On Thursday, February 14, 2002, there was an article about WHAT IT TAKES TO PLEASE YOU, a tribute to Over The Rhine, in CityBeat. You can read the article here and see the project’s pages here.
There is a PDF version of the article here.
Tonight, I performed a comprehensive system backup of this machine. Essentially a ’snapshot’ of everything on this machine, I’m in the position of being able to completely restore the machine to today’s state in the case of a catastrophic loss.
It’s rather a long process, but thankfully, an automated one, thanks to Mindi/Mondo 0.58/1.40, an exceptionally smart backup/restore suite for Linux.
Right now, the large ISO files are being transfered across my home network to my Windows XP machine (which has the CD burner). These ISO images will be burned to three CDs and verified against the system. Once that’s done, I’ll be confident that the backup was successful. The server will be unavailable for about 90-120 minutes this evening while the backup and testing are completed.
Once that’s verified, I’ll be able to take this machine from "bare metal" to this configuration in just the time it takes to restore the backup. Nice.
From here on out, I’ll be able to do MUCH shorter "differential" backups — backing up only those files that were changed/added since the last complete backup.
Today, I updated to the newest version (1.91) of Andromeda, our MP3 Jukebox program for registered users.
This new version features the following additions:
- Play everything in a folder including its subfolders (recursive folder playback)
- Add folders to the playlist Playlist buttons replaced by icons for narrow-window support Chinese (Simplified & Traditional),
- Arabic, and Slavic support added
Check it out!
Just wanted to let everyone know that I will be interviewed on KINDRED SANCTIONS, a Cincinnati-based radio program that airs on WAIF 88.3 FM, on Thursday, February 7, 2002. The subject of the interview will be WHAT IT TAKES TO PLEASE YOU, a tribute to Over The Rhine. The show runs from 8-10pm EST, and I’m the first segment.
The good news is this: The program will be available over the web! Go to www.waif883.org and follow the links for the WEBCAST.
Please tune in!
This is big.
I just upgraded my system software (the excellent PostNuke) from .64 to .703. It was a fairly easy upgrade since the new version has been running in parallel with the old system for a few weeks to allow me to get the bugs out.
It is now more important that users LOG IN to the system as several features (Andromeda, Forums, Member List, and more) have been made accessible to MEMBERS ONLY. If you need to register for membership, click here.
ONE CRITICAL THING: If you’re a registered user and things are behaving strangely when you’re online, you might need to delete your cookies, close & reopen your browser, and then try this site again.
As usual, if there are any questions or problems that come up, please let me know!
On Tuesday, January 29 2002, there was an article about WHAT IT TAKES TO PLEASE YOU, a tribute to Over The Rhine, in the Cincinnati Enquirer. You can read the article here and see the project’s pages here.
There is a PDF version of the article here.
