May 2008
41 posts
07:41 I do wish Macs had contextual clicks/functions on a region of the track-pad similar to what IBM ThinkPads have. The Air’s gestures may help. #
09:22 Rachel Ray is a jihadist muslim. is.gd/oca More at10. Also, Fox News is made up of total idiots…115% total idiocy. #
13:44 Handy-dandy SANS ISC cheat-sheet: isc.sans.org/presentations/iscflyer.pdf #
16:06 Headed home to prep...
Failure Tolerance - the Google way →
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Google rolls out a new cluster and has 1,000 failures per 1,800 servers. Wow.
Another ‘gotta think about this’ article, this time via Stephen Shankland’s news.com’s…
08:31 I went to visit my first niece yesterday. I had the camera, but didn’t get any photos taken since I was too busy holding her. #
16:32 Heading out to the co-op to pick up ingredients so I can commence meddling with macaron manufacturing. #
13:45 I am intrigued by your ideas; I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Also, I would like to have a barbeque Friday. #
17:21 Lowe’s ads in Minneapolis parks? As if the taxes paid, parking fees paid, permit fees paid and private donations aren’t enough already. Ick. #
17:25 Continuing netflow & PIX log analysis discussion at conference room g[reat waters brewing...
10:16 I hate Mondays, especially when they’re Tuesdays. #
See →
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I don’t think I’ve seen a more succinct review of crocs. Please take them off now.
See This is how stupid U look
i thot u liekd mai shooz.
picture: dunno…
Geohashing →
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This could make for teh funz. I still haven’t starting geo caching after getting a GPS for a wedding gift…
08:51 I’m going camping this weekend in Lanesboro. I need to find my pedals though… #
The trouble with Teflon →
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I <3 my All-Clad stainless pan set.
Farm Bill tension had me sequestered in the kitchen these past few evenings. With most things house-related, I find frustration to be…
08:09 Ahoy-hoy, twitterverse. Lots to do today: track down bots, write some policy, review some policy, compile some data, write a report. Funfun. #
10:32 Twitterers: Go take a look at www.getdropbox.com and d msg me your email if you want an invite. Looks sweet. #
17:14 I wish Jesse Ventura would’ve left the country when he said he was going to. For someone that hates the media, he...
L Root Name Server Identity Theft →
The L root name server is run by ICANN and until recently, this server had an address of 198.32.64.12. On 24 October 2007, ICANN announced it was changing to the address to 199.7.83.42, effective 1 November 2007.
…if you inadvertently went looking for the old L root name server [after] this time, you might have ended up at any one of four very different places!
GM lost 285,000 units to American Axle strike →
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Uh, wouldn’t this be a good thing for GM right now, since they can’t sell anything? Free downtime without having to pay your line workers…
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"Security": Whose Responsibility? →
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It occurs to me that we do a lot of things well where I work. To an extent, this is inline with how we operate.
I assume readers of this blog are familiar with the…
Houston being overrun by electronics-killing ants →
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That’s one problem I never expected to have in IT…
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
We’ll let you read the hed again — nope, it’s not a joke. Apparently…
09:08 Am I the only one alarmed by this? Someone assumed the IP of the previously deactivated L.root-servers.net for some months. is.gd/iNh #
12:11 Please make sure you signal and check over your shoulder before changing lanes. Every single time. Motorcycles are much smaller than autos. #
07:00 Dear web 2.0 sites: SSL is not a “premium feature”, it’s essential from sign-in. Stop charging more for security. Thankyoumuch, that is all. #
07:23 Lazyweb: please share your experiences with Splunk. (# of hosts, rate of events, performance under load, ease of use/insight into activity) #
08:48 Let’s see if I can turn out a few deliverables today and avoid the sucking vortex of follow-up phone calls. #
13:11 Welcome to Minnesota, where we try to get all of our meal in one mash (hotdish, casserole etc) and “spicy” food is a dish with pepper in it. #
13:34 Minnesota actually has a decent selection of ethnic food close to authentic: Chinese, Thai, Viet,...
08:41 Heading to a friend’s to help her do some landscaping. And no, I will not be to your place to help you after I’m finished today. #
22:17 I was watching “I Am Legend” and into it, but after an hour of suspense scenes and minimal plot, I had to turn it off. Oh well. #
05:59 The sun is up and damnit, so am I. Oh well; I’m off on a nice drive to Winona once more for a meeting. Too cold/early to motorcycle though. #
12:51 Anyone out there love scraping and painting? Give me a call, I could use some help with my garage! #
17:35 I haz hate for scrub elm and maple trees sprouting up inches from my house and fence. #
22:56 Sitting outside with one of my...
07:34 I’m off to chat about an opportunity that I’m not sure of. Good pay, but I’m nervous about the company’s culture. #
11:12 Documenting our operational incident response process to use while policy & formal plans are developed. #
19:08 Sitting at granite city before Narnia in Roseville. #
19:25 Narnia filled up at 5:00. Back to GC for another beer! #
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08:41 I got my copy of “Little Brother” yesterday after work. I didn’t finish it until 8:30, minus ~4 hours of sleep. I’m slowing down in old age. #
18:05 Note to all vehicle owners: attaching plastic testes to your trailer hitch does not make you cool. Please remove them immediately. #
08:41 I’ve got my few #minnebar shots up on Flickr: flickr.com/photos/minntc/tags/minnebar/ #
21:04 Fuzzy and I spent the afternoon weeding the garden, grassing the strawberries, and moving compost and dirt around. I hate yard work. #
07:43 Making coffee then heading to #MinneBar #
10:39 #MinneBar the closed mindset of large organizations drives me crazy. Honeywell still can’t get sr mgmt involved, but at least they get it… #
11:07 A mysterious person just walked in with a projector! #
11:17 I <3 beer. #MinneBar #
12:29 #MinneBar Minnesota is the Russia of the US. Cheaper, well-balanced and too notch...
14:01 Meetings yesterday and today went extremely well. Very tough customers to please, and we did it! #
08:22 I’m all packed. Off to load the bike, then on the road to WInona. Have a good Thursday, all! #
12:55 I had a really nice ride on the moto this AM. Now working on de-IRCing a few systems and planning responses to some audit findings. #
I apologize to you all.
I just dumped double or triple posts into the feed. I did not intend that. I have decided I can not do what I want to do with Tumblr, and will be looking to migrate to a “real” platform soon. Probably WordPress, but I don’t know yet. Grr.
08:15 Working from home this morning to get one report written, another reviewed, and get some planning down on paper. #
08:37 I’m *really* digging the new NiN album “The Slip”…not sure why it took me so dang long to actually go get it. #
08:45 Disclaimer: I own more NiN than any other except perhaps The Beatles and Johnny Cash. Aside: I’m glad I can no longer...
10:42 Lots of motorcycles and scooters parked downtown today. So many that I had to park in a ramp. That’ll teach me for not getting in earlier. #
11:24 My pics from May Day in Powderhorn: www.flickr.com/photos/minntc/tags/powderhorn/ #
13:06 [Reminder] note to self (since I already knew this): Never say something that does (or may) overtly or covertly imply a woman is old. Never. #
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11:42 St the Living Green Expo with all the hippies and looking for lunch. Good times! #
21:18 Bought a Belgian dubbel kit to brew tomorrow. Next one will be a wit or Belgian blonde, nice summer beers. #
21:28 I think I might have let my ESB settle too much when I bottled. Not ready after three weeks, and no yeast in the bottle at all. #
21:40 Unless that beer just hasn’t settled...
07:39 Today: Meetings, phone calls, report writing. Visit family and a new baby tonight. Tomorrow is hippie-fest (Living Green Expo @ fairgrounds) #
14:41 *sigh* Brightkite setup can’t detect that you left off http:// and add it for you. LEARN UI DESIGN! #
16:24 It’s days like today in Minnesota that make me want to throw some clothes into a pack and head south and west. #
07:46 Just RSVP’d to attend #SMBMSP 3.0 on May 16 at Concordia. Are you going? tinyurl.com/63vfaf #
08:05 The new (ISC)^2 digital publication looks like it was created by a print mag person, images splitting pages, etc. & no online version. WHY!? #
08:02 Interesting data points on consulting and billing. tinyurl.com/5eoc7z #