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I honestly don’t understand how DreamHost stays in business.
Yesterday, a client of mine was having their DreamHost dedicated server migrated to a new dedicated server because the one they are on intermittently becomes unresponsive at 8pm ET, seemingly at random. DreamHost’s diagnosis is that the server is on a Linux kernel version that…
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How do I learn how to ask for help?
I’m currently listening to Amanda Palmer’s The Art of Asking audiobook. I was born in the 1970s, grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, and a latch-key kid. On top of that, I’m an only child. Amanda’s only a few months older than I am. We both grew up in the northeastern United States.…
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Goodbye, DreamHost
I can’t believe that I’m canceling my DreamHost account, just one month shy of my 10 year anniversary with them. I first signed up for my DreamHost account back in January of 2006. For the most part, it’s been a great experience. I originally signed up for the two-year plan for…
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How to migrate a CVS module to Git and GitHub
Since it took me a while to figure out, I figured this might be useful to document: migrating code from CVS to Git. Specifically, I was moving modules in a CVS repository on SourceForge over to GitHub. Here are the versions of the tools that I used: $ rsync --version | head -1…
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Who does a boycott really hurt?
The latest social media shitstorm is about Guido Barilla saying, “I would not do a commercial with a homosexual family, not for lack of respect toward homosexuals – who have the right to do whatever they want without disturbing others – but because I don Related posts: Bravo…
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Sometimes, the “Best By” date is right
Sam and I just had a conversation that went something like this: Sam: I think these peanuts don’t taste right. Me: Oh? Sam: The “best by” date said August… It’s been less than a month! Me: I guess that’s why they don’t taste their best, now… Sometimes, that “best by” date is no…
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A lesson in buying eggs
The other day, my daughter was instructed to go get the eggs while out shopping, and she did. However, upon later inspection at home, it turns out several of the eggs were cracked in the carton she selected. It’s not until something like this happens that you realize how much we…
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Suzie and her monkey friend
Just testing out the WordPress iOS app’s handling of “Quick Photo” posting—I’m curious as to what markup it’ll generate. And, what better to use as a test than a great picture of Suzie with her little monkey friend? :-) Related posts: tcl-coredumper 0.1 released shiobara.com is…
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Why PRISM, and programs like it, really don’t matter
The government obviously has had this data for quite some time, and no one I know of has been grabbed by the secret police, nor could they use the data to stop the Boston marathon bombing before it took place. Government organizations are simply incapable of making use of the…
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I’m still not blogging more
I honestly thought I would be blogging a little bit more, since switching from Android to iPhone, since the iOS WordPress app is so nice, but I just don’t seem to get into it. It’s just too easy to post short stuff to Twitter, and photos to Instagram or Facebook … I think a part…