"Self-loathing liberals will hand us the microphone with which we will bludgeon them." Vladimir Lenin

May 08, 2008
Green Data Centers Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Blogging Drivel, Personal Drivel

I was very honored today. Bill St. Arnaud, of CANARIE, one of the most respected and well known voices in broadband mentioned my work blog

Thanks to Doug Alder also maintains an excellent blog on this subject

He also invited me to be a speaker at a large conference this fall on the topic. I’m sending my boss Brian instead :) no way I get up on stage!

Wow.

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Posted by Doug Alder at 7:06 pm Comments (3)
Server Security Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Computer Drivel

I put up a new post at work today on Server Security

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Posted by Doug Alder at 6:55 pm Comments (0)
McCain’s Moral Compass and Spiritual Guide Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Political Drivel

As if Rev. Hagee wasn’t bad enough, the asshole who said God unleashed Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans to punish it for its homosexual sins, now we see that Senator McCain has actively sought, and received, the endorsement of Rev. Rod Parsley, a virulent hater of all things Islam. He calls Parsley “a spiritual guide”. The real question here is why is the MSM not dragging his ass over the coals for his close association with these two bigots.

via: Brave New Films

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Posted by Doug Alder at 6:52 pm Comments (0)
Back again Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Business Drivel, Computer Drivel

Don’t you just hate it when upgrades go wroing ;) I upgraded Apache to 2.2.8, MySQL to 5.0.45-community and PHP to 5.2.6 last night and, if you tried visiting here you know it did not go well :(. Before you can recompile Apache on a cPanel system it’s always advisable to upgrade cPanel first to the latest version. That’s where things went wroing [sic]. It seems there was problem with the MD5 hash on one of the update files and at that point my limited skills fell apart and I had to get the great support guys at work (RackForce) to fix the cPanel upgrade for me so I could recompile Apache. This all started because I wanted to add some more layers of security , in particular suhosin to harden PHP. In any case, I’m back, I’m sure much yo your great disappointment LOL.

fwiw: if any of you are familiar with CSF (ConfigServerFirewall) my rating is currently

Your Score: 91/93*

0 to 21 > Wet Paper Bag
22 to 43 > Dry Paper Bag
44 to 65 > Wooden Box
66 to 87 > Brick Wall
88 to 93 > Reinforced Concrete

*This scoring is just a bit of fun and does not reflect the security of your server or the relative merits of each check

and no I won’t tell you which two items I haven’t fixed yet ;)

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Posted by Doug Alder at 5:53 am Comments (0)
May 07, 2008
Garbage Island - Part 13 Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Political Drivel

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Posted by Doug Alder at 6:00 am Comments (0)
May 06, 2008
Visitors Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Photography Drivel

I was sitting outside enjoying my after work coffee when I was visited by a bunch of White Crowned Sparrows. Alas my camera sucks and the pictures aren’t good but here’s a mating pair

Male
Male White Crowned Sparrow

Female
Female White Crowned Sparrow

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Posted by Doug Alder at 6:13 pm Comments (0)
Garbage Island - Part 12 Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Political Drivel

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Posted by Doug Alder at 6:00 am Comments (0)
May 05, 2008
The Empire Strikes Back Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Political Drivel

Via Frank

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Posted by Doug Alder at 10:11 pm Comments (0)
Looking for the mouse Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Social drivel

16:24 minutes well spent. Clay Shirky talks about cognitive surplus and it’s capacity to transform society.

via Frank

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Posted by Doug Alder at 6:16 am Comments (0)
Garbage Island - Part 11 Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Political Drivel

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Posted by Doug Alder at 6:00 am Comments (0)
May 04, 2008
How Sweet It Is Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Political Drivel

Maybe I should believe in karma after all. Remember two years ago when everyone (myself included) reported on the Bush family buying up a 100,000 acre ranch in Paraguay, that long time haven for the scum of the world as it has no extradition treaties? Well it seems that the new leftist leader, Fernando Lugo Mendez, a suspended Catholic bishop, is starting to make overtures towards signing some extradition treaties. Looks like your bolt hole just had it’s door slammed shut in your face Georgie boy.

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Posted by Doug Alder at 7:31 pm Comments (1)
The Battle Continues Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Cat Drivel

Mere hours later Felix tries to gain control over his chair. Riley ignores him ;)

I am ignoring you

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Posted by Doug Alder at 9:48 am Comments (1)
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Political Drivel

Delightful British musical comedy

via: Living the Scientific Life

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Posted by Doug Alder at 9:32 am Comments (0)
Garbage Island - Part 10 Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Political Drivel

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Posted by Doug Alder at 6:00 am Comments (0)
May 03, 2008
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder Permalink this Drivel Similar Drivel: Political Drivel

another myth shattered. It seems that it was the very high alcohol (70%) content in absinthe that made people crazy and not the ketone, thujone. Darn those scientists ;)

Absinthe

Albert Maignan’s painting of “Green Muse” (absinthe was known as the green muse in the early 19th Century)

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Posted by Doug Alder at 12:32 pm Comments (0)