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This site went semi-offline earlier today thanks to a bad installation of WordPress.org nightly build. At first it seemed the WordPress install was having trouble connecting to the MySQL database. I really thought I had to restore the MySQL database from the backup.
I have decided to keep 37prime.news on the official release instead of living on the edge. Lesson learned.
I just found out one of the MySQL databases went offline.
I’ll see if it has something to do with what the host has been doing.
I spent good portion of Friday and Saturday recovering data from a failed Windows Home Server. I get better understanding on what really happened. Apparently One of the hard drive was having trouble and in turn brought the whole storage pool down. Insufficient RAM on HP MediaSmart also a contributing factor to the failure. Having the system paging the hard-drive constantly might cause the drop in performance.
Anyway, I managed to recover the data by mounting the hard drive on another computer. There’s a hidden “DE” folder where all the files are stored.
I have recovered 90% of the data and that’s enough to calm everyone at the office down. Having a dual T1 line doesn’t really help downloading 300GB back from off-site backup in time. As a matter of fact I’ll be ordering a new and much faster connection on Monday.
In addition to that I have ordered a Synology DS712+ so I can have backup of the backup for this particular office.
I should have known the Windows Home Server was going to take a dive. Windows Home Server complained that one of the drive was not functioning even though it was spinning just fine when connected a diagnostic computer. Apparently Volume Shadow Copy Service has been crashing.
Well, I already ordered a Synology DS712+ and new hard drives to replace this Windows Home Server. Luckily I also have backup on Amazon S3.
In the beginning, there was a definition of 4G, then T-Mobile called their HSPA+ as 4G. Then AT&T called their HSPA+ as 4G. As everyone redefined what 4G is, it becomes meaningless.
The term “Retina Display” would suffer the same fate unless Apple did not call the less-than-300-ppi-density of the next iPad display as such.
“AppleInsider Staff” says:
While the estimated 260 ppi falls short of the 300+ ppi the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs described as being a qualifier for Retina Display status, it can be contested that because users hold tablets farther away from their eyes than a phone, the would-be “iPad 3” specs are be enough to achieve a perceived pixel density similar to that of Apple’s latest smartphone.
Seriously?
People do not hold iPad (or AppleInsider called it “tablets”) that much further than their phone. Logically people are using their iPhone and iPad comfortably within their arm reach or closer. At this point I know that Apple is not calling it iPad with Retina Display (yet).
By the way, I sit about 12 to 16 feet away from my 42-inch HDTV. Does that mean my HDTV also have Retina Display?
I finally installed the 240 GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD in a MacBook Pro early 2011 model. Got it for about $240 at Amazon a few weeks back. I was going to get the 240 GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD, but it was $100 more at that time. I’ll get the better SSD next time.
It’s late at night and you have trouble sleeping. You think about watching something on Netflix. Then you see this message:
Netflix is currently unavailable. Please check your Internet connection, or go to www.netflix.com/support for more information. (108)
First World Problem at its best.
