Quick: A Wiki!
I’ve updated the wiki software running wiki.novemberborn.net to a customized version of i2, the app behind the Ruby on Rails wiki. At first glance it’s a lot more responsive, and I hope it won’t go down as much as the previous incarnation.
Currently it’s being run off Webrick, which is set to be replaced by a lean Lighttpd server. Some problems however are preventing this right now. I’ll write about the new app later when these issues are resolved. I’ll also publish the source then.You can find the source in this post.
Anyway, that’s what I’ve been busy with the past week. Before that, during the winter break from university I’ve been working, hence the slow updates here. But with the wiki out of the way, it’s finally time to focus on sIFR 3 :)
Talk to you again soon,
Appears the wiki is down.
Jordan Arentsen | 16 January 2006, 07:02 | link
Just a thought: maybe you should use a stable script to run a public wiki? ;)
There are tons of well tested PHP solutions (dokuwiki, pmwiki, mediawiki come to mind). The drawback of those is their lower coolness factor compared to Rails stuff, though…
Roel | 16 January 2006, 09:49 | link
Jordan, too bad. It stayed up for two days though :)
Roel, the problem is that I’m using a Ruby based webserver, instead of something stronger like Lighttpd. I’m still planning on moving to that server, if not for those strange problems I’m seeing.
Mark Wubben | 16 January 2006, 11:30 | link
Hmm, it seems that finding the differences for the revisions is too much for either Webrick or the wiki itself. I’ve disabled that for now, let’s hope it helps :)
Mark Wubben | 16 January 2006, 11:49 | link
I’m also seeing the MSN search bot hammering pages and actions which no longer exist. I’m disallowing spidering of those pages through the
robots.txtfile now.Mark Wubben | 16 January 2006, 11:55 | link
For the record, let me just state that I absolutely love Ruby and Rails SOLELY because Rails is “cool.”
Also, since it’s for the record and all, let me state that PHP is like so much puke coming out of my anus (amazing, no?) when compared to Ruby.
There is, in fact, a concept of using a tool because it is better designed and a joy to use over whether or not people have already done the work with the tool for you.
Come for the wiki, stay for the banter!
Seth Thomas Rasmussen | 15 February 2006, 23:56 | link
Seth, I’m not sure what you are onto, but i didn’t quite like existing wiki software, so I simply took matters into my own hands.
Mark Wubben | 16 February 2006, 00:06 | link
My comment was in response to the tired implication that Ruby and/or Rails are hype wrapping a vacuum.
I’m not quite sure why you thought it had anything to do with your reasons for switching software.
Wiki works great, by the way, thank you.
Seth Thomas Rasmussen | 16 February 2006, 02:24 | link