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Shared server ‘perseus’ offline for unscheduled hardware replacement Posted (August 8th, 2011 at 12:36 am PST) by patrickm We regret to report that the shared server ‘perseus’ had to be taken offline to perform a file-system integrity check, as it came back from a reboot with a read-only file-system too many times. Unfortunately, this process did not work and we are now replacing the hardware for this server and once that is complete, we will be restoring the server from backups. Once this begins, the server will remain online during the restore. We will update this post with details!

Update Aug 8th, 4:35pm PDT: The file system check continues, unabated. We have no ETA on when this will finish, but you can be sure that we will keep you up to date as this issue progresses. – Jason

Update Aug 8th, 1:00pm PDT: The file system check seems to have restarted due to errors, and is back to 25%. We are working on alternative plans to get this server back up, such as restoring from backup. More information to come. -Justin

Update Aug 8th, 11:00am PDT: The file system check is still running normally. It is now up to 46.2% completed. -Justin

Update Aug 8th, 10:00am PDT: The file system check is still progressing nicely. It is now up to 30% completed. -Justin

Update Aug 8th, 9:30am PDT: The hardware replacement has been successful, the server so far is running stable. Unfortunately the many reboots from the old hardware issues made the filesystem inconsistent so it is having to do a file system check now. It is currently 17.6% done. Now that the hardware is working and we can give percentages of the progress of the fsck, we will update this post more regularly with the progress. -Justin

Update Aug 8th, 8:00am PDT: Our apologizes for the extended downtime, we do have our admin team on the case and they are trying to replace the problematic hardware (raid card), which should be the faster and less downtime method for fixing this server. When we have a definite answer on if this replacement will be a permanent fix, or if more serious hardware replacement is needed, we will update this post. -Justin

Update Aug 8th, 6:00am PDT: We are now replacing the hardware for this server. We will update this post with a status on the restoration of data! -PatrickM

Update Aug 8th, 5:54am PDT: We have replaced the RAID controller for this server and restarted the file-system integrity check. We do not yet have an ETA for this, but we will update this post shortly with more details! -PatrickM

Update Aug 8th, 5:00am PDT: We are in the process of replacing the RAID controller for this server in the hopes that it helps us to complete this check. We will update this post shortly with news! -PatrickM

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Put me in the Three Computers for Everyone: desktop iMac, 11” Air, and iPad. Mini is right: the iPad and Air are different machines for different uses. But I love that iPad form factor.

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I’m going to play Carnac here for a bit and answer the question that I’m sure is on some of your minds…

If the MacBook Air were introduced at or near the same time, would I have bought the iPad or the Air or both? Well, I think I would have bought both eventually. The reason: They are…

"If you, as an author, see the iPad as a place to ‘publish’ your next book, you are completely missing the point. What do you think would have happened if George Orwell had the iPad? Do you think he would have written for print then copy and pasted his story into the iBookstore? If this didn’t work out well, do you think he would have complained that there aren’t any serious-readers anymore? No. He would have looked at the medium, then blown our minds."

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"the most important part of learning physics comes by doing, and so students who outsource their homework learn little. His studies of his students prove his point. The cheaters generally perform far worse than other students come test time—students who frequently copied their homework scored two letter grades lower on comparable material on the exam."

High-Tech Cheating on Homework Abounds, and Professors Are Partly to Blame - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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The Accident of the Additional Last Line

XII. “Daphne with her thighs in bark Stretches toward me her leafy hands”, — Subjectively. In the stuffed-satin drawing-room I await The Lady Valentine’s commands, Knowing my coat has never been Of precisely the fashion To stimulate, in her, A durable passion; Doubtful, somewhat, of the value Of well-gowned approbation Of literary effort, But never of The Lady Valentine’s vocation: Poetry, her border of ideas, The edge, uncertain, but a means of blending With other strata Where the lower and higher have ending; A hook to catch the Lady Jane’s attention, A modulation toward the theatre, Also, in the case of revolution, A possible friend and comforter. Conduct, on the other hand, the soul “Which the highest cultures have nourished” To Fleet St. where Dr. Johnson flourished; Beside this thoroughfare The sale of half-hose has Long since superseded the cultivation Of Pierian roses.

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H. S. Mauberley (Life and Contacts) [Part I] by Ezra Pound  : The Poetry Foundation [poem] : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry.

"As for the dance for “A Million Ways,” we’d come out with our second record and we didn’t want to do the same dance that we’d done for our first. My sister choreographed a new one for us, and we worked on it in our backyard. The video was a practice tape, but there was something so funny and awkward and weird about it that we just sent it around to friends. Then it suddenly had 500,000 hits, which was more records than we’d ever sold."

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A PLE (personal learning environment) is: a system that helps learners take control of and manage their own learning. This includes providing support for learners to set their own learning goals, manage their learning, manage both content and process, and communicate with others in the process of learning.

In contrast, a virtual learning environment (VLE) or learning management system (LMS), such as Blackboard or Moodle, is: a software system designed to help teachers by facilitating the management of educational courses for their students, especially by helping teachers and learners with course administration. The system can often track the learners’ progress, which can be monitored by both teachers and learners.

Notice the difference? A VLE/LMS is all about controlling how you learn. A PLE is about giving you control over how you learn.

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The set of Greg Gasman’s production of Wait Until Dark. Jammer’s Bar and Dinner Theatre.

"To pull out of this tailspin, writers and their patrons both will have to make some necessary changes—and quick. With so many newspapers and magazines closing, with so many commercial publishers looking to nonprofit models, a few bold university presidents could save American literature, reshape journalism, and maybe even rescue public discourse from the cable shout shows and the blogosphere. At the same time, young writers will have to swear off navel-gazing in favor of an outward glance onto a wrecked and lovely world worthy and in need of the attention of intelligent, sensitive writers. I’m not calling for more pundits—God knows we’ve got plenty. I’m saying that writers need to venture out from under the protective wing of academia, to put themselves and their work on the line. Stop being so damned dainty and polite. Treat writing like your lifeblood instead of your livelihood. And for Christ’s sake, write something we might want to read."

The Death of Fiction? | Mother Jones