The two new MuNuServers, Kei and Yuri, are almost here. There was a slight mix-up with the operating system (the 32-bit version of CentOS was installed instead of the 64-bit version), and the clustering is waiting on parts... Well, a crossover cable, to be exact.
One bonus: They ran out of 160GB drives, so we got a couple of 200GB drives instead.
It will take a couple of weeks for me to configure and test everything, and then we'll move everything across. This should result in a shinier, happier, more responsive munu for everyone.
Polling in the Small Dead Blogs Awards has closed for 2005.
And in the categories Best Whistleblower Blog, Best Hard News Blog, and Best Canadian Blog the winner is... Angry in the Great White North. Congrats!
I'll also point out that fellow T.O.-an Debbye is back from hiatus and blogging up a storm.
Roll up! Roll up! The Carnival of the Munuvians is open for business!
I'm still de-borifying the templates, but the 2nd Inaugural Carnival of the Munuvians will go live Friday October 28th. And will (touch wood) re-appear ever Friday thereafter.
The Carnival of the Munuvians is a weekly roundup of the best posts from the feverish genius of the collected Munuvian bloggers.
You're a MuNu blogger and want to be a part of the festivities? Just send a link to your best recent post (for the inaugural Carnival, any time in October is good) to carnival -at- mu.nu. Got two great posts and can't choose? Send 'em both.
If you have a hot post and you'd like to spread the word, send an email to features -at- mu.nu, and our features editor* will include it in the daily roundup (or if it's really hot, give it its own space on the front page).
Questions? Send those to questions -at- carnival.mu.nu, or post them right here.
You can see an example of a feature item right here, on the front page of mu.nu itself. Yes, your own posts can get this sort of attention! Dozens Hundreds of readers every day!
Join in! Pixy says so!
* Me.
Without all those tiresome letters in between!
I've put up a torrent of my collection of anime opening and closing sequences here.
The tracker page shows you the list of files (82 in all, 1,830 MB) and details of the number of people currently uploading and downloading.
If you don't have a BitTorrent client you can click on the Easy Download link, which will first download a small program and then get the files for you.
Or you can download one of these fine programs:
BitTorrent (Windows, MacOS X, and Linux/Unix)
Azureus (Windows, MacOS X, Linux, and any other platform with a Java runtime)
BitTornado (Windows, MacOS X, Linux)
BitComet (Windows only)
I use Azureus myself, but any of these will work. BitTorrent, Azureus, and BitTornado are open source.
This has been a test of the Carnival of the Munuvians Feature Articles system.
I tried this once before, but it burned down, fell over, and sank into the swamp.
Well, not this time! This time, we fight!
Um, think I have my movies crossed there. Anyway, watch this space for Carnival-y goodness.
(The clever bit that I have managed this time that I didn't have last time is that it no longer depends on RSS feeds duplicating posts from the Carnival blog to the forum/portal system. Now it just goes splat and appears by magic. There are problems with that too, but less, on the whole than with the RSS version.)