Interesting
Now the spammers are using a hole in SCO’s website to attack me. Wonder if I could sue SCO over that? I’ll keep that thought in hand for the next time they decide to threaten to sue me over using Linux.
Author Archives: arlen
Question 1
Is what you are doing right now enjoyable? If it isn’t, why are you doing it? If it’s necessary, why aren’t you enjoying it? This isn’t an argument for hedonism, BTW. It’s a question about attitudes.
Unpacking the Con
Just worked Program Ops for the recent NASFic, CascadiaCon, and I’m home, tired but happy. Starngely enough, I really like working conventions, and working with this group was a new experience, and a good one. Miriah and her support team from ISS worked heroically, and thanks largely to them I actually looked like I was […]
And Still They Come
over 40 spams in the last 24 hours, with more piling up as I write. (Three hours after writing this we’ve topped 100.) NB: As of Sept 11, I’m seeing a full-fledged attack. None are getting through, but they’re delaying lots of other nice things I’m trying to do.
Good-bye Mike Brown
He pulled a George O’Leary. That’s enough. In 2001, George O’Leary seemed a perfect fit for the job of head football coach at Notre Dame. I mean, forget his coaching ability, what better Irish Catholic name can you possibly come up with? This was a match made in heaven. Then the facts that he didn’t […]