop. Deckset relies on an external editor for composition so that involves copy/paste.
Making arrangements to travel to southern Wisconsin next weekend. A short drive. Also diagnosing a weird bug in the key server.
Saw “Cabaret” at the Guthrie Theater today. Always darker than expected. I may have detected echoes of “Springtime for Hitler” in it.
Moving from iA Presenter back to Deckset. iA Presenter’s “markdown” flavor is too quirky for me and the editor is barely passable. I can work far more quickly in Deckset and I can pretty much get image placement the way I want.
I decided to do my workout at home today. We have enough weights and bands here to approximate my trainer’s wishes for me. I have my “exploring photography” group this afternoon.
Lots today. Ann and I have been married 48 years. This morning I took my AARP Safe Driving course for the insurance discount. Worked at setting up our new HOA. Dinner out with Ann. No time for photography.
More trainer torture today. Actually this one wasn’t so bad but I was dragging by the end. Probably due to lack of sleep.
Now back to coding for our next release.
I was able to get a presentation that I’m happy with after fiddling around iA Presenter’s quirky markdown-inspired markup. The test will be actually doing the presentation. Next time should be easier.
I somehow got sucked into the Meta web. A photo workshop I attended made use of WhatsApp and Instagram. Maybe just remove them from my phone?