While I was waiting for a compile/unit test to finish, I noticed that one of the failed hard disks (a Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250Gb ATA/133 HDD) I was using as a paperweight had two stickers on it. Having nothing better to do, I pulled the top one off, just to see what the changes …
Excitement outside the house tonight…
I use console applications – a lot. When it comes to running multiple programs on a computer, GNU screen is essential, but I find myself connecting to multiple servers and running GNU screen in each. It’s possible to run GNU screen under GNU screen, but it can get messy getting the keyboard shortcuts right. I …
Just coming down from putting Alfie to bed, and there’s blue lights flashing outside the house. I live on a road that’s regularly used by the police/ambulance/fire service, so it’s not unusual. I’m taking the bin bags round to be collected in the morning, and there’s a police car stopped opposite the house. There’s something …
Having recently been battling to keep some servers out of the CBL, I decided it was time to get strict on what the email servers were accepting, so I created an Exim ACL to reject non-RFC2821 compliant HELO/EHLO strings.
I wiped 189 junk accounts from one of my sites, and my Google AdSense earnings have dropped through the floor. Ethically good, financially bad. 🙁
We’ve just adopted two new cats – got them today, and they’re settling in.
Just been told about this game: http://www.kongregate.com/games/Scarybug/chronotron Needs Flash, but it’s pure WIN Now, if you’ll excuse me…
I’m working on my laptop, and needed to transfer some files. USB keydrive is the easiest way, so I reach around the back and plug it in. Nothing – doesn’t appear on the USB bus. So I unplug it and try again. Still nothing – has the USB bus locked up with all the hibernate/restarts …
I downloaded a copy of the latest Ubuntu release so I could install it on a VM and give it a test. I thought the extra half-gig of disk space on my laptop could be better used for something else, and I’ve got a massive stack of CD-Rs, and I could probably use it on …