Time to take his guns, right?
Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dead at 84.
Thanks to Cy for the bad joke.
Catchup blogging is easier!
I do like the new server…
First, things overheard:
Apparently wordpress works with gravatars:
And to make wifi work properly on ubuntu:
Well, now that I can post more quickly…
The primary result is that I bookmark more things!
Just to go back to my regular method; here are things overheard that I liked:
- Overheard in New York | Finally, Someone Understands That the Terms Are Mutually Exclusive.
- Overheard in New York | He Wasn’t, Incidentally
- Overheard in New York | When the Pretenders Ride the Train
- Overheard in New York | We Have Special Clubs for That
Not to get too fanboy-like, but jwz has had a fantastic week of blogging:
Other funny things:
- Star Wars comes to Holyhead as Darth Vader strikes back in Jedi’s back garden – Telegraph
- Flying Spaghetti Monster Statue Outside of Tennessee Courthouse | Laughing Squid
And since I’m not quite done with the new server, some more geeky things:
- Gentoo Forums :: View topic – Mini-Howto webapp-config install of awstats
- amavisd-new documentation bits and pieces
- Blocking spammers with Postfix HELO controls
- Shared automatic whitelists of MTAs
- MailZu – amavisd mysql admin
- Amavisd Quarantine with amavisnewsql squirrelmail plugin | Uno-Code
- Beating Spam and Viruses with amavisd-new and Maia Mailguard
- Photo Exhibit (photoXhibit): a WordPress Photo Manager and Gallery Plugin | The Book and the Cover
Oh, and happy April fools day. Grace was the big prankster this year. Acorn, tree. Not far.
Catch blogging, expect more frequent updates now that the server is faster!
In honor of the new server, we’ll start out with geeky links first:
- Top 10 WordPress CMS Plugins | Blueprint Design Studio
- WP Super Cache 0.6 – Holy Shmoly!
- The WordPress Expert
- WordPress MU › Home
- Gentoo Linux Documentation — Gentoo LVM2 installation
- The Unix Geek: Why I switched back to Ubuntu
- the { buckblogs :here }: Mongrel, SSL, and Apache 1.3
- Ext2fsd – http://ext2.yeah.net
- Dynamically configured mass virtual hosting – Apache HTTP Server
- Gentoo Linux Documentation — Gentoo mailfiltering gateway guide
- Gentoo Linux Documentation — Gentoo mailfiltering gateway guide
- Mass Install/Upgrade WordPress with Gentoo + webapp_config | SYP
- CodeChimp.net » Turning on Dynamic VHosts in Apache 2 on Gentoo Linux
- MySQL :: MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual :: 5.1.3 System Variables
- Get Back your Screen Space: Maximize Firefox Viewing Area | MakeUseOf.com
- Trusted Root – Root Sign Certificate for Microsoft Certificate Services CA / Inhouse CA
- http://mail.cc.umanitoba.ca/drac/courier-exec.txt
- 101 Five-Minute Fixes to Incrementally Improve Your Web Site – Inside CRM
- Srizbi now leads the spam pack :: Marshal
- Second mass hack exposed – Security – iTnews Australia
- I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Antisocial | PBS
Geeky or funny — you make the call:
Now, just funny stuff:
- DOT Creates New Lane For Reckless Drivers | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
- Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures – I Can Has Cheezburger?
- America’s Drunkest Cities: Men’s Health.com
- No returns
- Being John Malkovich script by Charlie Kaufman
- beer_spill_3.jpg (JPEG Image, 652×488 pixels)
Golf stuff (I want, but not that badly)
- Full Swing Golf Swing Simulators Let You Play Onine | BallerHouse.com
- Full Swing Golf – Golf Simulators, Indoor Golf Simulator, Club Fitting, Golf Instruction
Interesting:
Catchup blogging is the latest rage
Few overhead things this time:
Some other funny things:
- Shroud Of Turin Accidentally Washed With Red Shirt | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
- Cemetery full, mayor tells locals not to die – Wasn’t this the point of Roseanna’s Grave (1997)?
Speaking of movies:
Geeky things:
- Optimize A Fresh Ubuntu Installation – Wired How-To Wiki
- Bad Astronomy Blog » Earth and Moon, from Mars
- Forget Facebook. The Web’s platform is Firefox | Tech news blog – CNET News.com
- ‘Spam King’ pleads guilty to wire fraud – Security- msnbc.com
- *THE* classic Unix horror story | WSU Linux Users Group
- Creating a shortcut to a VPN connection – Network
- “Switch User” shortcut or command? – Neowin Forums
- the { buckblogs :here }: Mongrel, SSL, and Apache 1.3
- BBC NEWS | Magazine | What on earth is 42?
- PC World – Linux Communications Suite Enters Beta
- Google Sky
- Build A Digital Music Server – Wired How-To Wiki
- 10 Killer Firefox Extensions That You Probably Don’t Know About
- 3 Ways to access ‘Must Sign Up to View’ Sites | MakeUseOf.com
- Security guide to customs-proofing your laptop | The Iconoclast – politics, law, and technology – CNET News.com
- Has Science Found a Way to End All Wars? | Human Evolution | DISCOVER Magazine
- Breast cancer ‘master gene’ breakthrough – Telegraph
- Neatorama » Blog Archive » 10 Most Beautiful Bridges in the World
Since golf is big in my life again:
- River Place Country Club
- Northgate Country Club, Houston, Texas
- Longest Golf Holes | ForbesTraveler.com
Since we took Grace to Longhorn Cavern State Park during spring break and bought two fossils:
Political and secular things:
- atheist.jpg (JPEG Image, 780×1000 pixels)
- Reason
- ABC News: What You Don’t Know About Living in Space
- Citizen’s Arrest Attempted on Karl Rove…Twice « WriteChic Press
- Think Progress » Rove: ‘I Fully Expect To Be Indicted By The End Of The Year’
- Stumper : The Real Problem with Power’s “Monster” Remark
- Vermont towns vote to arrest Bush and Cheney | Reuters
- The Bush Memorial
No matter what happens I am going to keep believing what the tv says
No matter what happens I am going to keep believing what the tv says
2blog folder catchup
As usual, we begin with things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | Sometimes We Even Have Sex
- Overheard in New York | Upon Hearing This, Several New Yorkers Burst into Flames
- Overheard in New York | How to Get Some Personal Space on a Crowded Train
- Overheard in the Office | That’s Usually More of a Minor, but She’s Really Motivated
- Overheard in the Office | The CEO Didn’t Realize the Gravity of Mr. Cheney’s Warning Until It Was Too Late
- Overheard Everywhere | Don’t They Have, Like, a Three-Day Lifespan Anyway?
Political things (since I did, in fact, caucus last night):
- News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES | Obama rally draws thousands downtown Friday
- Daily Kos: I Refuse to Buy into the Obama Hype (now a supporter)
- John Cleese’s “Letter to America†« Things Are Looking Up…
- Elections Department
Geeky things:
- Slashdot | Obsolete Technical Skills
- Slashdot | Chroot in OpenSSH
- NASA – Total Lunar Eclipse
- Greatest technological challenges facing humanity | Science | guardian.co.uk
- Don’t Shut Off Vista UAC, There’s A Better Way – Microsoft Blog – InformationWeek
- How To Change Windows’ Logon Screensaver ~ Windows Fanatics
- Media Direct Button(other uses) – Page 4 – Notebook Forums and Laptop Discussion
Feature: Use Your Wii as a Media Center - Humor: How Grandma Sees The Remote
- SourceForge.net: ubuntuzilla » home
- Feature: Seamlessly Run Linux Apps on Your Windows Desktop
- 9 (More) Useful Websites You Should Know About, But Probably Don’t
- Table Manner Tips Every Guy Should Know
And some funny stuff:
2blog folder catchup
As usual, we begin with things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | Sometimes We Even Have Sex
- Overheard in New York | Upon Hearing This, Several New Yorkers Burst into Flames
- Overheard in New York | How to Get Some Personal Space on a Crowded Train
- Overheard in the Office | That’s Usually More of a Minor, but She’s Really Motivated
- Overheard in the Office | The CEO Didn’t Realize the Gravity of Mr. Cheney’s Warning Until It Was Too Late
- Overheard Everywhere | Don’t They Have, Like, a Three-Day Lifespan Anyway?
Political things (since I did, in fact, caucus last night):
- News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES | Obama rally draws thousands downtown Friday
- Daily Kos: I Refuse to Buy into the Obama Hype (now a supporter)
- John Cleese’s “Letter to America†« Things Are Looking Up…
- Elections Department
Geeky things:
- Slashdot | Obsolete Technical Skills
- Slashdot | Chroot in OpenSSH
- NASA – Total Lunar Eclipse
- Greatest technological challenges facing humanity | Science | guardian.co.uk
- Don’t Shut Off Vista UAC, There’s A Better Way – Microsoft Blog – InformationWeek
- How To Change Windows’ Logon Screensaver ~ Windows Fanatics
- Media Direct Button(other uses) – Page 4 – Notebook Forums and Laptop Discussion
- Feature: Use Your Wii as a Media Center
- Humor: How Grandma Sees The Remote
- SourceForge.net: ubuntuzilla » home
- Feature: Seamlessly Run Linux Apps on Your Windows Desktop
- 9 (More) Useful Websites You Should Know About, But Probably Don’t
- Table Manner Tips Every Guy Should Know
And some funny stuff:
I am going to hell?
I want to open up a christian bookstore.
Not just any christian bookstore, the wal-mart of christian bookstores.
And what do I want to call it?
Jesus Christ SuperStore!
Man, that 2blog folder fills up quickly these days!
As usual, we start with things overheard:
- Â Overheard in New York | Wednesday One-Liners: The Musical
- Â Overheard in the Office | At the TMI Olympics
- Â Overheard in the Office | You Are a Bad Man
- Â Overheard in the Office | A Very Limited Edition Reese’s Cup
- Â Overheard Everywhere | Ever Wonder What Texas Sex Ed Classes Actually Teach about Homosexuality?
- Â Overheard Everywhere | The Preschool Quality Control Spies Are at It Again
- Â Overheard in New York | Wednesday One-Liners Reach Out and Touch Someone
This week, we’ve got some things on health:
- Nine Secrets Health Insurers Don’t Want You to Know – Health.com
- Â http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
Plenty of geeky things:
- Â Geek T Shirts, Top 10 Geek T-shirts, Ten Funniest Geek Tee Shirts
- Â The Best, Free Alternatives to Nero CD/DVD Burner | MakeUseOf.com
- Â Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook
- Â Feature: Ten Must-Have Plug-ins to Power Up Pidgin
- Â Transition to digital hits Hispanics hardest – HDTV- msnbc.com
- Â DVICE: Man’s ingenuity reaches its zenith: The Wine Rack
- Â DVICE: Finally, a gadget for composers, at long last
- Â DVICE: Contemporary light saber or wine-bottle opener, you be the judge
- Â The Power User’s BlackBerry Guide: 121 CrackBerry Tips, Hacks and Resources – Inside CRM (This one is for Cy and Diane)
- Â HandBrake
A few political items:
- Â Hand-wringing About American Culture – Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge? – New York Times
- Â YouTube – john.he.is
- Â Atheist sees image of big bang in piece of toast
- Â www.BrazilianArtists.net, the A-Z of Brazilian Arts, Entertainment & Cultural Events in the UK
- Â The English language, Obamafied. – By Chris Wilson – Slate Magazine
And in the catch-all category, some funnier things:
Super-fat Tuesday?
What better way to celebrate democracy! Let’s talk about No S Diet!
OK, not for long. Here’s what’s been overheard:
- Overheard in New York | A Mighty Wind
- Overheard in New York | And Don’t Even Get Him Started on Hollywood Squares
- Overheard in New York | Whatever It Takes
- Overheard in the Office | Yadda Yadda Yadda, 24-Hours Later I’m in the ER with Poultry Up My Rectum
- Celebrity Wit | Kid Had Better Have Daddy’s Dimples
- Overheard Everywhere | But You Keep Squirming
- Overheard Everywhere | More Overheard Quotes (Page 4)
- Overheard Everywhere | More Overheard Quotes (Page 4)
- Overheard Everywhere | If the Universe Doesn’t Get You First
- Overheard Everywhere | Only the Strong Survive a New Zealand Childhood
- Overheard Everywhere | And Cock-Stopping’s an Essential Part of the Smith Charter
I found a bunch of interesting things on JMG:
- Joe. My. God.: Savage: Stone The Adulterers First
- Joe. My. God.: The Voice Mail
- Joe. My. God.: Meee-Shell
- Joe. My. God.: “A Better Version”
- Joe. My. God.: The Shopping
- Joe. My. God.: Soon To Be On A T-Shirt Near You
- Joe. My. God.: Hail Satan
- Joe. My. God.: Joe And Marty At The Dugout
- Joe. My. God.: MJB
- Joe. My. God.: Ric Weiland
- Joe. My. God.: Rules Of Friendship #17
- Joe. My. God.: Delta Flight 1857
- Joe. My. God.: Homoblivious
- Joe. My. God.: Scrumtious
- Joe. My. God.: Get Away From The Ads, You Bitch!
And while we’re on the gay thing:
- Canadian Marriage – Frequently Asked Questions
- GLAD :: How to Get Married in Massachusetts
- TheMishMash.com: You’re an Intolerant Tool If…
- Daily Garlic » Top 10 Reasons to Believe Logic Over Religion
- PoliZine » 42 Reasons We Won’t Miss President George Bush
- Pipes: Dan Savage Blog
- Center of Gravitas: It’s About Porn
- All the best drag names
Sudoku geek in me:
I’m not anonymous, but I like what they are doing:
- YTMND – The Un-Funny Truth About Scientology
- YouTube – Anonymous – Second address to Scientology
- Looking over my shoulder, The Inside Account of the Story That Almost Killed Me
- Chez Pazienza: Be Wary, Be Wary, the 10th of February: “A” for Anonymous Wants to Kick Scientology’s “S” – Media on The Huffington Post
And geeky (and security, and parenting, and work) things:
- Top 5 Creepiest Pop Culture Foreshadowings of 9/11 | snarfd
- YouGetSignal.com – Find Other Web Sites Hosted on a Web Server
- 12 Things I Learned By 42 That I Wish I Knew At 22 | The Wisdom Journal
- Words to Inspire: Watch What You Say | Parenting | Reader’s Digest
- Crooks and Liars » Homeless veterans bringing their fight to Bill O’Reilly–UPDATED
- Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible? | The Register
- Pocket Gadget » Serendipity: 10 accidental inventions
- UPDATE: Tyson Foods To Raise Prices As Profit Suffers
Apparently I still golf sometimes:
I’m so dreamy…
I had two bizarre dreams in a row last night.
In the first one, it started off boring. I was stuck in traffic. Don’t you wish you were me, dreaming about being stuck in traffic? The sky was darkly overcast, except at the horizon. I had the top up. People were finally pulling off to the side of the road, and eventually pointing behind me and to my right, where I couldn’t see. I was coming up 360 to turn right on 183, so I pulled out my camera from my pocket, and stopped just in time to get a few photos of the flying saucer as it passed directly overhead with a roar. It didn’t turn around, but it did come back and there was a silly moment like the Simpsons haloween episode where it took two beams to lift Homer, except mine was becuase I still had my seat belt on. Then there was more trouble, because I had the top up, and the top is not porous enough to allow me through. That’s when I woke up.
I actually cannot remember the second dream now, but I recalled it clearly when I woke up this morning. Don’t you hate it when that happens? I called Cy to ask him what I said about it; he mentioned something about getting Grace dressed, but that doesn’t drive any feeling of recognition in me.
2blog folder catchup
As always, start out with things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | The United Nations, Encapsulated
- Overheard in the Office | Worst. Staff Meeting. Ever.
- Overheard Everywhere | For Our Safety, You’ll Need to Stand by with Norton Antivirus
- Overheard in New York | Unassailable Logic: A NYC Short Story
- Overheard in the Office | That’s Your Answer to Everything
- Overheard in New York | To Be Fair, No One Knows Why Bob Saget Has a Career
- Overheard in the Office | And I Have That Phrase on a Plaque in My Cubicle
Geeky things:
- How To Make Your Own Magicians String! Video
- How a bobbin works « Material Mama Podcast
- Max Your Ping: January 2008
- Secrets In Websites II | Robert Accettura’s Fun With Wordage
- GeeXboX HomePage
- How to choose a DLNA Media Server for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux – Robert Green’s DIY
- Sawse – Stir it Up! » Blog Archive » Some of the Best CSS Resources on the Web
- GeeXboX uShare UPnP A/V Media Server HomePage
- WELCOME TO EXIT MUNDI: A COLLECTION OF END-OF-WORLD SCENARIOS
- Slashdot | Y2K38 Watch Starts Saturday
- Image:Annual Average Temperature Map.jpg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Image:World Koppen Map.png – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- AUSTIN CITY (CAMP MABRY), TX: Climate and Daylight Chart
Political things:
- Left of Zen » Top 50 Atheism Quotes
- Are Ringtones Unislamic? (Please Don’t Answer!) : ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
Interesting things:
- Movies with the Most Instances of the F-Word | /Film
- Neatorama » Blog Archive » 30 Strangest Deaths in History.
- Don’t send in the clowns – Yahoo! News
- Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School
- Richard Knerr, 82; co-founded Wham-O, maker of the Hula Hoop and Frisbee – Los Angeles Times
Funny things:
Did you know I have a superpower?
No, really — it’s true. I even use it for the forces of good!
What, I hear you plead, could J’s superpower possibly be?
Anything you give me, I can take it and make it worse.
Many folks wonder how useful this particular superpower is. Allow me to describe: Someone walks into our office, supposedly to get something IT-ish done. They listen to what we are talking about, and are so appalled that they either forget what they came in for, or are driven off. Now, that’s not using it for good, but it is useful sometimes.
To use it for good requires more effort, to wit: We are planning something — an upgrade, perhaps. We talk about things that could go wrong, and how we should plan for them. I take everything that could go wrong, and make it worse. This makes the plan more robust.