Having dealt with this lost connection issue more than a few times I thought I should write down the solution.
From the Mongrel FAQs:
Q: Mongrel stops working if it’s left alone for a long time.
If you find that Mongrel stops working after a long idle time
and you’re using MySQL then you’re hitting a bug in the [...]
The Germiest Places in America - Health.com
break out the purell
(tags: health article germs lifehacks)
Prior to reading reading a Jakob Nielsen article on the 10 *wrong* things one can do with a blog I was on the fence, really, as to whether having a photo was useful or not. But his argument seems pretty convincing:
2. No Author Photo
Even weblogs that provide author bios often omit the author photo. A [...]
Ubuntu Customization Guide
(tags: ubuntu linux themes guide howto)
As parents of a 7, 5 and 2 year old, watching the content your kids access becomes an issue pretty fast. When you see odd domain names in the URL history you know you need to put something in place. I tried glubble, but it was unnecessarily complex and bloated. I was happy to [...]