Archive March 2009

Generating Useful Error Pages With Pound

March 18, 2009 in Learning Outcomes

We use Pound as a reverse-proxy and load-balancing frontend to our web cluster here in the office. Today we had some NAT problems with our proxy server and ended up with some server downtime. Pound defaults to outputting a cryptic error message when it can’t reach a valid host:

Learning Outcomes : Posters This Year

March 4, 2009 in Learning Outcomes

We have completed a huge amount of posters so far this school year and we keep cranking them out. To the left you can see a few of our recent projects. This past year I have learned a lot very quickly in the creative atmosphere of EMU Marketing. I thought I might share a few of the things I’ve discovered about working with print on tight deadlines.