Domain name change

I’ve always operated my email and website from different domains, I’ve now decided time to merge them under the projx.it, this will keep my email address simple but also keep the site name relevant. If you spot any broken links, please let me know.

MySQL HA

We’re currently in the process of splitting our websites out onto pairs of servers for High Availability, unfortunately MySQL is pretty poor when it comes to this, its replication facilities leave a lot to be desired and often fall out of sync. But there is a collection of scripts called Maatkit which can help fix this.  Here’s a good tutorial http://blogama.org/node/39

Proj-x Transfer fix

I’ve finally had some free time to spend on fixing Transfer, it seems the problems were not caused by bugs, instead other plug-ins such as PDT (from v2 onwards) changed the way they’re implemented and started using the Eclipse DLTK (Dynamic Language Tool Kit) which meant Transfer no longer knew how to process requests from the new PHP Explorer (This was not a problem for me, as I use an older version of PDT).

Anyway, I will release a test version of Tranfer 1.2 shortly, note its not final, I intend to add more error checking and some default settings.

Please note the new version of Transfer required the DLTK be installed, I’ll add instructions for this when I release the test.

Forward the Foundation..

I’ve just learnt that that Hollywood will be turning the Isaac Asimov Foundation Trilogy into film.

http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/sony-and-roland-emmerich-win-film-rights-to-asimovs-foundation.php

I’ve been a fan of Isaac Asimov book’s for as long as I can remember, unfortunately the Hollywood touch doesn’t usually do them justice.