January 30, 2004
Ruiz Library Grand Opening
This Saturday marks the grand opening of the Daniel E. Ruiz branch of the Austin Public Library. The festivities begin at 10:00 on January 31. The official press release notes:... (read more)
January 29, 2004
Disposable DVDs are Dumped
If you shop at H-E-B (and if you're a Texan, you probably do) you may have noticed the EZ-Ds (link to Flashturbated website omitted) display at the checkout. These are... (read more)
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January 23, 2004
And the Winner is...not Gentoo
I've been doing a couple of Linux evaluations. One is to select a Linux distribution for my servers, another for workstations. It was time to make the workstation decision. After... (read more)
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January 20, 2004
Gentoo Linux offers Modest Performance Gain
Gentoo Linux is touted as one of the best performing Linux distributions. I recently ran some tests to verify this. My tests confirmed that Gentoo does indeed perform better. The... (read more)
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January 18, 2004
New Email Address Obfuscation Technique
In a recent article I discussed using Javascript to protect email addresses on web pages from harvesting by spammers. Most common techniques use Javascript to synthesize an address and insert... (read more)
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January 16, 2004
No User Serviceable Parts
I know I've been terribly quiet lately. I've been too distracted to write much. This month, I left my long time South Austin apartment and relocated to the wrong side... (read more)
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January 13, 2004
AT&T Lied
Remember this entry where AT&T customer service gave me the runaround? Remember how I had a nagging suspicion they lied just to get me off the phone? Well, yeah, they... (read more)
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January 08, 2004
Debian Linux: First Step is a Doozy
With the new year, my server fell into limbo. It runs a version of Red Hat Linux that is a dead end. No further eratta will be issued and Red... (read more)
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Fit, Tan and Rested
IJTLCSH has stolen off for a brief, unannounced vacation. We are now back, nursing our hangover and trying to get that quickie Vegas wedding annulled. Content soon to follow.... (read more)
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