30 Apr

Nginx talk

Posted by jeff in hackery

Tonight I gave a quick talk on how I've been using Nginx to server PHP and static files. I've attached the PDF of my slides and a zip file containing the static proxy and PHP-FPM configuration files for Nginx.

20 Apr

Plane-spotting on the web.

Posted by jeff in apple, hackery

I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of my newly minted, custom-ordered MacBook Pro. The thing's been built in China and scanned by UPS, but little other info is available to me. My, er, obsessive tendencies of course led me to investigate the possible arrival path of the new machine in frightening detail, as can only be had on the web. For your perusal:

19 Apr

Plane-spotting on the web.

Unpublished
Posted by jeff

I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of my newly minted, custom-ordered MacBook Pro. The thing's been built in China and scanned by UPS, but little other info is available to me. My, er, obsessive tendencies of course led me to investigate the possible arrival path of the new machine in frightening detail, as can only be had on the web. For your perusal:

01 Mar

Ubuntu Xbmc install notes

Unpublished
Posted by jeff in hackery

Synopsis: OS X is awesome for what you can do out of the box, but getting beyond that can be excruciatingly painful. Linux is also awesome and you can do in many ways even more amazing things with it, but figuring it all out can take time and patience ( and teach you things ). I recently re-built the computer

Hardware

  • Gigabyte GA-E31M-S2
  • Intel E5200
  • XFX Geforce 8500GT

Install

28 Feb

Ubuntu Xbmc install notes

Unpublished
Posted by jeff

Synopsis: OS X is awesome for what you can do out of the box, but getting beyond that can be excruciatingly painful. Linux is also awesome and you can do in many ways even more amazing things with it, but figuring it all out can take time and patience ( and teach you things ). I recently re-built the computer

Hardware

  • Gigabyte GA-E31M-S2
  • Intel E5200
  • XFX Geforce 8500GT

Install

27 Aug

Hooking up Sugar Byte's Eloquence to Midi, etc

Posted by jeff in noise

I acquired Eloquence a little while ago but have been so busy I only got around to seriously fiddling with it a couple of days ago. I fired it up in Ableton, created another MIDI track and plopped Massive into it, and then was immediately stumped on how to get them hooked up. It's quite possible, just very subtle. This post is for others googling around looking for a straight-forward explanation.

12 May

The Gansta-rap Vendetta theory of BC Politics

Posted by jeff

I can't help but equate the dichotomy of Big Biz Liberals vs. Big Union NDP pinkos as a kind of gang turf warfare. You know, like Biggy vs. Tupac or something.

Here's a fact about BC, or any other Province in Canada: massive amounts of Gov't revenue goes to pay unionized Gov't employees. This means you have one of two scenarios when a Public Employees Union goes to negotiate a contract:

07 May

The big flip

Posted by jeff

I'm a musician, and I say that because I have been a musician longer than I have been anything else, and I think on balance I've spent more time learning to play instruments, playing and creating music than I have any other single thing. Web programming is starting to edge up there, and I don't spend as much time on music anymore. I view this as a problem I need to solve, not a predictable trend in life patterns after 30, thanks! =)

01 Apr

Open Letter to BC NDP Candidates

Posted by jeff in election, politics, stv

I just got a message on Facebook from Ray Lam, the NDP candidate for Gregor's old seat in vancouver-Fairview. Ray seems like a nice guy, but my political views don't mesh well with the BC NDP party particularly well. I wrote this reply to him, and have decided to publish this as an open letter to any NDP candidate:

Hi Ray,

My priorities are electoral reform, and I strongly support a Ward system in Vancouver as well as the BC STV proposal. Do you?

01 Apr

The Wrong Tomorrow

Posted by jeff in economy, fail, politics

Maciej Cegłowski ( the erudite writer / painter / web hacker behind my favorite blog ever, 'idle words' ) made this cute site called 'The Wrong Tomorrow' where he posts predictions by pundits and tracks when, er, if they are wrong:

http://wrongtomorrow.com/

Should be fun to track as time goes on; I note with some glee that Scoble is the first failure. Mind you, Scoble was hardle making predictions about economic recovery, was he?