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iRail is back

6 Jul 2010 · iRail, www

After careful consideration with my lawyer Ywein Van den Brande, I have decided to put iRail back online.

The copy of the letter to the NMBS/SNCB can be viewed here.

Minor modifications have been made to make it work correctly again with the new route planner of the NMBS/SNCB (changelog); and I’ll keep working on it to optimise it (next on the todo list is a better results page). Also, feedback is always welcome… But mail me; not the NMBS/SNCB. ;)

Maxim of the day: Not amazing

1 Jul 2010 · Misc

Source.

nginx configs

30 Jun 2010 · Linux, Software, www

Been slacking a bit lately, but here they are:

/etc/nginx/nginx.conf // general nginx config
/etc/nginx/sites-available/blog // my current (as of posting this) rproxy settings for this blog
/etc/nginx/conf.d/proxy.conf // reverse proxy related config

Maxim of the day: Somehow it’s true

24 Jun 2010 · Misc

#16:

Source.

iRail slashdot effect

20 Jun 2010 · Linux, Networking, Software, iRail, www

Only because stats are pretty awesome. The effects of my media attention a few days ago. I’ll give some more info than what can be seen here.

And pretty happy I set up my nginx caching up a few weeks ago.

MRTG traffic stats on vm1, my nginx caching server, of the first 2 days (only major traffic source is this blog):

Top referrers (though not 100% accurate):

Stopping iRail.be

15 Jun 2010 · iRail, www

As I have no choice.

Geachte,
NMBS heeft onlangs vernomen dat u de uitbater bent van de website www.irail.be.

Uw website is, zoals u het zelf vermeldt, een route planner waarbij alle gegevens en informatie van NMBS website komt (“all data and info is retrieved from the B-Rail website”).

uw website maakt hergebruik van de data van NMBS. Hierdoor schendt u haar intellectuele rechten, zoals haar auteursrecht en databankrecht. Tevens maakt u zich daardoor schuldig aan het strafrechtelijk misdrijf van namaak.