Database maintenance
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dw_maintenanceGood morning, afternoon, and evening!
We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)
I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.
Ta for now!
This and that...
Oct. 23rd, 2025 06:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cairistionaThe air is finally turning cooler, and there's a definite change in the weather pattern--we're getting rain about every week, which is much needed. I wish the rain wasn't hitting on the weekend every time, but beggars can't be choosers.
The native wild flowers are all but finished, save for a few white asters here and there and some chicory:
Bees, butterflies, and most everything except grasshoppers and crickets have all gone to wherever they go in the winter. On our trip to Kansas City, I saw a couple of monarchs, but not a single one here this year. We also saw a bald eagle on that trip, which is always a treat.
Hubby gets up at 4 am every day these days, because he likes to get to work early when no one is there to distract him, but man, it's wrecking my sleep. We're both going to bed around 8:30, but it always takes me about an hour of reading to really get relaxed enough to sleep, plus I get woken up several times during the night by Pip coming and going (and closing the door on her would NOT work--she would just sit on the other side and yell all night). I think I've reached that age where I'm not old enough to only need six hours of sleep but too old to be able to function on only six hours of sleep. Oh to be young again, right? LOL Sleeplessness and asthma/allergies are combining to remind me that I am no Energizer bunny. :P I expect I'll be taking a nap this afternoon.
Happy Thursday, all.
The native wild flowers are all but finished, save for a few white asters here and there and some chicory:
Bees, butterflies, and most everything except grasshoppers and crickets have all gone to wherever they go in the winter. On our trip to Kansas City, I saw a couple of monarchs, but not a single one here this year. We also saw a bald eagle on that trip, which is always a treat.
Hubby gets up at 4 am every day these days, because he likes to get to work early when no one is there to distract him, but man, it's wrecking my sleep. We're both going to bed around 8:30, but it always takes me about an hour of reading to really get relaxed enough to sleep, plus I get woken up several times during the night by Pip coming and going (and closing the door on her would NOT work--she would just sit on the other side and yell all night). I think I've reached that age where I'm not old enough to only need six hours of sleep but too old to be able to function on only six hours of sleep. Oh to be young again, right? LOL Sleeplessness and asthma/allergies are combining to remind me that I am no Energizer bunny. :P I expect I'll be taking a nap this afternoon.
Happy Thursday, all.