terrorist actions I want bannedterrorist actions I want banned
The current trend in government seems to be to do whatever they want because to do otherwise invites (or fails to prevent) terrorism. Here are some things that might be[...]
Year: 2007
Five ways SE Linux may surprise youFive ways SE Linux may surprise you
Frank Mayer of Tresys has written a great article on the techtarget.com site about SE Linux. It seems mostly aimed at managers and novice users and explains how SE Linux[...]
permalinks in wordpress, Apache redirection, and other blog stuffpermalinks in wordpress, Apache redirection, and other blog stuff
When I first put my new blog online I didn’t think to set the custom permalinks option to avoid having /index.php in all URLs (which wastes a few bytes and[...]
lemonup.com – pirateslemonup.com – pirates
The URL http://linuxresource.lemonup.com/ currently has a mirror of my blog. Disregarding the DMCA take-down notice I sent them a week ago (which is also mirrored on their own site) they[...]
school ratingschool rating
The web site <A HREF="http://au.ratemyteachers.com/">http://au.ratemyteachers.com/</A> allows Australian students to rate their teachers. Ratings are anonymous and give teachers a score out of 5 as well as allowing students to[...]
DMCA etcDMCA etc
A few days ago I wrote my first DMCA take-down notice, I followed the instructions on the Wikipedia page. The reason for this was that someone was mirroring my blog[...]
LUG talks todayLUG talks today
Today I gave three talks at my local LUG. The first was my latest SE Linux talk (I’ll put the notes online soon). The second was a talk about voting.[...]
more about Heartbeatmore about Heartbeat
In a comment on my blog post “a Heartbeat developer comments on my blog post” Alan Robertson writes: I got in a hurry on my math because of the emergency.[...]
comment spamcomment spam
The war on comment-spam has now begun. It appears that Blogger might have some anti-spam measures of which I was unaware. Otherwise it’s a strange coincidence that I get a[...]
new blognew blog
I am starting to move my blog to my own WordPress server. Here is the new URL for my main blog (feed), and here is the new URL for my[...]