Oh bother

From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)16 Jul 2009 06:54
To: ALL1 of 12

Just realised that the Windows Azure definition of a "Compute hour" is "An hour for which your website is available", rather than "An hour of CPU time".

 

Which means my lovely new website is now being rewritten in JRuby to be hosted on Google AppEngine.

From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)16 Jul 2009 06:58
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) 2 of 12
This bloody application's turning my whole world inside out. Hosting on Google, writing code in Java, needing to buy a Mac... I'll be growing a beard and going vegan at this rate.
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)16 Jul 2009 10:34
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) 3 of 12
This is your chance for true happiness though Mark. Embrace it and feel the love. Free yourself of Baldy Balmer's shackles. We're here for you!
From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)16 Jul 2009 10:50
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 4 of 12
It's not right, though.
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)16 Jul 2009 11:58
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) 5 of 12
But it is, and you will come to realise this on your way to nirvana. Just don't forget to smell the flowers on the way. (flower)
EDITED: 16 Jul 2009 11:59 by MR_BASTARD
From: Manthorp16 Jul 2009 22:13
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 6 of 12
And wear some funny in your hair.
From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)17 Jul 2009 23:06
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 7 of 12

I am now smelling the flowery smell of #! Linux on my netbook, because running JRuby on Windows sucks monkey arses.

 

Actually, if anybody's looking for a really lightweight distro, #! is worth a look. It's a stripped-down and optimized version of Ubuntu 9.04, and very minimalist in a Zen sort of way. No start menu or anything.

From: Mal (BAD)18 Jul 2009 01:26
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) 8 of 12
They certainly deserve a prize finding a name that is entirely impossible to search for using google. Twats. :S
From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)18 Jul 2009 01:38
To: Mal (BAD) 9 of 12
crunchbang
From: ANT_THOMAS18 Jul 2009 01:47
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) 10 of 12
That actually looks fairly interesting as a fully functional version of ubuntu for me to run XBMC on.
From: Mal (BAD)18 Jul 2009 10:33
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) 11 of 12
Ah. Yep that looks like linux :)
From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)22 Jul 2009 08:10
To: ALL12 of 12

Given up on JRuby for the time being. It's much easier to get apps running on AppEngine if you write them in Python. But the experiment with JRuby did get me back in vi, which I count as a good thing.

 

Anybody used Django for anything substantial?