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Seriously.
PHP5 = really really slow with our codebase. Tried mod_php5 and fastcgi. Both were really slow under load. Tried APC. Still slow. Reverted back to PHP4, load settled down somewhat (load avg of 3-10 depending on traffic).
Finally tried APC, and the load averages dropped to .2 with the same traffic. This indicates that the load (at least under php4) was all compilation, not traffic.
Someone please explain to me why mod_php doesn't behave like mod_perl and give you long running processes. Please?
I found iGTD the other day. I've no idea where I found it, but I decided to download and try it out.
It took a bit to get used to (wasn't quite as simple to use as the GTD scripts for OmniOutliner), but once I got the swing of things it is damned nice.
One thing I really like is that it syncs with iCal - and does so without resorting to some whack AppleScript. It uses SyncServices just like it should, and seems to be quite reliable so far.
Unlike some of the other GTD apps I tried, this thing is NOT dog slow. Its quite snappy, and has a relatively simple UI. It seems like it is just complicated enough to get what it needs to do done, and no more.
I'm going to keep using this for more and more. If I find something interesting about it, I'll post that. Or if I switch off of it to something else.
Heather and I bought yet another Mac the other night. Yesterday I ordered memory for it, and tracking it this morning showed that it would be here today. I had a few minutes available, so I grabbed a really small screw driver, popped the battery and took the memory out.
Its Apple's attention to detail that gearhead-y people like myself really appreciate. All of the PC laptops I've ever worked on would make you take the screws out, and set them aside in a safe place, then pop the cover plate. On this little macbook, the screws are captive in the plate. Take it out, and no worries about the screws, they're not going anywhere.
