https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/ Recent content in Posts on Blog Hugo -- 0.131.0 en Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0600 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2025/02/01/switch_day/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0600 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2025/02/01/switch_day/ I’m going to take a cue from @sylv_a and declare today Global Switch Day! Images curtesy of @sylv_a@mastodon.social (post). https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2024/12/03/bluesky/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:29:04 -0600 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2024/12/03/bluesky/ To those currently caught up in the Bluesky euphoria, will you please snap the fuck out of it? Honestly, I hate being the wet blanket, but y’all are killing me with this. There is nothing new here, nothing that hasn’t happened before, and no reason whatsoever to think that it won’t end exactly the same way. I hear Bluesky’s leaders articulating their vision, and I believe that they believe that they’re a force for good, but venture capitalists are the ones paying for all of this1. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2024/11/12/xitter/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:04:52 -0600 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2024/11/12/xitter/ It’s been a bit less than 2 years since I parked my Xitter account. I rationalized leaving it in place at the time to prevent anyone from claiming my name. Enough time has passed though that if that were to happen, I don’t expect there would be any confusion. And I really don’t want to contribute to their subscriber count in any way. So I deleted my account. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2024/11/11/iamlegend/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:16:27 -0600 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2024/11/11/iamlegend/ I want to talk for a moment about I Am Legend. No, not the film with Will Smith, but the 1954 novel by Richard Matheson. The film is (allegedly) based on the novel, but if you’re familiar with the movie and not the book, then some explanation may be required (because it was not a great adaptation). Of course, it goes without saying that if you continue reading, expect spoilers (of both novel and film). https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2024/04/26/thumper/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:29:58 -0500 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2024/04/26/thumper/ Some years ago I wrote a sardonic series of posts tagged cat-a-log. I won’t delve too deeply into that here, but suffice it to say that we had come into a lot of cats, and I was not very happy about it. In my resentment, I wanted nothing to do with any of them. Most took the hint and steered well clear of me, one of them did not. Thumper was day 8 of the Cat-a-log. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2022/12/16/not_entitled/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:29:49 -0600 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2022/12/16/not_entitled/ The phrase I’m entitled to my opinion needs to be stricken from discourse. Unless your use of opinion can reasonably be used as a synonym for preference, then it is simply not true. Let me provide an example: If you are of the opinion that say—Oatmeal Raisin are the greatest of all cookies—then you and I disagree, clearly White Chocolate Chip Macadamia are greatest. Oatmeal Raisin is a perfectly acceptable cookie, but greatest? https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2022/12/05/borescope/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:39:01 -0600 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2022/12/05/borescope/ I used to really want a borescope. The problem back then was that they were very pricey (and I had less money, more mouths to feed, etc). I recently discovered though that the prices have come way down, so I bought one (on principal) off Amazon for about $40. Here is some video from sending the scope down the seat tube of my bike, to the area above the bottom bracket. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2022/11/24/bye_bye_birdie/ Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:29:34 -0600 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2022/11/24/bye_bye_birdie/ After nearly 14 years of Twitter, I’m calling it quits. Even before Musk took over, Twitter had become pretty awful; It was already a cesspool of hateful trolls, disinformation campaigns, wingnuts, and the aggrieved (basically, a sea of Karens, Kyries, Kanyes, and the odd Ted Cruz). Its algorithms work to fill your timeline with the content most likely to generate anxiety or rage. The point of which is to increase engagement—and it works—even knowing that this was the case wasn’t always enough to keep me from taking the bait. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2019/09/11/hugo/ Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:41:11 -0500 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2019/09/11/hugo/ The software previously hosting my blog was a bespoke thing that I’d used to experiment with Django. Once it was complete, my appetitite for maintaining it evaporated, and bitrot began to set in. I haven’t blogged in years, and it’s not likely that I’ll resume, but I thought I’d at least preserve what is here (this time using Hugo). Note: I did not preserve the link structure. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2014/04/04/cassandra_london_meetup__opennms_user_conference_europe/ Fri, 04 Apr 2014 09:25:49 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2014/04/04/cassandra_london_meetup__opennms_user_conference_europe/ Next week is OUCE in Southampton UK, where I’ll be presenting on my recent work in time-series storage. I’ve never been to an OUCE, or Southampton, and I’m really looking forward to it. Since you get to Southampton via London (from here), and since I haven’t been back there in more than a year, I arranged to have a day or two there, and scored an opportunity to talk to the Cassandra London Meetup on Monday. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/22/opennms_dev_jam_2013/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:03:33 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/22/opennms_dev_jam_2013/ I had tentatively planned on attending OpenNMS Dev Jam this year, but then I got a new job, and it became mandatory. The eighth annual Dev Jam will be held June 23-28 at the University of Minnesota. NP: In Absentia, The Mars Volta https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/19/cassandra_summit_2013/ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:47:15 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/19/cassandra_summit_2013/ Datastax’s yearly Cassandra Summit has grown into a two day event this year, June 11-12 in San Francisco. If you are a user of Cassandra (or are considering it), then you probably want to attend this conference (use code SFSummit25 for 25% off). I’ll be there to present on virtual nodes; Find me if you want to chat about databases, network management, beer, or the Can’t Hug Every Cat phenomenon. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/17/worlds_apart/ Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:30:18 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/17/worlds_apart/ For the first time in several years I find myself working in Java again[1]. It occurs to me though that it probably isn’t anything about Java itself that rubs me so wrong, it’s the community or ecosystem if you will. The conventions, common practice, standards, frameworks, etc. Case in point, embedding third-party libraries. In the sane world, embedding code from another project into your own is considered Bad. The duplication is not only wasteful, but it creates all kinds of problems for developers, admins and users alike. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/17/second_guessing/ Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:28:50 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/17/second_guessing/ I’ve noticed an interesting phenomenon take place with development projects at work, it happens when someone new steps in to take over a legacy system. Most projects generally have humble beginnings. Someone is tasked with a from-scratch implementation, often under the worst of circumstances, but ever thing has to start somewhere. Later, after the original engineer has moved on, someone new steps in to carry on development, and no time is wasted heaping criticism on what was done before. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/17/bragging_rights/ Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:28:04 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/17/bragging_rights/ I just upgraded a Cobalt RaQ 2 (1U MIPS machine, circa 1999(?)) from Debian Etch (released 2007) to Lenny (2009), and then from Lenny to Squeeze (2011). While it was in use. Remotely. Blindfolded, and with one arm behind my back. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/17/berlin_buzzwords_2013/ Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:45:20 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2013/04/17/berlin_buzzwords_2013/ I’m fortunate enough to be speaking at Berlin Buzzwords again this year. As usual, chats over beer or currywurst (or both) are always welcome. Hope to see you there! https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2012/04/24/berlin_buzzwords_2012/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:02:02 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2012/04/24/berlin_buzzwords_2012/ I’ll be at Berlin Buzzwords again this year, this time talking about Acunu Castle and Cassandra. Buzzwords is definitely one of my favorite conferences; I’m really looking forward to it. As usual, if you think we’ll cross paths and want to meet for beer, coffee, or currywurst, let me know! https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2011/05/25/going_to_debconf11/ Wed, 25 May 2011 16:10:40 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2011/05/25/going_to_debconf11/ See you in Banja Luka! https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2011/05/08/berlin_buzzwords/ Sun, 08 May 2011 17:36:30 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2011/05/08/berlin_buzzwords/ I’ll be presenting at Berlin Buzzwords again this year, this time on CQL. This is shaping up to be another great conference (schedule here) so I’m really looking forward to it. This year, the organizers are arranging for a number of hackathons and workshops to precede and follow the main conference. One of those will be a Cassandra event hosted by Acunu and Datastax (date to be announced). If you’re in the Berlin area (or can be), and are interested in search, data analysis and NoSQL (and especially if you’re interested in Cassandra), I’d recommend you plan to attend. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2011/01/19/kurts_magic_quadrant/ Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:02:04 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2011/01/19/kurts_magic_quadrant/ I was recently reminded of a quote from a German General, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, in 1933: I divide my officers into four classes; the clever, the lazy, the industrious, and the stupid. Each officer possesses at least two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments. Use can be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy however is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/12/26/christmas_lights_redux/ Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:22:55 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/12/26/christmas_lights_redux/ Last year, if you’ll remember, I did a half-assed job of putting together a musically coordinated christmas light rig, and promised to Do Better this year. Lucky for me I was vague because under-promising made over-delivering a lot easier. :) What I did manage to do was tackle last years technical debt, and get the code cleaned up. I’ve named it Lumen and put it up on Github. Lumen has two modes, record and playback. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/05/21/berlin_buzzwords/ Fri, 21 May 2010 10:28:59 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/05/21/berlin_buzzwords/ I’ll be attending Berlin Buzzwords on the 7th and 8th of next month, and presenting on Cassandra. This is shaping up to be a great conference (schedule here), and I’m really looking forward to it. I’ve also managed to work in a couple of days after the conference to poke around Berlin, (this will be my first time in Germany). If you’re in the area and want to meet up for beers and/or keysignings, or if you have suggestions for sights to see, drop me a line. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/04/09/upcoming_travel/ Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:09:01 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/04/09/upcoming_travel/ April is shaping up to be a busy month; I have several trips lined up. Texas Linux Fest on Saturday April 10th (tomorrow!) in Austin. POSSCON on April 15 and 16 in Columbia South Carolina. The Cassandra Hackathon at Digg HQ in San Francisco. I’ll be giving talks on Cassandra at Texas Linux Fest and POSSCON, and I’ve organized a Debian booth for Texas Linux Fest (a first for me). https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/03/28/haters_gonna_hate/ Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:52:48 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/03/28/haters_gonna_hate/ If you’ve been around for more than a few years, you’ve probably bore witness to how susceptible the tech industry is to hype. Some new-shiny comes along, people lose their minds, and seemingly overnight The Next Big Thing has spread like wildfire. Like it or not you find yourself bombarded by blog posts, tweets, articles, and water cooler chat from wild-eyed co-workers. Clearly, Ted Dziuba knows what I’m talking about. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/02/16/fosdem_2010_and_the_nosql_devroom/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:05:15 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/02/16/fosdem_2010_and_the_nosql_devroom/ As I mentioned earlier, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend FOSDEM this year. The sheer scale of FOSDEM is amazing, with literally thousands of people in attendance, dozens of projects represented, and hundreds(?) of talks. It’s doubly impressive when you consider that it is entirely volunteer driven and 100% sponsored (it’s no cost to attend). The NoSQL track organized by Steven Noels on Sunday turned out quite well too I thought, and it seemed to generate a lot of interest (the room was continually filled to capacity and the doors barred). https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/01/25/christmas_lights/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:27:59 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/01/25/christmas_lights/ We put up lights each year for the holidays, and while I don’t mind having the house decorated, I do not like having to put them up. Despite this, I feel mounting pressure each year to Do Better, which by default means more lights and decorations, which in turn mean even more work. The year before last I had the idea that if I worked smarter I might avoid working harder, and that one of those musically synchronized setups would be pretty sweet. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/01/22/going_to_fosdem/ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:06:50 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2010/01/22/going_to_fosdem/ Due to a scheduling conflict, Jonathan won’t able to present on Cassandra in the NoSQL devroom at this years FOSDEM, so I’ll be going in his stead. I’ve always wanted to go to a FOSDEM, and getting to see Brussels will be a real treat as well. I can’t wait! NP: Black & White, In Flames https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/12/24/meh/ Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:01:44 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/12/24/meh/ From the git-svn manpage: For the sake of simplicity and interoperating with a less-capable system (SVN), it is recommended that all git svn users clone, fetch and dcommit directly from the SVN server, and avoid all git clone/pull/merge/push operations between git repositories and branches. The recommended method of exchanging code between git branches and users is git format-patch and git am, or just ‘dcommit’ing to the SVN repository. Running git merge or git pull is NOT recommended on a branch you plan to dcommit from. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/10/30/nosql_whats_in_a_name/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:19:37 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/10/30/nosql_whats_in_a_name/ Depending on the circles you travel in, you might be aware of the whole NoSQL “movement”. If not, I’m not going try and explain it at this time (explaining it is sort of the problem), but you can get the general idea from wikipedia. I’ve spent the last couple of days at nosqleast and one of the hot topics here is the name “nosql”. Understandably, there are a lot of people who worry that the name is Bad, that it sends an inappropriate or inaccurate message. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/10/26/upcoming_travel/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:33:33 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/10/26/upcoming_travel/ I have several trips lined up for the next few weeks: NoSQL East from the 28th to the 30th in Atlanta ApacheCon US 2009 from November 2-6 in Oakland OpenSQL Camp 2009 in Portland, November 14-15 There is also a NoSQL meetup on November 2 as a part of ApacheCon; I’ve offered to present on Cassandra there. I’m also thinking of giving a session at BarcampApache, and I’m scheduled to sit on a “SQL vs. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/08/21/ooops_i_did_it_again/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:04:02 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/08/21/ooops_i_did_it_again/ I rewrote my blog software again (actually, it was done months ago but I just now got around to deploying it). The last one used Turbogears, but the 1.x branch is getting long in teeth, and 2.0 came a little too late. Besides, Django is the new hotness these days. Somehow the rewrite resulted in about half as much code, which is always cool, and I finally got to make use of mod_wsgi, (it is everything that I had ever dreamed it would be, and more :)). https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/08/11/git_repo_for_cassandra_packaging/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:22:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/08/11/git_repo_for_cassandra_packaging/ I put the repository for my Cassandra package up on Github. The repo browser can be found here, and the wiki has a brief writeup of the build process for those unfamiliar with git-buildpackage. Patches welcome! NP: Take It Out On Me, Bullet For My Valentine https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/08/01/day_trip_redux/ Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:40:49 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/08/01/day_trip_redux/ For my last day in Spain I took Hector’s advice and hopped on a high-speed train from Madrid to Toledo. Toledo is another UNESCO World Heritage Site, a city dating back to the Bronze Age with Christian, Jewish, and Moorish influences. It’s a beautiful place and the six or so hours I spent there was woefully inadequate. There are a few pictures up on flickr, but I took quite a few more that will have to wait until after I’m home. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/31/on_the_road_again/ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:56:02 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/31/on_the_road_again/ Debconf is over. Boo. :( Like those I’ve attended in the past, Debconf9 was well organized with plenty of interesting talks, in a great venue. I had loads of fun, learned a ton, and even managed to get a bit done. Many thanks to the organization team, the local team, the speakers, and the sponsors. This year I managed to sneak an extra couple of days post-conference which will be spent in the general vicinity of Madrid. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/28/cassandra_030_for_debian/ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:14:05 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/28/cassandra_030_for_debian/ As announced here, I put a Debian package together for Cassandra 0.3.0. I don’t have any (immediate )plans to upload a Cassandra package to the Debian archive, (this package isn’t even policy compliant), so consider this unofficial and report any packaging bugs directly to me. Enjoy. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/28/debconf9_day_trip/ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:24:23 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/28/debconf9_day_trip/ Yesterday was the Day Trip at Debconf, an opportunity for folks to step away from their computers (usually), and leave the venue (always) for some sort of group activity or tourism. When the organizers first started talking about this years Day Trip there were two candidates, Valle del Jerte and Teatro romano de Merida, or “Roman theater of Merida”. I’m kind of a history junkie and generally get pretty excited at the idea of touring ruins so I was heartbroken when Merida lost out. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/20/cassandra_030/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:46:49 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/20/cassandra_030/ The Apache Cassandra team has managed the release of 0.3.0, its very first. It took a lot longer than I had hoped to get a release in the can, (almost a month from the approval of the last release candidate). Part of this was a lack of familiarity with ASF’s processes, but part of it was poor or incomplete documentation, or lack of consensus about what is required. In the end, it boiled down to a combination of carefully studying what other poddlings had done, and a few iterations of trial-and-error. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/15/debconf9/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:17:41 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/15/debconf9/ A week from today and I’ll be headed to Spain for Debconf9. Can’t wait! NP: Worlds Collide, Apocalyptica https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/12/transitioning_my_gpg_key/ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:53:07 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/07/12/transitioning_my_gpg_key/ A few months ago a group of researchers announced a fairly serious attack that shattered everyone’s faith in SHA-1. It has frightening implications for anyone who relies on cryptographic signatures, and while consensus is that there is little danger in the near-term, most people agree that now is the time to start a move to something stronger. So, I’ve begun my transition, (document here), and submitted my new key for the Debconf9 signing party later this month. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/05/12/nosql_2009/ Tue, 12 May 2009 15:01:58 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/05/12/nosql_2009/ Johan Oskarsson has organized a meetup for folks interested in distributed structured data storage and is calling it NOSQL. The event, being held June 11th in San Fransisco, will have subject matter experts presenting on Hypertable, HBase, Voldemort, Dynomite, and Cassandra. There were 100 slots available slots to attend and they all went in a matter of hours, so if this is the first you’ve heard of it, it’s probably too late. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/05/11/howto_epison_perfection_3940_on_debian_squeeze/ Mon, 11 May 2009 13:50:17 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/05/11/howto_epison_perfection_3940_on_debian_squeeze/ Getting the Epson Perfection 3940 scanner setup on Linux requires jumping through just enough hoops that even if you have managed it before, it’s easy to forget when it comes time to do it again. I put this here in the hopes that it will make things easier for someone, (and it’s entirely likely that someone will be me one day :). Make sure your user is a member of the scanner group, (adduser youruser scanner). https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/05/10/thrift_packaging/ Sun, 10 May 2009 23:34:11 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/05/10/thrift_packaging/ My latest project at work is Cassandra, a distributed, eventually consistent, column oriented data store. It’s somewhere between Dynamo (Cassandra’s original author worked on Dynamo), and Google’s BigTable. It was developed as an internal application at Facebook, later open sourced, and is now an Apache incubator project. The external interface to Cassandra is thrift-based. Thrift is a framework for creating network services, services that communicate using a compact binary data format. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/05/04/swine_flu/ Mon, 04 May 2009 22:35:04 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/05/04/swine_flu/ I don’t have it. Do you? https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/05/02/brain_rewiring/ Sat, 02 May 2009 17:54:48 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/05/02/brain_rewiring/ A co-worker of mine uses one of the stranger keyboards I’ve seen, a Kinesis Advantage. He picked it up his after a bout with tendinitis and was sold on it. He was kind enough to let me borrow his spare for about a week so I could try it out. It’s been an interesting week. :) The Advantage differs from conventional keyboards in a number of ways, the ones I think most relevant are: https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/02/15/lenny_released_on_time/ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:07:04 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2009/02/15/lenny_released_on_time/ Lenny released yesterday. This is great news, and congratulations all around to everyone that worked their asses off making it happen. By my calculations this comes 677 days after the initial release of Etch, (or 22 months and change). I’ve said before, Debian releases When Ready and that (to the best of my observations), consensus seems to be that somewhere between 18 and 24 months is the sweet spot. Not only does this make for the second “on-time” release in a row, but there was an Etch-And-A-Half sporting new kernels and video drivers in the mean time. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/30/catalog_faq/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:17:07 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/30/catalog_faq/ I received a surprising number of questions related to the cat-a-log series. I’ve attempted to collect them all, and answer them here. Q: Does your wife think all cats are sweet? What about dogs? A: Any member of felis catus is by definition unconditionally sweet. She also views many dogs as sweet, though they tend to be held to a much higher standard, (for example, “humping” is unacceptable and any dog known to have committed such an act is Not Sweet). https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/29/thats_all_the_cats_folks/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:38:03 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/29/thats_all_the_cats_folks/ Apparently there is in fact a 15th cat (or a 14th for you purists out there). If cataloged, it would have been Unknown #3, an as-of-yet unnamed cat that comes to my porch to eat the food my wife puts out. I wasn’t able to get a picture, and I’m not sure I recall ever seeing it (they all look the same to me anyway). A shame really, rumor has it that it’s missing a paw, I could have had some fun with that. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/28/catalog_day_14_pepe/ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:43:53 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/28/catalog_day_14_pepe/ Last but not least, Pepe. Alright, granted this one might be borderline, but to be fair, many people refer to these guys as Polecats. It comes onto my porch to eat from a dish of food, and my wife and daughter have named it, I think that counts for something. Other interesting facts: Smells awful. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/27/catalog_day_13_unknown_2/ Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:42:23 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/27/catalog_day_13_unknown_2/ Unknown #2… or is it Zorro? Yet another cat that I suspect has applied for citizenship under the terms of If it eats, we must greets. I refer to it here as Unknown #2, but someone let slip the name “Zorro” when the subject came up. Other interesting facts: None. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/26/catalog_day_12_unknown_1/ Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:37:44 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/26/catalog_day_12_unknown_1/ This one has been cropping up more and more. When I first brought up Unknown #1, my wife explained that it was not her cat, she didn’t know why it was hanging around, and that more than likely it belonged to someone and was just wandering a bit. This would be comforting if I hadn’t heard it before (see day 6 and day 11 for current examples). And yes, it eats the food that is placed outside. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/25/catalog_day_11_garfield/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:31:23 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/25/catalog_day_11_garfield/ Moving on… This is Garfield, another cat who obtained amnesty through If it eats, we must greets. The look on his face in the picture above it pretty typical for him. I think he’s bummed because he showed up 10 cats too late and has to sleep outside. Other interesting facts: My wife thinks he’s sweet. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/24/catalog_day_10_baby/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:24:39 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/24/catalog_day_10_baby/ This, is Baby. I have three words for you. Pure, Unadulterated, Evil. You have never met Baby (and if you are lucky, you never will), but rest assured, she hates you with a passion. When you look into her eyes, you can almost see the gears turning, the plot being hatched. I have little doubt that given the means and opportunity, she’d kill us all. Other interesting facts: The most ironically named of all our cats. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/23/catalog_day_9_zoe/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:03:15 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/23/catalog_day_9_zoe/ Got cat? Believe it or not, there are some that don’t like living in an infestation a house full of cats. Take Zoe here for instance, she hates it. Zoe is Chloe’s sister, one of two that represent the first of our cats. She used to be happy and well adjusted, but runaway immigration has taken a toll on her sanity, (at this point there isn’t much left). She experiences violent mood swings that result in physical confrontations with other cats one minute, and pulling her own hair out the next. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/22/catalog_day_8_thumper/ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:17:35 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/22/catalog_day_8_thumper/ Damn, this is starting to feel like work. Meet Thumper. Thumper’s most distinctive feature is the absence of a tail. It was recently explained to me that this is the way he was born, but I’m having a hard time accepting that. You see, Thumper is fearless, and I don’t mean fearless in a heroic kind of way, I mean fearless in a lack of common sense, isn’t afraid even when he really really should be, kind of way. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/21/catalog_day_7_chloe/ Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:49:31 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/21/catalog_day_7_chloe/ It’s been a week now; there are still more cats. Once upon a time we had no cats. None, zip, zero. It was a glorious time. Then one day my wife came to me wanting a kitten. I was initially opposed to this idea but it was clear how important it was to her, so I agreed. She brought home two. Two. One of them was Chloe. Chloe is a thin and frail cat, which I theorize is the result of some genetic condition which has also left her with an inability to maintain proper core body temperature. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/20/catalog_day_6_stevie/ Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:04:44 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/20/catalog_day_6_stevie/ Day 6, Stevie. To the best of my recollection, Stevie was the first cat integrated under the If it eats, we must greets line of reasoning. As you may know, during the Salem witch trials the accused were thrown into a pool of water, if they floated they were deemed witches. If it eats, we must greets is a similar false dichotomy that states that if you place food out for a stray cat, and it eats it, then it must be your cat. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/19/catalog_day_5_fat_boy/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:15:39 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/19/catalog_day_5_fat_boy/ With all of these cats, you didn’t really think there’d be one named Skinny Girl without a corresponding “Fat Boy”, did you? Fat Boy is in fact Skinny Girl’s brother, and has the distinction of being the very first cat in our house with a penis. Others would follow, but he was the first. Respect. Fat Boy is the exact opposite of his sister, the yang to her yin. He struts around the house like he owns the place, and is not easily startled or intimidated. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/18/catalog_day_4_kiwi/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:05:23 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/18/catalog_day_4_kiwi/ Pictured below is Kiwi. Believe it or not, I actually like this cat. The reason for this should be obvious, I mean look at her, she’s adorable! Kiwi is one of the many cats that were brought home from the Human Society to be “fostered”. At the time she was covered in mange and way too young to be away from her mother. My wife and daughter spent countless hours treating the mange and bottle feeding her while I tried to pretend she didn’t exist. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/17/catalog_day_3_skinny_girl/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:50:39 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/17/catalog_day_3_skinny_girl/ Next up is Skinny Girl. Let’s talk about that name for a second, “Skinny Girl”. That’s only a short step up from names like Cat, Dude, and Hey You. It would stand to reason that if you find yourself struggling to come up with unique names for your pets, then it is entirely possible that you have too many. Again, I don’t really have much to say about this one, it’s a relatively recent arrival. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/16/catalog_day_2_alfie/ Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:28:53 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/16/catalog_day_2_alfie/ I give you, Alfie. I really don’t know much about this cat, it hasn’t been here very long. It is one of many that were/are being (temporarily )fostered here. What I do know is that you do not want him around when playing darts. Soft-tipped darts inevitably fail to stick from time to time. From the moment a dart hits the floor you have scant seconds to retrieve it before Alfie snatches it up and runs like hell. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/15/catalog_day_1_star/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:20:48 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/15/catalog_day_1_star/ Meet Star. Best described as Not Quite Right, Star’s mother was a feral stray who rejected her as a kitten, (those wacky animals and their maternal instincts, go figure). A firm believer that no kitten should be left behind, my wife assumed custody. We’ve had her for years now. For the most part she keeps to herself. One notable exception to this is bedtime where she demands a prominent position either on or next to my wife. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/14/cats_cats_and_more_cats/ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:41:14 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/12/14/cats_cats_and_more_cats/ There are a lot of cats living in and around my house. A lot. When I mention this to people, they invariably want a number, but the truth of the matter is I really don’t know, (if that isn’t the surest indicator of Way Too Many, I don’t know what is). So, I’ve decided to conduct a little experiment. Each day, starting tomorrow, I will profile one cat found living here. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/11/24/rip_ruta_maya/ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:55:25 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/11/24/rip_ruta_maya/ What the hell? I leave for a couple of weeks and return to find my coffee shop all boarded up! Ruta Maya served fair trade coffee, obscure (and often excellent) microbrewed beers, and a tasty (although arguably overpriced) lunch. Add free wifi and the fact that they were basically right across the street from work and you had an excellent “home away from home”. My co-workers and I spent many an afternoon working from what became referred to as the “Martin Street Office”…and now it’s gone. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/08/19/back_home/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:47:06 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/08/19/back_home/ After 5+ hours on a bus, several hours at Ezeiza airport, and 12 hours on two different planes, I’m back home from Debconf8, (technically speaking I’ve been back since 8am yesterday, but was in no condition to post). Debconf8 was definately the best organized of the 4 Debconfs I’ve attended, and Argentina was an awesome setting, but it is good to be home. Pictures are here or here. Update: I’ve updated the Debconf8 set on Flickr with a panorama of the beach and skyline in front of the conference venue. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/08/16/happy_birthday_debian/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:42:26 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/08/16/happy_birthday_debian/ 15 years ago today, Debian was born. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/08/15/publishing_divergence_from_upstream/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:24:23 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/08/15/publishing_divergence_from_upstream/ On Monday I attended Martin Krafft’s talk, Packaging with version control systems. Martin has started a project, coordinated via http://vcs-pkg.org, to explore work patterns for packaging and cross-distro collaboration using distributed version control systems. This is a topic that I’ve spent a fair amount of time on so it was interesting to see Martin’s packaging work flow, and hear him discuss its evolution. Today I attended a Bof organized by Luciano Bello. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/08/10/it_tickles/ Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:36:30 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/08/10/it_tickles/ Look, a bidet! And I used it! https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/08/08/debconf8/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:01:53 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/08/08/debconf8/ It’s that time of year again! I’m at the airport soaking up a little free bandwidth (yes, it would seem that San Antonio International finally has free wifi), before boarding a flight to Houston, and then on to Buenos Aires. With the layover in Houston, the four wait before catching the bus to Mar del Plata, and the six hour bus ride itself, I’m looking at a full 24 hours of travel. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/04/27/cant_drive_55/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:21:43 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/04/27/cant_drive_55/ I don’t know when this started, but I like it. Taken on I-10 East about 30 miles west of Junction Texas https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/04/26/txoss_2008/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:26:58 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/04/26/txoss_2008/ The Texas Open Source Symposium in San Angelo is a wrap. This was a small one day event in San Angelo organized by Jeremy Fluhmann (who did an excellent job by the way). I rather enjoyed it, and providing that it becomes an annual event (which I understand is the idea), I will certainly try and make it back next year. I gave a talk on Mercurial during the 11:00am slot. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/04/21/accomodations_in_san_angelo/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:31:48 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/04/21/accomodations_in_san_angelo/ I’m giving a talk on Saturday at the Texas Open Source Symposium entitled An Introduction to Mercurial. I’ll be driving there but hadn’t considered making a room reservation until today. How hard could it be to book a hotel room in San Angelo Texas, right? Sheesh. I started out with a Google maps search that included the zip code of the venue, and began working through the options ordered by proximity and user submitted reviews. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/02/25/oh_joy/ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:09:24 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/02/25/oh_joy/ Radeon R5xx 3D programming guide released NP: Running Out Of Pain, 12 Stones https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/01/25/album_cover/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:04:23 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2008/01/25/album_cover/ Just when I convinced myself that I was done with memes. Oh well, here is my CD cover: To make yours: Use Wikipedia’s random article page to find your band name. Go to the Random Quotations Page. The last four words of the very last quote is your album name. Visit Flickr’s interesting photos page, the third image, no matter what, is your cover art. NP: Hear Me, Soil https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/12/13/hell_hath_no_fury_like_/ Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:02:29 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/12/13/hell_hath_no_fury_like_/ Earlier this year Lisa Nowak, a US Naval officer and former astronaut became infamous after she allegedly tried to kidnap her cheating boyfriend’s love interest. I pretty much ignored all of this back when it was considered news-worthy, but I just came across her Wikipedia page where it details the events of February 4-5: She had packed latex gloves, a black wig, a BB pistol and ammunition, pepper spray, a hooded tan trench coat, a 2-pound drilling hammer, black gloves, rubber tubing, plastic garbage bags, about US$585 in cash, her computer, an eight-inch Gerber folding knife and several other items before driving the 900 miles (1,450 km) to Florida. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/10/31/do_you_know_what_your_drive_is_doing/ Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:06:53 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/10/31/do_you_know_what_your_drive_is_doing/ There’s been a lot of “Ubuntu kills laptop hard drives” buzz going around lately. The implication is that over aggressive power management is causing excessive load/unload cycles, exceeding a reasonable duty cycle, and drastically shortening the life of your drive. I run Debian unstable on my laptop but I looked into it anyway and sure enough it’s something which is effecting me as well. As Matthew Garrett points out, it doesn’t have anything to do with Ubuntu, Debian, or Linux in general, the culprit is aggressive power management settings in the drive firmware, or settings applied by the BIOS. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/10/27/not_ready_to_be_a_grandparent/ Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:06:33 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/10/27/not_ready_to_be_a_grandparent/ One of my daughter’s electives this semester is Child Development. That’s the course where you’re issued an infant and graded on the condition of the child at the completion of the assignment. Return anything other than a healthy well-adjusted baby and your grade suffers. When I was in high school your “baby” was a raw egg. You were encouraged to personalize your egg/baby and many people did (drawn-on faces, clothing, facial hair, tattoos, etc). https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/10/16/duplicity_backport_for_etch/ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:30:20 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/10/16/duplicity_backport_for_etch/ I’ve been backing up all of my important machines to Amazon S3 using Duplicity for sometime now. It’s worked out really well but required just enough hackery to prevent me from providing straight forward instructions for others. I’m all about sharing the love so I submitted a new S3 backend to upstream using the excellent [boto] (http://code.google.com/p/boto/) library from Mitch Garnaat, and I packaged boto for Debian. The new backend made it into the 0. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/19/free_software_driver_for_radeon_r5xxr6xx/ Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:10:05 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/19/free_software_driver_for_radeon_r5xxr6xx/ Wow. Less than two weeks ago AMD announced that they would be opening the specs for their graphics cards, a few days later they followed through, and yesterday a driver for R5xx/R6xx cards was released. How’s that for fast? https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/14/why_i_dont_do_comments/ Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:03:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/14/why_i_dont_do_comments/ From time to time I get asked why my blog isn’t comment enabled. There are several reasons for this: It’s my blog. It’s here as way for me to share information, make comments, and express opinions. Incidentally, one of those opinions is that all of these objectives can be met by a site that doesn’t support comments. Comment sections make for a horrible discussion medium, I’d really rather get an email. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/11/the_mad/ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:22:03 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/11/the_mad/ Horror movies are always a stretch. Even the best horror movie requires that its viewers go out of their way to suspend disbelief. I think this is why there are so many bad horror movies, because the line between, “creepy”, and “oh for crying out loud …” is pretty damn thin. If you are making a horror movie and there is any chance that it’s going to fall into the latter category, you’d be well advised not to take yourself too seriously. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/06/amd_to_open_up_graphics_specs/ Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:56:18 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/06/amd_to_open_up_graphics_specs/ This is excellent news. I look forward to the day when I can be oblivious of my graphics adapter. https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/04/new_blog/ Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:27:01 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/04/new_blog/ I’ve been using pyblosxom for years. I chose it because it was dead simple and I wasn’t interested in a long-term commitment with a bloated PHP app, (or any PHP app for that matter). Unfortunately it has always been just a bit too simple. I went shopping for new blog software, but sadly things aren’t much better these days than they were when I originally set up my blog. There are a few more choices than there used to be, but the list of options is still pretty short if you aren’t willing to use PHP (again, I’m not). https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/03/new_puppy/ Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:14:23 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/03/new_puppy/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/03/good_intentions/ Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:04:20 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/09/03/good_intentions/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/05/02/love_hex/ Wed, 02 May 2007 10:29:17 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/05/02/love_hex/ 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/04/18/too_good_to_be_true/ Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:30:31 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/04/18/too_good_to_be_true/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/04/09/etch_released_early/ Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:09:09 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/04/09/etch_released_early/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/01/10/understanding_the_zombie_threat/ Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:00:47 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2007/01/10/understanding_the_zombie_threat/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/10/22/bad_forbes_bad/ Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:53:24 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/10/22/bad_forbes_bad/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/10/02/fart_at_the_prez/ Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:03:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/10/02/fart_at_the_prez/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/22/debconf6_pictures/ Mon, 22 May 2006 12:41:29 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/22/debconf6_pictures/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/21/debconf_may21/ Sun, 21 May 2006 00:48:44 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/21/debconf_may21/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/19/debconf_may19_1/ Fri, 19 May 2006 11:20:07 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/19/debconf_may19_1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/18/debconf_may18_1/ Thu, 18 May 2006 12:52:53 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/18/debconf_may18_1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/15/debconf_may15_1/ Mon, 15 May 2006 14:00:02 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/15/debconf_may15_1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/14/debconf6_0.5/ Sun, 14 May 2006 13:16:31 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/14/debconf6_0.5/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/08/redneck_tractor_pull/ Mon, 08 May 2006 09:24:05 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/08/redneck_tractor_pull/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/07/cylon_fallen_on_hard_times/ Sun, 07 May 2006 22:12:41 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/05/07/cylon_fallen_on_hard_times/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/04/29/my_two_cents/ Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:18:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/04/29/my_two_cents/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/04/29/there_is_no_spoon/ Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:46:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/04/29/there_is_no_spoon/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/04/09/ucarp_1.2-1/ Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:04:15 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/04/09/ucarp_1.2-1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/04/09/dpl_elect_ajt/ Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:32:45 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/04/09/dpl_elect_ajt/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/04/08/creationism101/ Sat, 08 Apr 2006 22:41:15 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/04/08/creationism101/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/18/dominos_pizza/ Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:47:23 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/18/dominos_pizza/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/09/i_am_pathetic/ Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:03:23 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/09/i_am_pathetic/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/08/motion_denied_idiot/ Wed, 08 Mar 2006 10:43:45 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/08/motion_denied_idiot/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/07/my_repositories/ Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:11:38 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/07/my_repositories/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/05/gr_gfdl_2006/ Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:05:39 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/05/gr_gfdl_2006/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/01/mass_reduction_update_1/ Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:11:11 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/03/01/mass_reduction_update_1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/02/26/opennms-1.2.7-1sarge/ Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:00:26 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/02/26/opennms-1.2.7-1sarge/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/16/jogging_your_way_to_saggy_breasts/ Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:45:52 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/16/jogging_your_way_to_saggy_breasts/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/14/what_is_your_perfect_major_meme/ Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:07:46 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/14/what_is_your_perfect_major_meme/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/13/inner_european_meme/ Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:18:57 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/13/inner_european_meme/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/09/social_dysfunction_meme/ Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:53:43 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/09/social_dysfunction_meme/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/05/search_for_java_victims/ Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:33:42 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/05/search_for_java_victims/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/04/resolution_graph_2006/ Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:27:56 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/04/resolution_graph_2006/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/01/aol_security_commercial/ Sun, 01 Jan 2006 21:42:05 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/01/aol_security_commercial/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/01/new_year_2006/ Sun, 01 Jan 2006 13:51:10 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2006/01/01/new_year_2006/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/12/08/bush_failure/ Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:19:38 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/12/08/bush_failure/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/11/15/middle_earth_race/ Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:39:39 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/11/15/middle_earth_race/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/11/11/vaginal_food_stuffs/ Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:00:46 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/11/11/vaginal_food_stuffs/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/10/26/up_at_night/ Wed, 26 Oct 2005 03:50:50 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/10/26/up_at_night/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/08/25/cyborgname/ Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:07:39 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/08/25/cyborgname/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/08/13/computer_savviness/ Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:01:07 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/08/13/computer_savviness/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/08/12/california/ Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:47:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/08/12/california/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/08/11/lwe-sf-2/ Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:45:41 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/08/11/lwe-sf-2/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/08/09/lwe-sf-1/ Tue, 09 Aug 2005 15:14:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/08/09/lwe-sf-1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/07/12/xsuppository/ Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:08:43 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/07/12/xsuppository/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/07/10/debconf5_july10/ Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:35:36 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/07/10/debconf5_july10/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/06/27/zombie_dogs/ Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:03:01 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/06/27/zombie_dogs/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/06/22/tom_cruise_kills_oprah/ Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:59:55 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/06/22/tom_cruise_kills_oprah/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/06/12/parental_santuary1/ Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:51:40 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/06/12/parental_santuary1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/06/12/logcheck_rule_maint/ Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:53:43 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/06/12/logcheck_rule_maint/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/06/06/sarge-release/ Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:02:32 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/06/06/sarge-release/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/05/29/opennms-1.2.3-1/ Sun, 29 May 2005 17:21:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/05/29/opennms-1.2.3-1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/05/21/official_dd/ Sat, 21 May 2005 21:08:02 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/05/21/official_dd/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/05/01/bladerunner/ Sun, 01 May 2005 00:40:26 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/05/01/bladerunner/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/04/30/blogwork/ Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:28:33 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/04/30/blogwork/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/04/23/american-english-profile/ Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:12:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/04/23/american-english-profile/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/04/02/opennms-1.2.2-1/ Sat, 02 Apr 2005 16:10:30 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/04/02/opennms-1.2.2-1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/03/21/opennms-1.2.1-1/ Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:35:42 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/03/21/opennms-1.2.1-1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/03/19/opennms-1.2.1-1woody/ Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:39:35 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/03/19/opennms-1.2.1-1woody/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/02/14/opennms-1.2.0-1/ Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:26:10 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/02/14/opennms-1.2.0-1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/01/31/opennms-1.1.5-1/ Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:07:53 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2005/01/31/opennms-1.1.5-1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/12/24/ucarp-1.1-2_asmon-0.70-1/ Fri, 24 Dec 2004 14:49:14 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/12/24/ucarp-1.1-2_asmon-0.70-1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/11/12/opennms-1.1.4-1woody/ Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:34:27 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/11/12/opennms-1.1.4-1woody/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/11/11/opennms-1.1.4-1/ Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:59:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/11/11/opennms-1.1.4-1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/27/good_and_bad_news/ Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:51:45 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/27/good_and_bad_news/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/26/xsupplicant_1.0.1-1/ Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:24:08 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/26/xsupplicant_1.0.1-1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/24/carpal_release_tminus_6/ Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:31:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/24/carpal_release_tminus_6/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/14/firerox/ Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:35:34 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/14/firerox/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/14/iran_child_killer/ Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:11:15 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/14/iran_child_killer/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/12/firedforseti/ Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:43:49 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/12/firedforseti/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/11/rentalcar/ Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:44:22 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/11/rentalcar/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/11/asmon-0.60-5/ Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:05:03 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/10/11/asmon-0.60-5/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/28/lotion_in_the_basket/ Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:13:11 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/28/lotion_in_the_basket/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/13/ita-asmon/ Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:18:43 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/13/ita-asmon/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/07/ucarp-1.1-1-test/ Tue, 07 Sep 2004 18:00:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/07/ucarp-1.1-1-test/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/07/ucarp-1.1-1-test.bak/ Tue, 07 Sep 2004 16:10:40 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/07/ucarp-1.1-1-test.bak/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/03/xsupplicant_1.0-1sarge/ Fri, 03 Sep 2004 12:44:09 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/03/xsupplicant_1.0-1sarge/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/02/net-snmp-kernel-2.6/ Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:05:40 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/09/02/net-snmp-kernel-2.6/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/23/magical_trevor/ Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:13:29 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/23/magical_trevor/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/22/xsupplicant_1.0-1/ Sun, 22 Aug 2004 22:17:39 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/22/xsupplicant_1.0-1/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/21/ms_insensitive_bastards/ Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:39:30 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/21/ms_insensitive_bastards/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/21/whats_your_song/ Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:31:00 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/21/whats_your_song/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/18/opennms-1.1.3-3woody/ Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:56:07 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/18/opennms-1.1.3-3woody/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/17/opennms-1.1.3-3/ Tue, 17 Aug 2004 23:05:53 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/17/opennms-1.1.3-3/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/13/cdrtools_nonfree/ Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:49:52 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/13/cdrtools_nonfree/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/13/total_cost_of_0wnership/ Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:20:21 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/13/total_cost_of_0wnership/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/12/dell_remote_access_card/ Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:42:22 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/12/dell_remote_access_card/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/11/real_vs_internet/ Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:17:22 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/11/real_vs_internet/ https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/10/dayaftertomorrow/ Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:24:17 +0000 https://blog.deadcafe.org/posts/2004/08/10/dayaftertomorrow/ Tomorrow, what a piece of shit.