Jill Sobule with Sex Mob at Union Hall, 2/15/2013
Colin McGrath opened. The oddest moment of the night was when he told us he had never heard Jill before, but sound check was great. Jill played with Sex Mob, who she apparently first heard at the old...
View Articleiptables: connlimit
Today we were effectively subjected to a DDoS attack by a badly behaved client raiding one of our web servers. We decided to rate-limit HTTP connections, which turned out to be pleasantly simple. I...
View ArticleSolaris patching is broken because Oracle is dumb and irresponsible
I am setting up a Solaris 10 system, starting from S10U10 (Solaris 10 Update 10) as a starting point to match another server. Solaris includes a registration wizard that comes up automatically after...
View Article4th St. NiteOwls, Freddy’s, March 29th, 2014
Gavin played with the NiteOwls at Freddy’s. Photos Jack I’m Mellow Breaking the Ice Busy Bee A Sin to Tell a Lie When Day is Done Louisiana Fairy Tale Crazy about My Baby A Porter’s Love Song to a...
View ArticleThe Doubleclicks at The Way Station, with Sarah Donner, April 4, 2014
Photos Sarah Donner opened: Rogue Heartbreaker Bitches You Can Steal My Shit The Motherfucking Pterodactyl (see also the Oatmeal’s great animated video) The Rebuttal of Schroedinger’s Cat (no video...
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Austin BBQ
Achievement unlocked I flew to Austin, TX for the SC15 conference. I had two personal goals: to eat BBQ for lunch or dinner every day, and to stay within Austin. Aside from visits to small towns around...
View ArticleGreat Soundtracks
Great soundtracks for great movies Blues Brothers Breakfast Club Buena Vista Social Club Chef From Dusk Till Dawn Ghost Dog: the Way of the Samurai Grosse Pointe Blank Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1...
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Tiv’s Banjo Jams
Our friend Tiv played banjo and guitar at Freddy’s last Friday. She started and ended with covers but the middle tunes were original. https://www.freddysbar.com/events/tivs-banjo-jams I hope to see...
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iPhone 15 Resolution Weirdness
For years iPhone camera resolution has been 3,024 × 4,032 = 12 megapixels. Last year the iPhone 14 Pro Main Camera (previously called Wide) was upgraded to 6,048 × 8,064 = 48MP, but actually seeing all...
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National Grid’s Amazingly Awful Autopay
A few weeks ago I changed my National Grid (NE US gas utility) autopay settings. When I finished the status was “Pending-Enrollment”. I was a little disconcerted, since I had no confirmation that I’d...
View ArticleD&D 5E 2024 Multiple Attack Rules
The 2024 revisions of the D&D 5th Edition rules make many changes, and complicate multiple attacks per round even more. I spent some time trying to disentangle it all, and here’s what I came up...
View ArticleD&D Bastion Notes
The 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide for Dungeons & Dragons has a whole chapter on Bastions, character homes/fortresses with special abilities and characteristics. We’ve been discussing them extensively...
View ArticleD&D: Level 5 Bastion Special Facilities
After my DM pointed out an error on crafting time, I recalculated the production of Level 5 Bastion Special Facilities. At Level 9 Bastions can craft a range of magical items, but at Level 5 they’re...
View ArticleHiring System Administrators
My friend Bjorn wrote a series on hiring programmers, which made me think about the similarities and differences in hiring system administrators at non-profits. One thing I worry about is team...
View ArticleElizabeth, v3, #1
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Elizabeth. She lived in a house by the woods with her large family. As the oldest child, Elizabeth helped take care of her siblings, especially when her parents...
View ArticleElizabeth, v3, #2
As Elizabeth wandered she had been gathering nuts and a few flowers to bring home. With a handful of acorns, Elizabeth stepped up to peer into the clearing. In the middle she saw the hindquarters of a...
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