Something I've wanted to do for some time (and have been talking about for far too long) is to get a "static and managed" service running on lug.org.uk's system. This will allow us to provision web applications for users in a way where we (lug.org.uk admins) control the installed app -- so we can do upgrades when necessary, and have them rolled out over the whole service.

The VM has been around for some time – it's called snm (Static 'n' Managed), and is referred to colloquially as S&M. I've finally got a couple of web apps up and running on it in the way I want. Here's how...

I watched the Cohen Brothers' The Ladykillers last night. It's a remake of the old Ealing comedy of the same title. Sadly, as with many remakes, it falls distinctly short of the earlier mark. Most of the main characters are ludicrously one-sided, and irritatingly overacted. The two main leads (Tom Hanks and Irma P. Hall) make the exception, and are actually entertaining – Hanks in particular.

Well, I've dragged myself into another small part of the 20th Century. A new website based on Drupal (after having seen the lug.org.uk site going up. This also means that I get to write a blog an occasional series of brief articles.