I’m at home today so posting will be light. Spring will be put to sleep later.
Author Archives: Donncha
The ionCube PHP Accelerator: H …
The ionCube PHP Accelerator: Home
1.3.4r1 has just been released, and should correct false reports from some systems that the cache had been locked for over the max lock timeout (10 seconds by default) if a new request is received whilst the cache is being reinitialised.
MadBlast – A Message From Your …
MadBlast – A Message From Your President (Rated R) – hehe, just what you need on a Monday morning!
The TardisThe Tardis will stor …
The Tardis will store a long and complicated URL for you and return a simple one in it’s place.
Dirty Baby – requires Flash, t …
Dirty Baby – requires Flash, thanks Gearoid for the link. hehe.
Blackrock MorningIt was cold, …
It was cold, ice formed on all the windscreens overnight yet I cycled up the hill to capture the morning sky a few days ago.
I was trying to capture the wonderful sunset I had spotted moments earlier as the sun crept over the distant hills but by the time I reached my spot the sun was well up over the horizon.
Instead I was treated to an absolutely blue and beautiful sky with a hint of the rising sun!
This image is the result of minor manipulation in the GIMP, I adjusted colour levels, brought the blue of the sky out a bit using 2 levels and the contrast tool, merging them in the middle. I hope you like my efforts!
Discover Roundtable: Will Comp …
Discover Roundtable: Will Computers Replace Engineers?
Not long ago, men flew to the moon and plotted their course with slide rules, pencils, and graph paper. Now we live in such a complex age that not only do our lives depend on computers, but only computers can design computers.
There's an internet worm out t …
There’s an internet worm out there affecting MSSQL servers and it slowed the Internet down a lot this morning. Look on any news site and you’ll find plenty of coverage. Here’s the BBC coverage.
Connecting to the net with my …
The ionCube PHP Accelerator A …
A new version of PHPA has just been released. This is a minor update, and improves the handling of PHP crashes, and reduces the liklihood of the SHM cache remaining in the ‘pending reinitialisation’ state.
The behaviour of phpa_cache_admin when listing processes has been enhanced to show whether or not an ‘active’ process is really alive or dead.