At the top of Mount Taylor lies the first trig point defeated by a group walk I've been on. Steve * 3, Erin, Michael *2, Andrew, Cadell, Maddie, Mel, Neill and Jenny all made it to the top of this one, so I'm super proud of us as a group. A nice walk and Mount Taylor clearly has potential for other walks as well, so I am sure I'll return here again. [kml: 20150118]
I started chasing down the list of spec freeze exceptions that had been requested, and that resulted in the list of specs for Kilo being updated. That updated list is below, but I'll do a separate post with the exception requests highlighted soon as well. API Add more detailed network information to the metadata server: review 85673 (approved). Add separated policy rule for each v2.1 api: review 127863 (requested a spec exception). Add user limits to the limits API (as well as project limits): review 127094. Allow all printable characters in resource names: review 126696 (approved). Consolidate all console access APIs into one: review 141065 (approved). Expose the lock status of an instance as a queryable item: review 127139 (abandoned); review 85928 (approved). Extend api to allow specifying vnic_type: review 138808 (requested a spec exception). Implement instance tagging: review 127281 (fast tracked, approved). Implement the v2.1 API: review 126452 (fast tracked, approved). Improve the return codes for the instance lock APIs: review 135506. Microversion support: review 127127 (approved). Move policy validation to just the API layer: review 127160 (approved). Nova Server Count API Extension: review 134279 (fast tracked). Provide a policy statement on the goals of our API policies: review…
What would a Nova developer tell a deployer to think about before their first OpenStack install? This was the question I wanted to answer for my linux.conf.au OpenStack miniconf talk, and writing this essay seemed like a reasonable way to take the bullet point list of ideas we generated and turn it into something that was a cohesive story. Hopefully this essay is also useful to people who couldn't make the conference talk. Please understand that none of these are hard rules -- what I seek is for you to consider your options and make informed decisions. Its really up to you how you deploy Nova. Operating environment Consider what base OS you use for your hypervisor nodes if you're using Linux. I know that many environments have standardized on a given distribution, and that many have a preference for a long term supported release. However, Nova is at its most basic level a way of orchestrating tools packaged by your distribution via APIs. If those underlying tools are buggy, then your Nova experience will suffer as well. Sometimes we can work around known issues in older versions of our dependencies, but often those work-arounds are hard to implement (and…
This was a Canberra Bushwalking Club walk lead by John Evans. Not very long, but I would never have found this site without John's leadership, so much appreciated. [kml: 20150107]
I walked up to Wanniassa Trig this afternoon. It was a nice walk, the nature park is in the middle of suburban Canberra, but you couldn't tell that from within much of the park. The nature park also has excellently marked fire trails. There were really cool thunderstorms on the ranges as I walked, whilst I managed to avoid getting rained on while walking. [kml: 20150104-2]
Another day, another trig. This time with Doug, who got to play with his new radio at the top of the hill. [kml: 20141231]
I bought this book because of a review I saw online recently, and I have to say I loved it. Its interesting, humorous, and a generally fun read with a story line that I haven't seen before. Its refreshing to encounter a new author who has some genuinely new ideas to explore. I highly recommend this book.
I wasn’t happy with the behaviour of the kit lens on my Canon 650d when I shot the Christmas bottle stopper videos. I therefore decided to try out a few other cameras I had lying around before just going and buying a better lens for my Canon SLR. First off, I gave a GoPro Hero 3 a try.
This one was a super quick walk on the way to the hardware store. As well as the trig point, there was a defunct radio repeater at the top of the hill -- I believe this one was for the old analog Police radio network. [kml: 20141230]
This is a walk around another hill a short drive from my house. The track was less well defined this time, so more bush bashing. There were these star pickets with white caps along the way which marked a join between two fire trails -- I think they indicate where fire trucks should go if they need to, but I am guessing. Bagged another trig point this walk as well. See more thumbnails [kml: 20141228]