I’m not going to be a statistic…
In his "Burning Apple" story Triv wrote: I ran downstairs to get the fire extinguisher. You do have one right? Don’t be a statistic! I did not have one. Now I do. I also decided I will buy a smoke …
Name based virtual hosting and SSL
I have one server that goes by the hostname of "bert.secret-wg.org". It has other identities too; "www.trend-watcher.org" and "www.net-dns.org" are examples. The Apache documentation claims that name-based virtual hosting and SSL can not work Name-based virtual hosting cannot be used …
I want a cheesy puff
I never, in my wildest imagination, figured how Stan and Eric would look in a manga. http://daisy44.deviantart.com/art/Stan-Kyle-Eric-Kenny-153223432 features a couple of images. Now I did try to imagine what Kyle, Stan, Eric and Kenny would be doing as adults. …
Plog Templates are cool
I have not yet started to get my finger behind Plog’s plugins—This evenings project was was not Blog but Mail. I finally gotaround to have my home-gateway talk SASL/TLS to my main server thatacts as a relayhost so that all …
Public Knowledge
Today I made an announcement on our internal maillinglist. I told my colleagues that I walked into an irresistible opportunity and that I will be leaving the organization. It is the sort of announcement over which you should be happy …
Upgraded to Plog 1.0
I just upgraded this blog from plog 0.3 to version 1.0. The upgrade procedure works like a charm and the admin interface and the xmlrpc are improved. Its worth the step and its worth not to wait for the FreeBSD …
Music for today
The events in Rome made me dig up a little avant-garde masterpiece from my vinyl collection. Blessed Easter Track 2 from “Rome Remains Rome” by Holger Czukay (1987) (also available on Amazon) The credits on the cover read: We were …
Cock
3 Songs that start with the cry of a cock. The Beatles, Good Morning Good Morning from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Tom Waits, I’ll Be Gone from Frank’s Wild Years. William S. Burroughs (and the Disposable Heroes of …
April 1 RFC does not fly….
Earlier I wrote that Bert submitted an April 1 RFC. Unfortunatelly it will not be published. The reason given is its length, and I must admit it was somewhat bulky. Below is the response from the RFC Editor. I obfuscated …
Job Offer !!!
Bert just received his first job-offer. I guess that Sandy googled a bit and mailed the addresses she harvested. I considder to have Bert reply and see if we can get him to fly over (Fedex?) for an interview… Suggestions …