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We're all about Blue Box Group

Posted on Jun 18th, 2009 by Chris

You've likely seen updates in the past week about the transition of gaia.com to a new cluster/server host.  Well every single piece and every moving part had to somehow be moved by human hands, and... More »

More performance yays

Posted on Jun 18th, 2009 by Chris

Gaia.com now gets a 97% (excellent) mark on the Apdex index (a measure of user satisfaction): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apdex That was in the 60-70s previously with EY (meaning the site response was poor to occasionally frustrating). And... More »

How much faster is Gaia now?

Posted on Jun 16th, 2009 by Chris

6 times faster: See the Response Time column.  Monday and Tuesday were before our move, Wednesday-Sunday were after. For the geeks: Our rails solution was migrated from EngineYard to Blue Box Group . We left... More »

We did it

Posted on Jun 11th, 2009 by Chris

The site is now running live on BlueBoxGroup servers, as of yesterday morning.  Mega kudos to Jesse and Stephen, and Ry and Franc from our team.  It could not have gone more perfectly. We've always... More »

Have updated my 'role' page...

Posted on Feb 13th, 2009 by Chris

http://chris.gaia.com/blog/2008/2/my_role_in_the_gaia_community I cut out all the jazz and electricity, and have tuned it way down, to a level of reality.  And I can't help but notice that in describing my role here, I do a... More »

A Gaia manifesto

Posted on Jun 16th, 2008 by Chris

"Believe, and you shall be right, for you shall save yourself; doubt, and you shall again be right, for you shall fall. The only difference is that to believe is greatly to your advantage." These... More »

More hints...

Posted on Apr 3rd, 2008 by Chris

Gaia Resonance - Start Here

Posted on Feb 18th, 2008 by Chris

(From http://pods.gaia.com/how_tos_and_faqs/discussions/view/245938 ) A magic little secret resides within Gaia + , one that could connect you with new friends and souls that you may never otherwise meet.  We call it the Resonance Engine . ... More »

Gaia+... A little hint...

Posted on Feb 13th, 2008 by Chris

Another/Way

Posted on Jan 27th, 2008 by Chris

Everyone else seems eager and dutiful...   but the deeper way seems lonely and confusing. Everyone else seems clear and definite...   but the deeper way seems dark and uncertain. What is a person to... More »