Looks like work is sending me to the UK again to clear up some issues on the project we are working on and also to support in a technical review of the software we are working on.
I will be leaving this Friday and returning on the following Saturday for a total of 8 days. I don’t know how much sight seeing I will be doing, I may instead just relax and try to enjoy being in the UK.
With the release of Spamassassin version 3 I upgraded os.com’s mail server to courier, with postfix, with procmail and spamassassin 3. I think the setup should be fast and effective at filtering out spam. The configuratino has SpamAssassin integrated into postfix so that all incoming mail runs through the spamd, then it is to the user in their .procmailrc if they want to filter the spam to a spam folder. This is the way that Dalalumni.ca should be setup, but isn’t. Anyone want an account?
I have been using Gmail for filtering and an e-mail archive for non personal e-mail (I don’t really have that much personal e-mail really). I am hoping that there will ne a next generation of webmail that will allow for faster searching and better UI etc. to replace Squrrelmail as it seems a bit dated now and they don’t offer much in customization. A new kid on the block (google) tends to kick people in the ass.
I also did a WordPress install last night at http://v4.jadz.com/. The upgrade went smoothly after I figured a few things out. The only thing that dissapoints me is I was so impressed with Sperry’s webpage until I did an install and saw that it was pretty much the default install ;).
Just a general update.
I also have been trying to sneak in as many modifications to my car as possible, though I don’t seem to have the time to take any pictures of what I’m doing. I got a set of rims and a spoiler that both seem to suit the car. Both were shipped from California and both were a real steal.
The carputer project is ongoing, with winter fast approaching I am setting up a removable USB hard drive that the carputer will boot off of. This will let me take the entire HD inside at night, upload new MP3′s and videos, and then bring it to the car when I go for a drive. This is a preemptive strike against the cold of winter making a standard hard drives bearings too hard to spin.
The other project that I’ve been working on as of late is Media Portal. This is a media center / PVR of which there are tons out there, but this one is open source which allows me to download the source code and learn a bit of C# while I’m at it.
-Joe
P A L I N D R O M E
“A word, line, verse, etc., reading the same backward as forward.”
Rise to vote, sir
Do Geese See God?
Gateman's nametag
Niagara, O roar again
Won't lovers revolt now?
Mr. Owl ate my metal worm
A man, a plan, a canoe, pasta, heros, rajahs, a coloratura, maps, snipe, percale, macaroni, a gag, a banana bag, a tan, a tag, a banana bag again (or a camel), a crepe, pins, Spam, a rut, a Rolo, cash, a jar, sore hats, a peon, a canal--Panama!
These two photos share a lot of things in common. My uncle found this archive record website that had the “Union Engine Company, No. 6 (Alma), in dress uniform, with No. 3 Steam Fire-engine and the old Hand Fire engine ‘Alma’ of about 1855; in front of Queen St. Engine House, 52 Queen St., Halifax, on the occasion of a firemen’s tournament, ca. 1878″ photo.
The second photo was when some crazy guy tried to set the garbage that had accumulated outside our house on fire.
I made the front page news of the Media Portal website today.
Media Portal turns your PC in a very advanced Multi MediaCenter / HTPC. It allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch your video’s and DVD’s, view, schedule and record live TV and many more. You get Media Portal for free/nothing/nada/noppes and best of all it is opensource. This means anyone can help developing Media Portal or tweak it for their own needs!
I hope its not the last time as I plan to learn and contribute at the same time by writing some plugins.
Maritimers love to talk about the weather, and with the hurricane coming on I was on the weather.com website and came across their featured weekly photo contest.
Some Slashdot users, in an attempt to get a comment moderated Funny, imitate a joke form introduced by Ukrainian-born comedian Yakov Smirnoff called the “Soviet Russia joke”.
The common form of a Soviet Russia joke is not simple reversal of object and subject in the headline, as in this poor attempt. Instead, it reworks nouns and verbs in the headline in a way that implies control of individuals by machines or by large organizations. “In Soviet Russia, Segway drives YOU!” Make sure to omit articles (“a”, “an”, or “the”) because Russian language does same.
Better is a Soviet Russia joke that refers to things that actually happen in actual Russia. For example, all works published outside of Russia before 1995 are in the public domain in Russia. “In Soviet Russia, Mickey Mouse is copied by YOU!” You may be able to squeeze even more humor by introducing the unexpected and breaking the Noun-Verb-YOU form: “In Soviet Russia, government doesn’t worship Disney!” Or you can comment on the situation in “Soviet China” or “Soviet Germany” instead, as both are (China) or were (DDR) under Communist rule.
Best is a good Soviet Russia joke followed by a paragraph or so of actual content expounding on the thesis made in the joke. For example, one could give an overview of what happens in Russia to works first published at various times and why.
But be warned: Many bad Soviet Russia jokes seem to quickly gain a response from some ticked-off AC with subject “Dead Horse Beats You”.
