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Server Updates

So, for some reason I became obsessed with htop, and noticed how much memory Apache was eating up. On a whim, I decided to build lighttpd from the SlackBuild. I can proudly say, after a week of playing around with it, that I am completly Apache free on my Linode. Because the Google Search I used to try to find the url.rewrite syntax to use for this WordPress blog was unsuccessful in the first couple hits (after which I lose my attention span), here is what I used to get it working:

$HTTP["host"] == "markwalling.org" {
    url.rewrite = (
        "/blog/wp-" => "$0",
        "/blog/xmlrpc.php" => "$0",
        "/blog/" => "/blog/index.php"
    )
}

I've also successfully set up Django under FastCGI following the directions here (which is the first Google result for django fastcgi).

And my latest rant: I've started listening to the Stack Overflow Podcast (which I find really interesting, and a lot of things they discuss are applicable to work), wearing a Bluetooth headset paired with my computer (it gets good range, so while I was cooking the computer was in the other room). I've noticed that the output device selection in iTunes sucks. You need to change the default device in the control panel, then restart iTunes. A iTunes restart cycle on my work computer (Core 2 Duo, 2.5GHz, 4GB RAM) takes about 5 minutes. I seem to remember WinAmp letting me specify the output device independently from the system default output device, but I haven't gone back and tried it. So now I'm looking for a decent podcast player for Win32 that has configurable output device selection and supports HTTP proxies...