ISSN 1496-3221
October 23, 2005
Government agencies are known for their innate ability to communicate the simplest bit of information as unabridged as possible — and Canada is absolutely no exception. Considering that all things within the mighty realm of the Canadian government must be bilingually represented, even the acronyms suffer from severe alphabetic overextension. For an example of how … More
December 1, 2004
That fact that URL Removed exists doesn’t surprise me in the least. Why it’s showing up in my referrer logs is another question altogether. Here’s a screenshot and the background audio file archived for posterity. And on a related note… Replace Me!
October 20, 2004
Taking a few random kicks at uniplatform, hegemonic muck is a worthwhile cause anytime of the year, but helping promote the launch of an browsing alternative designed to knock Internet Explorer’s teeth out to the curb… well, that’s even better. If you’d like to add a bit of your own grease to the wheel, head … More
August 26, 2004
After slightly more than a month of downtime due to the unfortunate demise of a certain piece of data storage hardware, I am pleased to report that the grantcam is alive and well once again. The delay was not due to any technical issues. Dear me, no. It was just one of those things that … More
May 21, 2004
One of the previously hinted at projects that has been absorbing a fairly good chunk of my waking hours was launched two weekends ago. The Veer web site was re-released based on a new development platform, running on new servers, and getting consolidated under one roof at a new co-location facility. I can’t claim ownership … More
March 19, 2003
Visitors have often mentioned that they’d like to see a comments system on my site (especially this guy). The various methods of communicating this request have run the gamut from meek asides to adamant insistence. I’ve always regarded the ability to leave comments as nice thing to have, but not something that had to exist … More
October 6, 2002
The almost definitive online guide to Newton-related terms and definitions has finally been updated. Yes, I’m talking about the indispensable Newton Glossary. Now sporting over 700 terms for your perusal and subsequent enjoyment. I know it seems like forever since I updated the glossary, but hey, it hasn’t even been ten months yet. Yeesh. And … More
December 30, 2001
Yes, as a matter of fact, I do like spending my Sunday afternoons undoing a bunch of stuff that I apparently screwed up on the Linux box last night. Ding dang it, there should be warning labels on these things.
December 28, 2001
/etc/rc.d/init.d/custodiat {start|stop}
December 28, 2001
Who can tell me what the heck the custodiat process running on my Cobalt Qube is doing? And more to the point, why in the world is it using 43.7% of the available memory? Is it safe to kill this thing? Update! I found a very detailed post on the cobalt-users mailing list that actually … More