Category: Ramblings

  • DNS issues resolved

    After writing my prior post, I of course kept digging, and surprisingly quickly managed to find a solution.  Turns out my issue was not with DNS, but rather with needing a Rewrite directive in my Apache configuration.

  • DNS challenges

    I continue to tinker with the website, trying to add features and options, and continue to struggle a bit with the DNS record configuration.  In my case, I utilize GoDaddy for my domain registration, which works well, but my custom configuration is challenging, as I found out today after trying to make modifications. In parallel…

  • Webserver troubles

    It may have been noticed, but my website was offline for most of the night yesterday.  I have been reconfiguring my home theatre system, which runs partially on the same system.  In my solution, I have a FreeNAS server, which holds a pair of Ubuntu virtual machines, each of which run pieces of the overall…

  • Getting old

    Apparently, its a sign of old age, but after nearly 45 years, I finally need glasses.  By no means is it an extreme prescription, but my eyesight has always been excellent.  However, I have been noticing headaches and blurriness in recent months.  Most noticeably, it has become an issue with my recent painting efforts.  So…

  • Adjustments to settings so that Facebook cooperates

    So I found that my auto-linking to Facebook (visit me here) was having difficulties with the various thumbnails I had been posting.  Apparently there is a restriction on Facebook that images need to be larger than 200×200 pixels, and my thumbnails were sized at 150×150.  As a result, each post would get an error on…