Time for updates

by Jonathan in Jonaize, Life on Tuesday April 10, 2007 at 2009hours

Now that FO’s finally over, I can finally get back my other 3 FYP group members.

FYP’s been coming along (though at a slow pace).

Very busy on the Jonaize front lately. Like busy with a capital B.

School’s starting in a week, can’t really bare to have to have school take up so much time again. I’ve been having too much fun out lately. =)

And here’s another song from my MP3 collection. heh. =D
High School Musical - Start of Something New

Anyway, I’ve been doing a bit of personality analysis (esp after camp, when you see all the different personalities come into play) when I came across this criticism (depicting the ‘worst scenario of events’) of my Jung Personality Type (I’m an INTJ btw).

You can’t deny that INTjs are pretty adept at many things, but one thing INTjs are really good at is over-tightening the screws, whether it is said in a metaphorical or in a literal sense. Having natural inability to judge amounts and distributions of forces often leads them to overdo things. For instance, if you ask an INTj to design a good chair to withstand the weight of one adult, when it is finished it would probably withstand the weight of one adult elephant.

- socionics.com [http://www.socionics.com/prof/intj2.htm]

Heh. Can’t really argue there eh? I find most of the criticism on that page true though. =D

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Can’t think of a title

by Jonathan in Jonaize, Life, Victoria School on Friday March 30, 2007 at 2222hours

It seems that VS and VJ is considering a merger. While i’m in FULL support of this move, I’m still uncomfortable since this means (according to a mailer by the OVA) that VS will no longer be the last remaining goverment all boys secondary school (with 131 years of history). I could go on and on, but i’ll wait for the forum that OVA is holding before I come to my full conclusion. Heh. De.ja.vu.

http://nilsinelabore.info/

Music and Lyrics is a really nice movie. Watched it earlier this week. Nice soundtrack too. “Don’t write me off” from the soundtrack can be found below. You’ll probably not get the full meaning of the song unless you’ve watched the movie, so go watch if you haven’t already! (I almost never chase people to watch non IT-related movies, so yes. You get the point =D )

Had a sudden influx of clients (Jonaize) lately, had to turn a few away due to lack of resources. Quality before quantity. Darn. I really should start expanding the size and capacity of Jonaize, but I’m not willing to do that now as I’ll be embarking on a restructuring exercise regarding the services offered by Jonaize come Q1 2008.

Sigh.

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Data loss on jonaize.com

by Jonathan in Blog, IT, Jonaize on Tuesday July 11, 2006 at 0104hours

At about 2am Singapore time today (10th July 05), the finals of the Fifa World Cup kicked off. Moments before that, my web host emailed to tell me that they, in essense, lost ALL data as a result of some complications in their hardware.

Thus you can see that my blog’s layout and skin isn’t what it used to be. Some (internal) services on jonaize.com are down for the forseable future and I’ve lost data of relative importance on the server which I had yet to backup on my computer. Worse of all, cBoard tags were lost.

If you’re a cBoard user, you’d prob. have heard this a couple of times already. I’m extremely sorry for the mishap. Aparently not all users got the email I pushed out (prob. due to a cranky mail server), so I’ll replicate it below for those who didn’t receive it.

======== cBoard Data Loss ========

Dear cBoard user,

I regret to inform you that the server that cBoard was hosted on experienced some difficulties and encountered Hard Drive errors that not even a RAID-10 was able to recover from (or so says my webhost). As a result, they lost all data and with it, cBoard tags.

I’m not pinning the blame on them as it is actually my responsibility as a service provider to make backups myself, instead of relying solely on my webhost. In that aspect I have faltered, and for that I offer my sincere apologies. The last full backup of cBoard was done on the 25th of December 2005. Your account details, however, were backed up about a week ago and have been restored accordingly.

What this basically means is that your tags are now about 7 months old. In light of the extreme age of the tags, I’ve left all cBoards empty. I completely understand if you have lost faith in cBoard, and if you wish to discontinue using this free service, simply drop me a line.

Nonetheless, life must go on and cBoard will still be offered free for those who wish to continue. God only knows how much I wish I could go back in time just a few days and do a complete backup of my data. But alas, that is not possible. Such is the price I pay for overconfidence.

A good friend reminded me, “Once bitten, twice shy”. And yes, we all must learn from our mistakes. From this day forth, cBoard tags will be backed up weekly (at the very least).

Once again, my sincere apologies for the loss and inconvenience. It is one that you should not have to bear. I do however, look forward to your continued support, should you find it in your heart to do so.

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