Setting up lighttpd/Apache for Django on Slicehost
I finally made the jump and moved the websites I was hosting on my home PC and moved them out to slicehost. Signing up for my slice could not have been easier and so far it has been a flawless experience. The PickledOnion articles were nice to double-check myself to make sure I didn’t miss anything.
I opted for the Ubuntu 7.10 256 MB slice since that was what the sites were priorly hosted on.
Zen and the Art of Software Design
I am currently reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig and it has been chock-full of philosophical insights. One passage in particular jumped out at me due to its simple, but powerful, message:
The material object of observation, the bicycle or rotisserie, can’t be right or wrong. Molecules are molecules. They don’t have any ethical codes to follow except those people give them. The test of the machine is the satisfaction
