So, Down‘s Beneath the Tides came up on shuffle this morning and it sent me down a whirlpool of nostalgia. The song/album isn’t that old – it was released in 2007 – but it’s a misheard lyric that did me in. Real lyric: Beneath the tides of the washout Misheard lyric: Beware the tides of… Continue reading Beware the Tides of the War Cow
Category: Work
Nothing is ever according to plan
This evening was loosely planned out. We (the collective we (when is ‘we’ not collective? I guess I meant extended.) – including Pistolette and hubby) have our old friends and progenitors of PizzaNight™ in town tomorrow, so I found myself with a free Friday night. And before she kills me with either her .50cal Desert… Continue reading Nothing is ever according to plan
Maximum Capacity
Disclaimer: the number in this post isn’t what bothers me. I don’t want to hear bitching about numbers (mine especially or yours), unless you’re unhappy about yours and want to do something about it. I hopped on the scale recently (something I’ve never owned before, and still rarely step on), the other day, and saw… Continue reading Maximum Capacity
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Long day, I’m tired. I don’t want to be conscious any more today. I’m going to say this counts, as I just wrote you a haiku. Goodnight.
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
Done is the Engine of More.
A while ago, I was introduced to the Cult of Done. For me, it is quite simple, quite obvious, and I identify with it on a number of levels. In the spirit of the manifesto set forth and in combination with a generally needed re-ordering of my day-to-day schedule and goals, I’ve figured out a… Continue reading Done is the Engine of More.
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
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.
Best Song Title to Describe My Mood
Venom’s Aaaaaaarrghh from their 1983 album At War with Satan.
Hiding Spam Comments
Thanks to an article from SANS ISC, I have been working for the past two weeks on a new spam-reduction technique for WordPress. It’s really simple, only 2 lines of code, really. The first is in the comments.php page (if your custom theme doesn’t have this file, use the one from the default theme). Around… Continue reading Hiding Spam Comments