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Re: Vimcasts

#11

Post by nelstrom » Tue, Mar 30, 2010, 12:40 PM UTC

hubb wrote: post #9

site looks down :( http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/vimcasts.org

I gave the server a kick, so it should be back up now. Thanks for your patience.

Re: Vimcasts

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Post by nelstrom » Tue, Mar 30, 2010, 12:43 PM UTC

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #2

If you're using Chrome right-click the video and open Video in New Tab or you'll get badly-resized, and pretty much unreadable text. Looks much better in Firefox at the reduced size, but you'll probably still want to right-click and View Video to see it at its best.

Or you could subscribe to the podcast, and watch it offline: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcas...

Re: Vimcasts

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Post by nelstrom » Tue, Mar 30, 2010, 12:55 PM UTC

rmoriz wrote: post #7

rmoriz wrote: post #6

awesome. please continue!

One note: please activate page caching. looks like your slicehost is quite busy atm.

Vimcasts.org runs on Radiant CMS, which has page caching enabled by default. My problem was too many app instances spinning up. I've limited the PassengerMaxPoolSize and PassengerMaxInstancesPerApp both to 2, which seems to have fixed it.

I appreciate this burst of traffic to help me get to the bottom of this.

Re: Vimcasts

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Post by tfh » Tue, Mar 30, 2010, 12:56 PM UTC

The site is beautifully designed. Minimal, simple and effective. just like vim :)

Re: Vimcasts

#15

Post by hello_moto » Tue, Mar 30, 2010, 1:20 PM UTC

nelstrom, may I request for screencasts geared toward beginners? :D

Re: Vimcasts

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Post by thibaut_barrere » Tue, Mar 30, 2010, 1:21 PM UTC

nelstrom wrote: post #11

hubb wrote: post #9

site looks down :( http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/vimcasts.org

I gave the server a kick, so it should be back up now. Thanks for your patience.

Hi Drew - I'm trying to find an email to contact you but cannot, I'll try here then: I'd like to add vimcasts to learnivore.com, is it possible ?

Re: Vimcasts

#17

Post by nelstrom » Tue, Mar 30, 2010, 1:23 PM UTC

hello_moto wrote: post #15

nelstrom, may I request for screencasts geared toward beginners? :D

Of course - and you're not the only one asking. The latest episode on modal editing ("the newbie killer") is a step back to basics. However, I don't intend to cover the material that you can find in the vimtutor.

Re: Vimcasts

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Post by nelstrom » Tue, Mar 30, 2010, 1:25 PM UTC

thibaut_barrere wrote: post #16

nelstrom wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I gave the server a kick, so it should be back up now. Thanks for your patience.

Hi Drew - I'm trying to find an email to contact you but cannot, I'll try here then: I'd like to add vimcasts to learnivore.com, is it possible ?

You'll get me with drew at the domain name. Sorry that's not more obvious.

Re: Vimcasts

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Post by brown9-2 » Tue, Mar 30, 2010, 1:27 PM UTC

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #2

If you're using Chrome right-click the video and open Video in New Tab or you'll get badly-resized, and pretty much unreadable text. Looks much better in Firefox at the reduced size, but you'll probably still want to right-click and View Video to see it at its best.

Thanks, I was just about to ask about the badly-resized video.

Also, thanks for revealing this "open Video in new tab" feature I've never seen before. Chrome is very pleasing in this manner.

Re: Vimcasts

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Post by hello_moto » Tue, Mar 30, 2010, 1:53 PM UTC

nelstrom wrote: post #17

hello_moto wrote: post #15

nelstrom, may I request for screencasts geared toward beginners? :D

Of course - and you're not the only one asking. The latest episode on modal editing ("the newbie killer") is a step back to basics. However, I don't intend to cover the material that you can find in the vimtutor.

Thanks!