also got me the domain www.fundters.com which i intend (or not) to someday make something out of.
Why fundter?
2 reasons
1. it's catchy.
2. was available here in blogspot and as a domain (bought it earlier this year).
so... here we go...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
A change of heart calls for a change of blog name
I had to see it coming, no longer about flash, so fundter from now on.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
NAS - chosen platform for sentimental valued data.
I've been thinking a lot about how would i keep all my pictures, videos, ebooks etc'.
my requirements:
1. single location, preferably accessible from everywhere (AKA www).
2. redundant - no data loss
3. forever within reach - no "we went broke" policy (see iwantsandy.com...)
4. serves as base for media center.
5. data forever accessible - no single network/raid card that goes out of production could stop me.
for the above reasons, i've selected netgear ReadyNAS duo, with 2 HD of 1 TB each
RAID 1 configuration, which means that one is the exact replica of the other, but on the same breath, i can take any of them and simply mount it anywhere else, data is not encypted/xored in any way.
The only problem is that when i connected my brand new macbook to the switch the read was soooo slow, it was simply not useful.
snooping through NetGear's forums (god bless), i found out that all i needed to do was run:
sudo sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0
in order to persist it to survive reboots, i created a file /etc/sysctl.conf and added the line
net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0
and viola - it runs fast over wireless, and everybody's happy!
next task is to mount all the data in, and buy a decent UPS to protect & serve.
after that we'll set up the media center - mac has built in FrontRow but i didn't find a way to configure it to harvest my NAS.
tc,
n./
my requirements:
1. single location, preferably accessible from everywhere (AKA www).
2. redundant - no data loss
3. forever within reach - no "we went broke" policy (see iwantsandy.com...)
4. serves as base for media center.
5. data forever accessible - no single network/raid card that goes out of production could stop me.
for the above reasons, i've selected netgear ReadyNAS duo, with 2 HD of 1 TB each
RAID 1 configuration, which means that one is the exact replica of the other, but on the same breath, i can take any of them and simply mount it anywhere else, data is not encypted/xored in any way.
The only problem is that when i connected my brand new macbook to the switch the read was soooo slow, it was simply not useful.
snooping through NetGear's forums (god bless), i found out that all i needed to do was run:
sudo sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0
in order to persist it to survive reboots, i created a file /etc/sysctl.conf and added the line
net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0
and viola - it runs fast over wireless, and everybody's happy!
next task is to mount all the data in, and buy a decent UPS to protect & serve.
after that we'll set up the media center - mac has built in FrontRow but i didn't find a way to configure it to harvest my NAS.
tc,
n./
Mac Book, the bomb
For years i've been dieing to turn to the other side, and start using Linux, i had a few days with ubuntu, but never got the chance to really get into it, or even have it set up on a decent machine.
My partner, one Shay, has recently managed to push me off balance and without noticing i found myself with the new macbook.
1. I'm damn impressed with the sensation this baby gives ya. no windows does it.
2. It's damn hard to get used to such a change - I feel like my toolbox has been taken away from me, even the little tweaks should be re-acquired.
the fun thing is that its basically FreeBSD beneath the mask, so it's not so far off linux, and it comes with lots of perks.
my biggest mistake over the first week, was that i ran to install VM and set it up with windows, for safety measures. I wasn't gonna be left out without my familiar env.
It turned out that i found myself with a brand new 4GB 2.4Ghz machine, running on VM with somewhat unsatisfying performance. i was disappointed.
Only when i decided to try do things on mac, i found the real beauty, it can all be done directly on mac (unless you need to develop some .net code or run heavy Excel/Word documents - you need to keep windows for these bastards).
Groovy enough, you can take your old machine and convert into a VM using VMWare converter.
like i said, being the open source freak that i am, here's what i'm using now:
Filezilla ftp client,
MAMP PHP/Apache/MySql for mac,
JEdit - took me a while to configure nicely, has crappy Look&Feel (someone said Java???), doesn't get even close to notepad++, but it works just fine!
RapidSVN - svn client.
in addition, there's microsoft RDC (RDP client for mac), FireFox, Skype, MSN and more, so things aren't looking bad at all.
last issue was the keyboard. damn mac people don't think much of keys like delete, home and end, (the american version has delete button, and in israel i got the backspace button, but they are the same).
to the rescue comes doublecommand (which installs itself to the settings window if u cant find it), and SharpKeys for windows users.
next i'll be talking about the NAS i've purchased, requires it's own post...
My partner, one Shay, has recently managed to push me off balance and without noticing i found myself with the new macbook.
1. I'm damn impressed with the sensation this baby gives ya. no windows does it.
2. It's damn hard to get used to such a change - I feel like my toolbox has been taken away from me, even the little tweaks should be re-acquired.
the fun thing is that its basically FreeBSD beneath the mask, so it's not so far off linux, and it comes with lots of perks.
my biggest mistake over the first week, was that i ran to install VM and set it up with windows, for safety measures. I wasn't gonna be left out without my familiar env.
It turned out that i found myself with a brand new 4GB 2.4Ghz machine, running on VM with somewhat unsatisfying performance. i was disappointed.
Only when i decided to try do things on mac, i found the real beauty, it can all be done directly on mac (unless you need to develop some .net code or run heavy Excel/Word documents - you need to keep windows for these bastards).
Groovy enough, you can take your old machine and convert into a VM using VMWare converter.
like i said, being the open source freak that i am, here's what i'm using now:
Filezilla ftp client,
MAMP PHP/Apache/MySql for mac,
JEdit - took me a while to configure nicely, has crappy Look&Feel (someone said Java???), doesn't get even close to notepad++, but it works just fine!
RapidSVN - svn client.
in addition, there's microsoft RDC (RDP client for mac), FireFox, Skype, MSN and more, so things aren't looking bad at all.
last issue was the keyboard. damn mac people don't think much of keys like delete, home and end, (the american version has delete button, and in israel i got the backspace button, but they are the same).
to the rescue comes doublecommand (which installs itself to the settings window if u cant find it), and SharpKeys for windows users.
next i'll be talking about the NAS i've purchased, requires it's own post...
tiny keyword tracker - a cool keyword tracking utility
Obligated to declare my involvement in this project, i'm quite happy to say that we've managed to come up with a cool little tool that helps you track your sites and how they are reflected in google. you set up the target sites, and their respective keywords of interest, and you get daily google ranking with a nice lil' graph that say it all.
keyword tracking, enters tiny keyword tracker
Total coolness, It was developed under adobe air, which means that it runs on just about any OS, as long as you have flash set up, you're good to go.
keyword tracking, enters tiny keyword tracker
Total coolness, It was developed under adobe air, which means that it runs on just about any OS, as long as you have flash set up, you're good to go.
a quick wrap of action script - personal debt
Since there's no one out there reading this, one has to assume, then merely for my own sensation of closure:
what happend with ActionScript? I made it through, started out with FlashDevelop, then moved to Flex builder in order to hasten development of one, yet another, custom CMS i developed to suite the needs of my customers.
you may have the sources, should you find it interesting for your own pecuilier reasons at http://code.google.com/p/customcms
I found google to be a kind and pleasent nest for code hosting, ez to setup, no questions asked.
soon more posts over the new real deal...
what happend with ActionScript? I made it through, started out with FlashDevelop, then moved to Flex builder in order to hasten development of one, yet another, custom CMS i developed to suite the needs of my customers.
you may have the sources, should you find it interesting for your own pecuilier reasons at http://code.google.com/p/customcms
I found google to be a kind and pleasent nest for code hosting, ez to setup, no questions asked.
soon more posts over the new real deal...
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