Monthly Archives: December 2003

war on … literacy?

[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)

Make Movable Type Not Suck

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 change this under Configuration — Archiving — Archive File Template. See this page [...]

Second blog

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

OpenBSD PF

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 now add to that list state synchronization between load balancing firewalls.
Awesome.

doggerel of the day

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

Cubs tickets….

numbers to ponder before Jan 8, 2004.

http://meat.net/~dbt/seasontix

So much for justice in L’Affair Plame

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/002318.html

And the dastardly librul media is reporting on it oh so heavily….