Category Archives: Orbit Ubuntu

new PGP key

Since I keep forgetting my passwords: My new, one and only PGP key at the moment: key-id: 0x23C1768B fingerprint: 7011 3BD7 9207 32D3 ABBC C64E 90FB BC74 23C1 768B

Ubuntu Karmic

Suprisingly I didn’t read much about Karmic yet. But that will probably change in a few weeks, when its released. I upgraded my laptop and my desktop to karmic in the last week and I am quite impressed. The look & feel improved and everything is integrated very well. Shiny. The desktop just connects… It [...]

Disabling SSH reverse DNS lookup

When reverse DNS is not available, the sshd reverse lookup is an annoyance. It can be disable it in /etc/ssh/sshd_config with the following option: UseDNS no yay.

NGINX + FastCGI + Django

Nice things that work remarkably easy make me happy. 1) Start Django app python manage.py runfcgi host=0.0.0.0 port=8000 2) Install NGINX apt-get install nginx 3) Configure NGINX The tab indentation got lost but ok: server { listen 80; server_name example.com; access_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.access.log; location / { fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:8000; fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_script_name; fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method; fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING [...]

Jaunty on HP Probook 4510s

Walter and I got a new laptop from the office. Unfortunately, even though Ubuntu “Jaunty Jackalope” is really great, there are some small issues. The screen detection doesn’t work properly sometimes and so it gives you a messed up resolution regularly (800×600). Although a login and logout fixes it, it is annoying. Fixable with replacing [...]

MySQL replication >=5.1.14

On page 1375 of 3288 of refman5.1_en.a4.pdf: In MySQL 5.1.14 and later, the mysql database is not replicated. The mysql database is instead seen as a node-specific database. Row-based replication is not supported on tables in this database. Instead, statements that would normally update this information — such as GRANT, REVOKE and the manipulation of [...]

My Brute, webgame done right

Browsing on my Friday night, I encountered the web game My Brute. Normally I only play such games for a few days. But still its quite fun. What I like about this game is that its so easy to sign up, you don’t even need a password if you don’t want to. Nice and simple. [...]

iFolder

iFolder seems to get a new push. Even with a community focus. This is a good development. Might be a good alternative for OpenVPN+SAMBA what we use regularly at the moment, for people that need a common share in mixed environments (Linux/Mac/Windows). Or maybe not. Nice anyway. It seems that it will end up in [...]

About Das keyboards

Once in a while you see a blogpost about a Das keyboard. Although I think blogging about your keyboard is kind of sad, here I go: – I can type nice and fast on it (++) – I think the version with blank keys is silly unless you use a keyboard layout like dvorak. – [...]

WordPress got a bit slow

Today I noticed my wordpress installation got a bit slow. Apparently MySQL was very busy… Why? … SELECT * FROM wp_comments ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 32500, 50 SELECT * FROM wp_comments ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 32650, 50 SELECT * FROM wp_comments ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 32800, 50 … etc. The need to [...]