I should be singing hymns or something to DARPA – the fast track program is truly amazing, or at least it has been to me. I submitted a 2nd proposal (details upcoming) and it got accepted in less than 48 hours. Startups don’t even move that fast! Another 6 months of livelihood. If they only gave out insurance….
silent ~ 501 > uptime 11:05:23 up 510 days, 13:54, 4 users, load average: 0.10, 0.11, 0.09 How long can it go on? I’ve never even had power stay stable this long … probably in my lifetime (foolishly have no UPS.) I’ll probably blow a fuse when I plugin my new few servers….. This is a pretty amazing graph – > 1% wood? Who would have guessed? But check […]
This line did it: $ENV{‘PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME’} = 0; Net::Nessus::XMLRPC, which calls LWP::UserAgent, didn’t emit any hints why something that had been working for many months suddenly doesn’t when I am forced to port to a new system… same OS, how could it go wrong? Turns out LWP changed the default behavior that had been around forever – now it dies if a cert isn’t kompletely kosher. Since virtually every Nessus install […]
Splitting this into two pieces… someday I’ll say a bit about HiFi technology, but I feel compelled to write about a hifi experience I had recently. Anyone who goes into audiophilia even a bit probably has some sad or bad stories about worthless tech, pushy salesfolks, hype, etc., etc. Overall I chalk it up to part of the game. And it’s been my experience that in general audiophiles are […]
Hmm; Facebook is really, really important in WA. The AP reported that “Wash. to unveil voter registration on Facebook.” On the face of it, sure, why not? Then you see some of the details. Once it’s live, Facebook users can click on the application within the secretary of state’s Facebook page. They’ll need to agree to let Facebook access their information, which will be used to prefill their name and date […]