I’m done with Salon.com
I’m done with Salon.com. Done. It’s an excellent site, with a tremendous amount of good content — I’ll particularly miss “Ask The Pilot” — but perhaps now I’ll buy his book. I certainly won’t read his...
View ArticleFirmly Ensconced at DreamHost
So we’re firmly ensconced here at DreamHost, and I’ve got to tell you it feels pretty good. The control panel is great, the one-click installs of MediaWiki or WordPress are great, and most of my urgent...
View ArticleThis is the dumbest thing I’ve seen in ages…
I just installed Novell Suse linux on a server at work — and had to register with Novell in order to get updates. OK, that’s fairly reasonable. I’m always bitchy when I see a list of countries that has...
View ArticleManaging Updates
I’m not clear at this point what the “best practice” is for handling updates to things I’ve written. Not that I’m at ALL anal-retentive (oh no!) but I’ve made about 20 changes to each of these posts...
View ArticleBrowseBack Impresses
So I’ve been playing with BrowseBack lately, and I’m pretty impressed. It’s a Macintosh product that keeps a running watch on what web pages you visit (you can exclude pages like webmail, your online...
View ArticleWhy Is Dreamhost Not Talking About Grids?
Media Temple is talking about a new service called Grid-Server (via). It’s not available yet, but it’s supposed to be coming this month. I have no experience with Media Temple. But Grid-Server seems...
View ArticleArchiving RSS Links Through Pinboard
I’ve been moving many posts from past websites I’ve had into schof.org, so schof.org will be the unitary place to get my writing on the web. In going through the old posts, I was shocked to find out...
View ArticleThis is my blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
I can’t access my old tweets on Twitter — Twitter supposedly has them, but it won’t let me see them. Facebook has privacy failed far too many times to mention here. Is there anyone who pays attention...
View ArticleFinding a Blog Home
TL;DR: If you’re looking for a blogging host and your budget supports $29 a month, you should try WP Engine. I’ve been trying to find a home for my blog for a while now. So long, in fact, that trying...
View ArticleSchof.org Status Update
It’s time for some Inside Baseball about schof.org. There haven’t been too many change to the site that most people noticed, but I’ve made some significant changes under-the-hood, and I thought I’d...
View ArticleHeartbleed OpenSSL Vulnerability and Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Servers
Introduction I’m trying not to be alarmist, but it seems we’ve got a “holy fucking shit” security bug that everyone who runs a server needs to be aware of. And that everyone who uses the Internet needs...
View ArticleA More Balanced “For The Bosses” Email About The Heartbleed Vulnerability
Last night I wrote an email advising a client about the Heartbleed vulnerability and its impact on operations. I’m posting that here, as it’s a little more balanced and professional (and better...
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