Zenwerx

It seems I haven’t done any cleanup on my cached pi pictures in quite some time. I took a look today and the cache folder had ballooned much larger than I had ever seen!


******:zenwerx.com/pi/cache$ ls | grep -c png
6544
******:zenwerx.com/pi/cache$ du . -h
2.0G .


6500 images totalling 2GB! Oh, and I accidentally deleted the browsing script when I cleaned up too. Whoops! Thank goodness it was just a symbolic link, but it had me worried for a bit!

Update – June 24th
Apparently the Pi picture script has been broken for a few months (ever since the server was upgraded). The permissions were set incorrectly on the cache folder and the script couldn’t save any images there. It’s all fixed now, but I wonder how big the folder would have been if there hadn’t been an issue…

I have started to record some of my programming experiences under the new “development” section. Inspired by an issue I ran in to at my day job. These posts won’t display on the front page but can be reached from the category menu.

Well, this isn’t the project I was saying I didn’t have time for yesterday. This happens to be a project I was working on for a client. Since the plugin was originally available out in the wild, I am doing the same by making my modifications available in the spirit of free software.

Enjoy!

I just wanted to note that I have turned on a mobile friendly version of the site for any users who are using iPhones or iPod touches. If you have any difficulties with the mobile version, please get a hold of me.

Also… There’s a new section under oddities. Something which has been laying dormant for about 4 years and I figured should see the light of day.

I am sad to report my new project has been slightly delayed. I’ve been doing some contract work lately which has been keeping time for personal projects to a minimum. Hopefully some time will be available soon!!!

Yes, I finally got around to updating the site. It looks a little more modern now, as well as includes a “Portfolio” section which includes a selection of my consulting/contract work over the last few years. Where did I get the time to do an update, since I haven’t done anything big in roughly 4-5 years? Well, the thing is that during those last 4-5 years I have been working full time and completing my Comp Sci degree part time (previously I had a College Diploma). It’s been a busy time! Well now the degree is done, so I have some time to do more work that I want to do.

And since I have all this free time now, I think I’m going to start on a new project I’ve been meaning to get around to for a while now. Should have more to post in the near future.

I have removed the forums from the site. I haven’t been using them for some time now, so I don’t really think it’s necessary to keep them around any longer. Maybe I’ll get off my butt and redesign this site at some point too…

Just a note that my resume has been updated.

The site I used to host at http://neuromancer.ca has now been moved to this domain under the http://zenwerx.com/neuromancer/ folder. If you happen to visit and spot any errors, please drop me a line in the forums. More details are available there.

We had a webserver hard drive failure last week. I think that everything is back up and running, and should be back as normal. If you happen to notice any broken links or errors, please leave a message on the forums.

Also… the PI webpage has become the traffic driver for the site. Funny, isn’t it?