Here we are, the first quarter of 2017 has flown by and not a new post to be
seen. That is actually my fault for being defeatist. The pelican generator was
upgraded to v3.7 from 3.6 and some portions of my theme started blowing chunks.
As a result, it was rather difficult to publish anything without it breaking
and I got a little stubborn and refused to back out the upgrade.
Back when I decided to convert over to
Let’s Encrypt, I was having
a few difficulties with the web server and redirects. After futzing
with it for a while, I decided to convert over to NGINX, as I really
didn’t need all of the features of Apache any more.
This worked out pretty well, until this week when I decided to have
a look at my mailman interface from the web. Nothing. Well, not quite
nothing…
Boston in December is chillier then in November, however that is
not really an issue when you spend a week there and don’t even have
to go outdoors. There were a lot of people who never left the venue
all week. I would be one of them this time around. While I’d usually
check out some of the local scenery, I had a few lingering items to
take care of the first few nights I was there and then free time vanished.
Recap
This evening we had a free-for-all night. No formal agenda, but rather open discussion and
a lot of tidbits. Here is a list of things that were mentioned.
We also tried out a discount LED projector which was surprisingly good. I don’t remember the
actual model, but it was roughly 4000 lumens and something similar is available from
projectordudes.com if you are interested. I’m considering getting one as you never know when
you might need one and the price is quite good.
The site logo has gotten decidedly squished. I am aware and it probably has something to
do with the fix I had to make for the downloads. Why it is an issue, I do not know, but
I am aware of it and will be correcting it in the near future.
Of course it doesn’t happen on the test server, so it must be something specific to the
server on the production site. Investigation in progress.