Freepository is 10 years old in May & a new site design has been released to correspond with the anniversary.
Perhaps the biggest change in this release is that of no more new CVS accounts. While this saddens me a bit (we were the first to offer hosted CVS accounts way back in our alpha [...]

Sometimes this stuff just comes to me & I have no choice.

Almost two years ago, I wrote a log file viewer that asynchronously tails a log file & updates a <div> inside a a page.  As a courtesy to other engineers, I posted about it.
The funny thing about that is, although it is one of my most widely *viewed* posts, there are only a few comments.  [...]

Even if we never meet in person, I already feel like we’re old friends. Welcome, Mr. President. We’ve been waiting for you.

I received a hat-tip about this video in an email from Josh Peck of ONE.org. 
So many people – worldwide – have their hopes pinned to Obama’s presidency.  This is both inspiring & a bit daunting.

Tags: U2, Bono, Obama

For those who’ve been around me for more than a few minutes, you know that I like to be silly, enjoy a great diversity of music, have deep loyalty to family & friends, know a bit about technology, and have strong opinions on almost everything (just ask me).

I’ve done more systems work today than is typical.
The mail server, after a brutal spam thrashing that began 24 hours ago (see below), has been turned back on with updated Spamassassin rules, enhanced by the always awesome Mailscanner interface.  I’ve also completed the earlier-mentioned theme update.
And, moments ago, I reenabled twitterfeed.  I’m feeling like I’m [...]

I watched the temperature in Littleton, the nearest town with an official weather feed, climb from 2 to 3, and now 4 degrees F.
I may have to remove my fleece…

Tags: weather, cold

Today, it is cold.  Actually, it is very, very cold in most of Colorado today.  That’s theme #1.  Theme #2 is Wordpress themes.
I’ve used Wordpress since 2005 or earlier (I began testing it before I made the switch), and one of the reasons I’ve stuck with it is the theme metaphor.  I appreciate the ease [...]

Earlier today, I upgraded this blog to Wordpress 2.7. Using the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin, this was quick, painless & error-free.
Two thumbs up so far on the new dashboard; I really like it. You may have noticed that I also changed the theme today – carrington by my friend Alex King (thanks Alex.)