andrewjstevens.com http://andrewjstevens.com Digital architect, photographer and traveller Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:25:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Cut over to (mt) http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/12/cut-over-to-mt/ http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/12/cut-over-to-mt/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:14:33 +0000 Andrew http://andrewjstevens.com/?p=300 I have cut my hosting over to media temple (mt)

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11.50
133

Can I do better? Hell yeah!

16 Dec 08 UPDATE:

30
12.11
140

Still room for improvement…

]]> http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/12/the-stats/feed/ Back from Malaysia http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/12/back-from-malaysia/ http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/12/back-from-malaysia/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:31:59 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewjstevens.com/?p=295 I have just returned from a week in Malaysia. Between working and doing a spot of shopping I really didn’t take many photographs which for me is quite unheard of.

I guess I just enjoyed avoiding the pressure of my desk and I had just suffered at the hands of a storm that hammered The Gap in Brisbane. Yes it was nice not to smell water damaged carpets, not to trip on protruding nails in my floor and not to have to read the 250 emails a day I get.

My focus on my health has also slipped over the last couple weeks becuase of the storm and the Malaysia trip. While I didn’t do too badly, I need to get back on top of things.

Done!

]]> http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/12/back-from-malaysia/feed/ One year on http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/one-year-on/ http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/one-year-on/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:25:32 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewjstevens.com/?p=249 It has been one year since I learnt. One year? Wow. So much is different. So much is the same.

]]> http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/one-year-on/feed/ An ASUS eee PC with Debian Linux http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/an-asus-eee-pc-with-debian-linux/ http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/an-asus-eee-pc-with-debian-linux/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:34:50 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewjstevens.com/?p=291 I like Linux, but I know Red Hat, Fedora and Ubuntu a little better than Debian - bit I am keen to get myself an eee. I have been thinking about a 901 or perhaps a 1000H and wiping XP off it.

Anyway a mate has a 701 up for sale as he just got himself a 901. I am taking his old 701 for a test drive.

Ok, first step? Get it onto my WPA Personal, TKIP secured network with a hidden SSID. Done!

Next? Get my 3 Huawei E220 modem working. This proved to be a little tougher until I found this: http://wiki.debian.org/Huawei/E220?highlight=(huawei)

Now? Chatting to friends with Pidgin.

I will write more…

]]> http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/an-asus-eee-pc-with-debian-linux/feed/ More on Linux http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/more-on-linux/ http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/more-on-linux/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:13:02 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewjstevens.com/?p=287 Yes, I am still working through that Linux server I inherited without adequate documentation. So my next step is to find out the hardware specification of the server.

CPU info:

  • cat /proc/cpuinfo
  • cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep ‘model name’

Memory info:

  • cat /proc/meminfo
  • cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal
  • cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemFree

Storage info:

  • cat /proc/partitions
  • hdparm -I /dev/sda
]]> http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/more-on-linux/feed/ Do you think you can ignore web accessibility? http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/do-you-think-you-can-ignore-web-accessibility/ http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/do-you-think-you-can-ignore-web-accessibility/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:21:39 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewjstevens.com/?p=284 I am feeling really frustrated today.

I have been interacting with some organisations here in Queensland that feel that feel that web accessibility does not apply to them.

Can I point out that:

Under section 67(1)(k) of the Disability Discrimination Act, the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Hreoc) issues guidelines for the purpose of avoiding discrimination in this area.

- Computerworld

The W3C WCAG checkpoints are the measure of compliance.

Sure for private organisations there is “unjustifiable hardship” but for government sites this does not apply.

I wrote a position piece on this topic back in 2003 or 2004 maybe. I will dig it up and post it up here - I wonder if my comments in that paper still stand today?

]]> http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/11/do-you-think-you-can-ignore-web-accessibility/feed/ SUMO Paint http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/10/sumo-paint/ http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/10/sumo-paint/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:07:05 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewjstevens.com/?p=278 I am always tweaking images for one reason or another, sometimes for a client sometimes for me, but this looks handy…

Sumopaint is a fast, easy, simple but powerful image editing software.

Try it out here: http://www.sumo.fi/products/sumopaint

]]> http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/10/sumo-paint/feed/ How did I miss this one? http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/10/how-did-i-miss-this-one/ http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/10/how-did-i-miss-this-one/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:00:57 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewjstevens.com/?p=265 Another photo of mine has been used, this time from my Japan set.

The site is here: http://www.tfm.co.jp/planet/081013.html

Array

]]> http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/10/how-did-i-miss-this-one/feed/ Use Gmail as a network drive http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/10/use-gmail-as-a-network-drive/ http://andrewjstevens.com/2008/10/use-gmail-as-a-network-drive/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:00:53 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewjstevens.com/?p=260 This is awesome:

Windows only: Mount more than one Gmail account as a remote disk drive with free utility Gmail Drive Config.

- thanks to lifehacker

Yes, it could all disappear but this has now replaced my old WebDAV solution…

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