July 2, 2010
Introducing a new feature for john.zont.org. It is now possible to bookmark or link to journal/blog entries with archival links. I probably should have been working on something else rather than this, but it started when I was waiting for some epoxy to cure--then I was nearly done, so I kept working on it. Anyway, here it is.

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July 2, 2010
As an indication of some further activity around here, I now have www.johnstrickland.us pointing to this page instead of a mostly blank place-holder. It may eventually be a distinct page, but for now it is the same as john.zont.org. I may eventually make one of them more public and the other a more private site. Haven't decided yet.

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June 28, 2010
Although the photo galleries are not working yet, there are a few new pictures available for your viewing pleasure on jade.zont.org, the new server for this site.

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June 28, 2010
The current virtual server annoyance I'm dealing with is that the system date of the container OS is apparently bound to the host date. That is disappointing, particularly when the host date is very wrong. I've queried support about the problem and am awaiting the reply. In the meantime, to keep my journal entry timestamps from being wildly off (the wrong day half the time), I've decided to use rdate to retrieve the correct time externally with something like this:

rdate -n -p 0.us.pool.ntp.org

UPDATE: After contacting support about my server time issue it was fixed promptly and has remained fixed. While there have been a few problems like this, they have always been resolved quickly for which I am grateful. [7/4/10]

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