A day off

By Rob on August 17, 2007 3:59 PM | Permalink | Comments (5)

New CrabAppleLane revelation: A day off with no plans is most excellent. I offer two from the backyard for a fun Friday.

CrabAppleLane Argiope Spider - August 17, 2007 No change in the spider saga. The hussy is still hanging out with her two suitors. Her two suitors take turns hanging out nearby. They also squabble with each other and at least one of them is ... ahem, servicing her.

CrabAppleLane Brown Thrasher - August 17, 2007 Wish I could have gotten a little closer to this sweet little Brown Thrasher. It gave itself a dirt bath and then decided to fan out and catch some rays. It appears to be panting a little even thought it's really not all that hot. Most of the Brown Thrashers around CrabAppleLane have a phenomenal repertoire of songs and are very cheerful. Quite welcome here.

On an unrelated note, this is a movie I want to see. Not playing around here this weekend, though. Bummer.

Downloaded Movable Type 4.0 last night. Tried installing it in a newly created clean folder on my website and created a new database just to see if maybe the constant internal server errors we get here are related to my installation. Let’s just say that I now think the culprit is the server. The host is simply not allowing the site adequate resources to run the script files. Most likely, there is simply too much activity on my server. Moving the entire website to another host is a major undertaking but it looks like that is the best and only option. Any suggestions?

Yes, we have our eyes on Hurricane Dean as do some of our Florida friends. Category 3 now. Just die, Dean.

20 days until football season ...

Quote of the Day

I saw the roof of a municipal building fly off.

Louis Joseph Manscour, Deputy Mayor - Trinite, Martinique

Blog of the day here.

Quote from said blog: "On fondue and Hurricane Ivan."

5 Comments

Fi said:

MT.4 huh. I really need to get up with the play - I'm still running 3.1. Don't seem to have the time to dedicate to upgrading (recalling how long it took me last time) but I really should get round to doing it.

August 17, 2007 11:47 PM

Mom said:

I want to see that movie too. The TV trailers haven't made it terribly attractive, but the thing you referred us to in your blog was wonderful. I am very pleased with myself because after staring at the one scene for several minutes, waiting for something to happen, I moved my mouse a little bit and look out, the menu flipped up on the piano. I had never guessed that I had to do all the work of finding the preview. Fun stuff.

The spider picture and the brown thrasher picture are spectacular. I can't wait to hear the ending of the spider saga -- specifically, how the fellows make out.

August 18, 2007 9:27 AM

josh r said:

Just made the jump to MT 4. I would highly recommend doing a fresh installation and importing all entries rather than trying to upgrade a current installation. Much cleaner.

I use Dreamhost, and it runs fairly well. It is a bit slow while publishing and stuff, but I don't ever get timeout errors.

August 18, 2007 3:02 PM

Rob said:

That's what I did, too, josh. MT couldn't import the whole blog. I'm trying another server now and it is presenting its own set of problems.

August 18, 2007 3:08 PM

Rob said:

Looks like maybe I have it now, Josh, but this is going to be a massive undertaking.

August 19, 2007 10:42 AM