Archive for September, 2006

Hosting!

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Well, I decided on NearlyFreeSpeech.net. They offer a great service at very very good prices. I’ve registrered zerodogg.org, and it’s already up! Took 30 mins.
I’m still battling my old provider to get iamaturtle.org transferred to NearlyFreeSpeech.net, so far half-successfull (the domain is now in my name and unlocked), I just need the transfer code now. [...]

Hosting?

Monday, September 25th, 2006

My host sucks. The service they provide is great and cheap, but their support sucks. That is, I can live with slow response times, but they don’t answer me…ever.
So now I’m on the look for a new provider. I need:
- SSH access
- PHP(5)
- Multiple subdomains
- Good traffic (5+GB per month at a minimum I’d say, [...]

drakSimpleConf

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

I’ve been thinking of a method of creating simple configuration UIs.
Take the following config file:
RunMode = Inetd
AuthMode = Closed
Restricted = true
To create a simple configuration GUI for this I would write something like this:
filename is /etc/example.conf
setting RUNMODE can be (Inetd, Daemon)
setting AUTHMODE can be (Closed, Open)
option RunMode is RUNMODE with name “Run mode” and tooltip [...]