tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66001932024-03-07T09:21:41.341+00:00Fitzrovian Tuesdays"Then it is dark; a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains." - John CheeverJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.comBlogger884125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-26682018764540602952019-02-17T08:37:00.001+00:002019-02-17T08:37:06.328+00:00It's probably a comet but...<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/nailing-down-the-nature-of-oumuamua-its-probably-a-comet-but/&source=gmail&ust=1550477634618000&usg=AFQjCNEK8uTWlGNdQ7QHggs-ndmGxuV7Yg" href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/nailing-down-the-nature-of-oumuamua-its-probably-a-comet-but/" style="background-color: white; color: #7e57c2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; outline: transparent solid 1px; position: relative; z-index: 0;" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/<wbr></wbr>science/2018/11/nailing-down-<wbr></wbr>the-nature-of-oumuamua-its-<wbr></wbr>probably-a-comet-but/</a>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-89300698623886294292014-08-26T15:20:00.003+01:002014-08-26T15:35:48.061+01:00This is quite cool - a live map of DDOS attacks worldwide<a href="http://map.ipviking.com/">http://map.ipviking.com/</a>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-89389913201802246112012-08-28T17:32:00.000+01:002012-08-28T17:32:58.529+01:00PHP: fcgid and flush()(Hi guys, long time no speak. This post is really just so I have a note of this myself and hopefully useful for anyone else googling the same issue...)<br />
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We had an issue with some PHP scripts timing out so tried to get the script to return some empty text just to keep the connection alive. What a pain! Finally I figured out the three things that were required:<br />
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1.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">FcgidOutputBufferSize 0 </span></blockquote>
in your fcgid config file (<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">/etc/apache2/conf.d/fcgid.conf</span> in my case, on Ubuntu 10.04)<br />
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2.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
output_buffering = Off</blockquote>
in your PHP config file (<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">/etc/php5/cgi/php.ini </span>in my case, on Ubuntu 10.04)<br />
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3.
And this was the real pain, because I spent ages testing with a file that was never going to work!!<br />
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<b>You need to send at least 1024 bytes (1K) before you can flush()</b>. This is the code for my *working* test file:<code></code><br />
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echo str_repeat(" ", 1024);<br />
echo "Test1";<br />
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flush();<br />
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sleep(3);<br />
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echo str_repeat(" ", 1024);<br />
echo "Test2";</blockquote>
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(blogger doesn't like me putting the opening and closing php tags around that code, but they should be there)<br />
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If it's working correctly, you should see the first line, then three seconds later the second line. If it's not working correctly, it will wait for three seconds and load both lines at the same time.<br />
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Hope this helps someone!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966866772315594964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-4732585202395884922011-03-28T15:27:00.003+01:002011-03-28T15:28:21.720+01:00Viewpoint: We should stop running away from radiation<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12860842">This</a> seems pretty sensible.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-60675463808238901652011-03-16T17:28:00.001+00:002011-03-16T17:30:12.278+00:00New York's High Line - Photo Gallery - Pictures, More From National Geographic MagazineHey, nice. How is everyone btw?<br />
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<a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/ny-high-line/cook-photography?source=email_photo">New York's High Line - Photo Gallery - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine</a>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-44025631865599578612010-11-22T14:09:00.002+00:002010-11-22T14:10:24.870+00:00Former UN nuclear boss hints at Stuxnet's Iran hit<a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/363022/former-un-nuclear-boss-hints-at-stuxnets-iran-hit">Zoo-wee mama!</a>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-20821754548713588612010-10-29T12:54:00.000+01:002010-10-29T12:54:17.889+01:00VAT off Sony goods at Amazon<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000458573&linkCode=ure&tag=fitzrotuesda-21">From this link...</a>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-47569739384873397352010-10-18T08:35:00.001+01:002010-10-18T08:42:11.015+01:00Otters return to almost every corner of Britain<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1321448/Otters-return-corner-Britain.html?ito=feeds-newsxml">Typically inaccurate reporting from the Daily Mail</a>. I can see loads of corners from my seat at the dining room table and not a single otter.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-84767142393186133972010-10-07T10:55:00.002+01:002010-10-07T10:55:53.677+01:00Ubuntu 10.10 out on Sunday<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/"><img src="http://www.ubuntu.com/countdown/banner4.png" border="0" width="180" height="150" alt="The next version of Ubuntu is coming soon"></a>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-26518457958034907172010-09-24T11:07:00.000+01:002010-09-24T11:07:13.749+01:00DriverMax<a href="http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/">Useful utility for machine rebuilds (Seumas)</a>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-1711351354225232432010-09-16T17:54:00.003+01:002010-09-16T17:54:14.211+01:00Bruce Sterling at reboot 11<object width="530" height="298" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" style="width:530px; height:298px;"><param name="movie" value="http://video.reboot.dk/v.swf"></param><param name="FlashVars" value="token=8c4e7b31f3b892a821bdf53a488f09db&photo%5fid=486788"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://video.reboot.dk/v.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="530" height="298" FlashVars="token=8c4e7b31f3b892a821bdf53a488f09db&photo%5fid=486788"></embed></object><br />
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Not watched this yet but apparently it's good...Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-6791883407943045212010-09-06T07:49:00.001+01:002010-09-06T07:51:44.127+01:00OpenDNS - Internet Navigation And SecurityAs my 7 year old daughter now googles things I thought it was time to get some parental controls installed for my home network's internet connection. After a bit of researching <a href="http://www.opendns.com/">OpenDNS</a> seems to be an excellent (and free) solution. Much better than paying for iffy software that would then have to be installed on all the PCs in the house.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-50591372524586512592010-08-28T20:18:00.002+01:002010-08-28T20:19:36.710+01:00Meditation article in Ars Technica<a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/08/meditation-boosts-part-of-brain-where-add-addictions-reside.ars?comments=1#comments-bar">Meditation boosts part of brain where ADD, addictions reside</a>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-54039360298774185602010-08-27T06:56:00.003+01:002010-08-27T07:04:33.419+01:00Brian Keenan / Jah WobbleClaire and I went to readings / Q&A sessions with first Brian Keenan and then Jah Wobble at the Book Festival yesterday. Both of them pretty amazing individuals.<br />
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Seumas your attendance is definitely required at the next one. Plenty of money left in the adwords kitty...Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-36005682887018020502010-08-19T16:40:00.002+01:002010-08-19T16:41:29.374+01:00Being a behemoth: how Microsoft (and 9 others) make their billions<a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/08/being-a-behemoth-how-microsoft-and-9-others-make-their-billions.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">Great article</a>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-89992990833190241872010-08-18T10:46:00.003+01:002010-08-18T10:48:26.883+01:00Seumas!<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ruZBQACeX-E?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ruZBQACeX-E?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-74318852559279059262010-08-16T20:50:00.002+01:002010-08-17T07:29:53.269+01:00Cycle ride home as tracked by Google LatitudeMy cycle ride home (KML data exported from Google Latitude running on my Nokia E72 and imported into Google Maps).<br />
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<iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103867084461142235921.00048df58b116b4512009&ll=55.944394,-3.183289&spn=0.033645,0.072956&z=13&output=embed"></iframe><br />
<small>View <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103867084461142235921.00048df58b116b4512009&ll=55.944394,-3.183289&spn=0.033645,0.072956&z=13&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Cycle ride home 20100816</a> in a larger map</small>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-42678359811012583612010-08-16T14:26:00.001+01:002010-08-16T14:34:44.659+01:00Google Latitude location historyI thought you might be able to do this - <a href="http://www.google.com/latitude/apps/history">track Google latitude location history</a>. Interesting and slightly unnerving, have just turned mine on.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-6148139324021518022010-08-10T12:24:00.007+01:002010-08-10T12:27:24.231+01:00Fitzrovian Engineering<a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/photo/CkY9UIHjD_5mq6s-ABpiFA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-xL-XaQl5Tl2pyVwabUk9KHLEB2-4-3Ym2ahfbpSTB9vdHwvFjRC9f1EVpkvpqBd_q-czdQjiBea5Ri8LmyygvOnrSJZyW61OhdQCjvt06CPYn19DfAOOtSqjePYF4OmoWrKXQ/s400/09082010116.jpg" /></a><br />
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