Yearly Archives: 2008

Journal Maintenance and Database Degradation

I’ll be putting the Journal into Maintenance Mode soon, while I work on the theme. Shouldn’t take more than two hours, max.
Also, since I’m already writing a Journal article, I’ll mention that database-intensive parts of PlanetJK (like the Journal and the Photo Albums) seem to be taking an inordinate amount of time to load- [...]

To do, To do…

… there’s lots to do.
I woke up at 0400 this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep. Around 0500 I cranked up the Too Human demo and got my game one. W00t! I’m honestly considering it for the next Xbox 360 purchase, I really enjoy the mix of mythology, cybernetics, first person [...]

Set a Course for Cyberspace, Maximum Warp

When we signed up for FiOS, Verizon promised three free months of movie channels, but they charged us anyway. Not that I’m surprised- shenanigans like that are practically the norm, particularly in the service delivery industry. What DID surprise me was 1) how quickly they figured out they had mischarged us, and 2) their [...]

JK’s Journal Restored

Oops. Last night’s journal upgrade took a wrong turn when the Maintenance plugin blocked me from finishing the upgrade. This morning I did a little bit of googling and found an answer, which worked like a charm.