June, 2013 archive
Twits on Twitter 2
Twits who HAARP on stupidly.
News, Ripped from the Ticker 0
In the usual bad taste.
Update:
The video has been pulled, I think because it was broken. I will repost it if it becomes available. Fixed.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
I defy anyone who claims to see a trend in these numbers to prove it.
(snip)
The four-week moving average, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figures, rose to 352,500 last week from 348,000.
(snip)
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits fell by 52,000 to 2.95 million in the week ended May 25. The continuing claims figure doesn’t include the number of Americans receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Meta: Firewall 0
I’ve added a new page for the Project Files rc.firewall script. It just works, but seems to have disappeared from the inner webs.
If you are looking to configure iptables for Slackware or any *nix OS using BSD style init scripts, check it out.
Words Fail Me 0
Read about the fail.
Down on the Street 0
I used to work at 20th and Market and walked by this place on the way to the choo-choo.
School for Scamdal 0
“They throw mud because mud is all they got.”
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source.
What: Monthly TWUUG Meeting.
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room. See directions below. (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
When: 7:30 PM till whenever (usually 9:30ish) on Thursday, June 6.
Directions:
Lake Taylor Hospital
1309 Kempsville Road
Norfolk, Va. 23502 (Map)
Pre-Meeting Dinner at 6:00 PM (separate checks)
Uno Chicago Grill
Virginia Beach Blvd. & Military Highway (Janaf Shopping Center). (Map)
Ducked 0
We get goose jams around here all the time; duck jams, not so much.
I’ve never seen anyone do this.
The Medicine Show (Updated) 0
The tale of the Regent’s romance with a company that makes a series of dubious “dietary supplements” is getting more like a soap opera every day (emphasis added).
The emails show that McDonnell attended the luncheon at the urging of his wife, Maureen, catching his own advisers off guard the day before the event. The governor found time to make an appearance while his office was consumed with a series of crises, including a rare earthquake and a powerful hurricane that hit the state in the week before the reception.
Efforts that the McDonnells undertook to boost Star are now the focus of an FBI inquiry. Both the governor and his wife attended the Star lunch, which was cited by investors in online postings as a reason to believe in the company despite its shaky finances.
Besides the catering, Star and its chief executive, Jonnie Williams Sr., have given McDonnell and his campaigns more than $120,000 in disclosed gifts and campaign contributions.
The implication that the Regent was henpecked into the whole thing is really just too too much, but how very Republican.
Addendum:
Bacon, Eggs, and Homemade Bread 0
It’s been a long time since I started my day with a bowl of cereal.
I am genetically blessed with low cholesterol, so one of my few little luxuries is a traditional breakfast with really good coffee (no payola here–I’m just a very satisfied customer; it’s one of those aforementioned luxuries which comes by UPS at regular intervals).
Nevertheless, I just might have to buy myself some Cheerios.
Driving while Brown 0
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, and right back atcha.
Disappeared 0
Earlier this year, Psychology Today carried an interview with a man who makes people disappear.
He can’t use an eraser, because once it’s out there, it’s out there. So he uses misdirection.
A nugget:
In fact, you help people bury their online identities. How do you do it?
Usually I’m hired by people who want to hide something embarrassing online or by wealthy people who fear abductions—so a predator trying to plan a kidnapping won’t find any real information about their family on the Net. I take my client’s name and create fake digital identities for it with Facebook and Twitter accounts, blogs, business websites. The idea is to make the false identities dimensional and give them a strong Internet presence. Then I take the content to be hidden and manipulate it. If something negative happened to Joe Johnson in L.A., I make it Chicago, then spread it online. I make it appear that the negative info is about Joe Johnson in Chicago—not the one in L.A.
A fascinating read.