I know this post is technically going out on the 27th, but I’m backdating it. Tonight I had to re-write my recently created DUI.system, because the hard drive it lived on crashed, and I didn’t have a copy of it on a second drive. I don’t know how many times I’ve told people not to… Continue reading Do as I say, not as I do…
Category: Grrr…
Rants, etc.
Several Levels of Failure
I know several things went well today, I’m just going to harp on what went wrong: Truck needs an oil change/transmission fluid/pretty much every fluid change. One of the big 5-drawer tool chests is pretty banged up. Waiting ’till above is done to return. Hopefully tomorrow. 4 trips to Lowe’s today, got almost all I… Continue reading Several Levels of Failure
Dog Fighting
Bad luck wind been blowin’ on my back I was born to bring trouble wherever I’m at – Danzig, 13 Some days, you look for a fight. Other days, fights look for you. I took Indy and Bosceaux to the new dog park in City Park today. To make a short story shorter, Indy decided… Continue reading Dog Fighting
On Tagging, etc.
I hate taggers. Speaking in broad generalizations, I think taggers just a group of people who, unable to make their mark on the world, decide the next best step is to write their pseudonym in permanent marker on other people’s property. It’s juvenile and immature, and shows a distinct lack of respect for others. I’m… Continue reading On Tagging, etc.
Smartphones are dumb.
While upgrading the system software on the crackberry this morning, it decided to wipe out all my contacts. So if you are so inclined, please send you phone number along to dubtea@gmail.com. Thanks.
Downtime and EXT3 undelete
The other day, the server I share with the other bicycle/computer nerd Will (yes, there are two of us) went down. I called my friend Paul who basically runs the datacenter the box lives in to give him a heads up I’d be heading over. Paul was already having a rough work day, but still… Continue reading Downtime and EXT3 undelete
Department of Redundancy Department
I got a call (well, a text, really) this morning, prompting me to hurriedly run out of my house and head to the office. My linux server, the workhorse, the reliable one, was apparently offline. Suck. I get there, and while it is powered up, it is absolutely unresponsive. Might as well had been off.… Continue reading Department of Redundancy Department
stop. go.
I’n currently on Earhart, not moving. Why? Stupid fucking rush hour. For a long time, I’ve said that traffic congestion is worse than genocide. You can really only fully kill a group of people off once, and traffic is everywhere. When was the last time you banged your fists in anger and aggravation over Darfur?… Continue reading stop. go.
Dr. McNinja and PHP/CSS
I’ve been noticing how on one of my favorite webcomics, Dr. McNinja, the page that displayed each comic was loading pretty slow. Before: <td valign=top><table border="0"> <tr><td align=center width="175"px><a href="page.php?pageNum=1&issue=10"> <img src="/graphics/1.gif" border=0> </a> </td></tr> <tr><td align=center width="175"px><a href="page.php?pageNum=2&issue=10"> <img src="/graphics/2.gif" border=0> </a> </td></tr> <tr><td align=center width="175"px><a href="page.php?pageNum=3&issue=10"> <img src="/graphics/3.gif" border=0> </a> </td></tr> <tr><td align=center… Continue reading Dr. McNinja and PHP/CSS
More on that mod_rewrite hack.
So I implemented that mod_rewrite hack (but added string sanitizing, etc.) on a project for a client. The other morning, it failed spectacularly. It was definitely one of those “But it worked fine yesterday” moments that we all love. In this instance, the host uses cPanel (an out-of the-box hosting solution), and I was not… Continue reading More on that mod_rewrite hack.