So, this site was down for like 16 hours due to a botched update of DreamCompute by Dreamhost. Back up and running now. Will report more when I get home tonight.
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2784, the first HTTP port
Looking at a page discussing the code of the first web browser (WorldWideWeb), I noticed a line designating port 2784 as OLD_TCP_PORT. After looking into it a bit more, I determined that this was the port used for the web until port 80 was officially designated in January of 1992.
Website Snow Script
I finally built a snow animation for my site to celebrate Christmas.
Continue reading post "Website Snow Script"HTTP 2 on Ubuntu 18.04 with Apache and PHP
I recently got h2 (HTTP 2.0) running on my server.
Continue reading post "HTTP 2 on Ubuntu 18.04 with Apache and PHP"Woo-hoo. My site is finally sending h2 (HTTP 2.0).
Continue reading post "#2103"Server upgrade: Ubuntu 18.04
I’ve finally updated my server to Ubuntu 18.04 using do-release-upgrade.
I guess the WordPress setting “Automatically close comments on articles older than x days” does close pingbacks as well.
Continue reading post "#1993"Comments closed
I have decided to disable comments on my blog, but leave pingbacks / trackbacks enabled.
Continue reading post "Comments closed"First play with ES modules, rollup, webpack
I played with ES modules, rollup, and webpack on my site for the first time over the weekend.
Continue reading post "First play with ES modules, rollup, webpack"Supporting HTTP 0.9
I recently added support for HTTP 0.9 to my site. I have access to no browsers that use that protocol, and it’s highly unlikely that anybody is visiting sites with one. Why support it then? It’s not that hard (for me), and it fits with the progressive enhancement related concept that all browsers should be able to use the most basic functionality of a website that they are capable of.
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