Monthly Archives: December 2003

war on … literacy?

Posted on December 29, 2003 by David Terrell

[sfgate.com link] Remember, if you carry an almanac, you could be a terrorist. Just like that Poor Richard guy. (click here for his state department advisory) (thanks to joe ardent for the link)

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Make Movable Type Not Suck

Posted on December 29, 2003 by David Terrell

A few tips on making MT not suck: The default archive url scheme is totally broken. It uses the database ID, which isn’t really permanent (in the event of a database dump & reload, for example). It’s fairly simple to … Continue reading →

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Second blog

Posted on December 28, 2003 by David Terrell

I am now half of Dave and Matt Rant About Sports.

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OpenBSD PF

Posted on December 16, 2003 by David Terrell

PF gets state synchronization Is there any doubt that OpenBSD’s PF is the best of the freely available packet filters? Stateful filtering, real QOS management, filtering by host OS, rule tables that can be updated without bouncing the firewall, and … Continue reading →

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doggerel of the day

Posted on December 15, 2003 by David Terrell

Because really, what is a blog if not for repeating nonsense I’ve already stated in other fora? sheep go to heaven goats go to hell if you are anita ward you can ring my bell

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Cubs tickets….

Posted on December 13, 2003 by David Terrell

numbers to ponder before Jan 8, 2004. http://meat.net/~dbt/seasontix

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So much for justice in L'Affair Plame

Posted on December 13, 2003 by David Terrell

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/002318.html And the dastardly librul media is reporting on it oh so heavily….

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