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Personal Buying Trend
I've been noticing a personal buying trend when I buy things, this trend dates back to my days in the Navy ( Read more... ) -
Why do people hate us?
I'm really wondering, why do people hate web developers? This is an interesting topic, because without web developers, there would be no Interactive Internet. Maybe there would, but it wouldn't be on websites.
- I got banned from a draconian IRC network ...
- I've been harassed ...
- I've been denied participation privs on some projects.
- Someone I used ( Read more... )
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Switched
Cherokee is now live. This really simple-to-use server has some pretty powerful features, too. But, its not everything we need, since there's no simple way to set up no-www redirection without having one virtual host per redirect for each domain. When you're hosting ten domain names, ten extra virtual hosts just for redirection is a bit much. ( Read more... ) -
New Web Software
One of my cohorts in the #php IRC channel has discovered a new web server. We've been using lighttpd for years, and its great and all, but ..... its not the best ( Read more... ) -
Damn Hackers
Someone known as "lechiffre" has hacked Varus Online. I do not know how much account information they managed to acquire. However, here is what I do know:- "lechiffre" either is a student at Eastern Illinois University, or they compromised a machine there to make it act as their proxy. All their accesses, their entire attack came from the same IP.
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Automatic List Inclusion
I hate being included on lists. Mainly, those lists for which I was never offered a choice to opt-in, but find myself having to opt-out of anyway. Sometimes I haven't even heard of the list, sometimes I have. Sometimes my wish to be excluded from lists isn't honored and I'm put on them anyway ( Read more... ) -
GPL: The Popular Draconian License
So I was reading through the GPL, and it seems rather draconian to me. It takes away freedoms that are needed for business to operate and maintain its confidential materials. It also takes away freedom to reduce operating costs ( Read more... ) -
Reflection: Radio Shack
December 2008, I returned something I bought from Radio Shack. When I made the return, I was never even asked if I had my credit card with me. I was told the policy was to always give returns on their gift cards. I wanted my money back, not a damn gift card, but that apparently wasn't their policy. I asked if I could buy something and then ( Read more... ) -
Getting Ready for Migration
I'm getting vCore, our new unified core foundation software up to speed and in the process of debugging. I've installed the latest version on the servers, and I'm prepping the database server for vCore ( Read more... ) -
AT&T is Fiber
AT&T U-verse operates on fiber. Yes, fiber. I don't know why people keep trying to tell me its not fiber, because I'm on fiber, I have seen the piece of glass that brings me the tubes. Tubes come into the house on a Cat5e cable ( Read more... )