The Life and Times of Michael Shadle
“Lazy people are efficient” - my boss
2010
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Cleanest configuration for the new PHP-FPM?
When examining the PHP-FPM configuration, I realized that I only tweak a few key pieces per pool, so I decided to share my approach to minimize redundancy and keep things simple…
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The HDMI cable scam
Someone finally published an article that caught my eye about this, so I thought I'd add my two cents. Summary in my own words: Never pay more than $5/foot for an HDMI cable at…
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Front Controller Patterns and nginx
It's no secret I'm a fan of nginx. Probably no secret that I'm a fan of front controller pattern design as well. Why? I find it to be the most universal and easy to support. I…
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The magic that is... nginx
I've told this story countless times, but I've never publicly documented it. This happened over a year ago, but I feel obligated to share it. nginx is the main reason for the…
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Microsize me
The world is getting smaller. AT&T's got a Femtocell called a "MicroCell" PayPal is an example of a "micropayment" service Microformats are becoming increasingly popular to add…
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Little-known URI shorthand - the "network-path" reference
I've seen this before, and it was mentioned earlier today at OSCON, but I never knew if it was a browser behavior or a standard. Looks like I got it with some help from IRC. Say…
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nginx and Go Daddy SSL certificates
Generate the CSR: Enter in whatever you want - you NEED the "Common Name" everything else is not really required for it to work. Paste the CSR into Go Daddy, get back the .crt…
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A simple Upstart recipe for KVM
Might not be the most advanced, but hey, it works. You just need to alter the mac address and the display for each machine. I'm running this on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) and it seems…
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Happy day! PHP-FPM included with PHP 5.3.3RC1, and WordPress 3.0
Officially in the 5.3.3RC1 distribution. Sweet! From the NEWS file: 17 Jun 2010, PHP 5.3.3 RC1 ... \- Added FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) SAPI. (Tony) ... and on an unrelated…
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The Trifecta with AT&T
Today AT&T reported a bunch of data plan changes, perfectly aligned with screwing over people when iPhone OS 4 comes out. OS 4 will give us tethering ability with AT&T. Of course…
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Chrome now supports SPNEGO!
As of Chrome 5, it appears that SPNEGO (that seamless sign-on that happens using Kerberos tickets and GSSAPI and all that magical crap) on a Windows-centric network is supported…
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Netflix++
Once again I have to show praise for this company. In a time where everyone is cutting corners they are giving proactive discounts when they totally could not bother with even…
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AT&T takes a shit on us again?
Wow - two headlines in the same amount of weeks worth screaming about. They're increasing ETF fees on all devices that actually matter and put any strain on their network. They've…
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PHP-FPM and nginx upstart scripts
Upstart is becoming the de-facto standard for everything in Ubuntu, and I do enjoy it's process management and re-spawning capabilities. (Actually, before PHP-FPM I used to use…
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Another rant on taxes
I got a hiring bonus for getting a friend hired. Boy, I was excited for some extra cash. However, when I saw the deposit, I was taken aback. The government took 41.7% of my bonus…
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AT&T is at it again!
The empty promise fairy is here again. Remember when AT&T didn't have MMS support, and kept delaying it? "Later this summer" - finally delivered September 25th. Over two years…
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Getting Capistrano's SSH method to work behind a SOCKS proxy
At work we've got a bit of an annoying proxy setup. It does allow outbound SSH through a SOCKS 5 proxy (no auth), and after a while of Googling (I don't know Capistrano nor Ruby…
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We need to pull our own pants up
There may be reports of an economic recovery slowly happening, but those of us back here in the real world are still seeing otherwise. Remember back in 2000 when ad impressions…
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Really?
Google's usually pretty good about pushing standards and best practices but this is just lame. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=41467 From my understanding, if…
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This is the problem with America
While the new healthcare bill certainly surprised me with things like requiring people to purchase insurance or be fined (I thought the point of this was actual universal…