28. September, 2003 - dry
- It’s heating season again. The landlord turned on the furnace last week, and it’s been running for a couple days. I can already feel the effects, and need to buy a new humidifier. But it’s a real pain in the butt, since the house has a forced-air system, and running a humidifier means pumping moisture into the whole house. The last two winters, I was using 3-4 gallons of water every day during the winter, and the cheap humidifier burned out its bearings after two years of use. I need something better. Suggestions?
- Should I head out to the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Carson City 2003? I might actually have some free time by November 1. I probably don’t have a winner, but the fact that I haven’t trimmed the beard for something like ten years might get me an honorable mention… [boing boing]
- Says here that Head size and mental ability are directly corrolated.
Those with the smallest heads had up to a fivefold greater risk of cognitive decline over this time than those with the largest.
Bad news for Mr. Kay indeed.
- Here’s a handy tutorial explaining how to reject mail matching regular expressions via Sendmail’s milter facility. I need to look into it as another weapon in the war against spam.
- Tinfoil Hat Linux looks like it takes security farther than OpenBSD but isn’t useful for a server. Still, it’s a cool idea for a really secure Unix and don’t need to connect to the net.
- The Bongo Project implements internet protocols using Bongo Drums. Only took a little over two minutes for a ping. [boing boing]
- Justice department using Patriot Act in nonterror cases. There’s a shocker. [strib]
- I updated the Sisters Camelot website yesterday, too. Now they’ve got spiffy scripts so they can update the schedules and stuff without me having to go edit the web page. There’s still plenty of work to do on their site, but now I won’t have to worry about the monthly updates, so I might have a little more time to get the other work done.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Sun, 28 Sep 2003 09:10:49.