diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml index 6fc2a6f6..cab3843e 100644 --- a/.github/dependabot.yml +++ b/.github/dependabot.yml @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ updates: - "*" exclude-patterns: - "pelican*" + cooldown: + default-days: 7 - package-ecosystem: "npm" directory: "/" schedule: @@ -26,3 +28,5 @@ updates: dependecies: patterns: - "*" + cooldown: + default-days: 7 diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml index 0a4f6212..5c415f11 100644 --- a/.github/workflows/main.yml +++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml @@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ jobs: uses: extractions/setup-just@e33e0265a09d6d736e2ee1e0eb685ef1de4669ff # v3 - name: Install uv uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@7edac99f961f18b581bbd960d59d049f04c0002f # v6.4.1 - - name: Install node - uses: actions/setup-node@v4.4.0 - with: - node-version-file: .tool-versions - cache: npm + - uses: jdx/mise-action@146a28175021df8ca24f8ee1828cc2a60f980bd5 # v3.5.1 - name: Install dependencies run: just setup-gha @@ -73,11 +69,7 @@ jobs: uses: extractions/setup-just@e33e0265a09d6d736e2ee1e0eb685ef1de4669ff # v3 - name: Install uv uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@7edac99f961f18b581bbd960d59d049f04c0002f # v6.4.1 - - name: Install node - uses: actions/setup-node@v4.4.0 - with: - node-version-file: .tool-versions - cache: npm + - uses: jdx/mise-action@146a28175021df8ca24f8ee1828cc2a60f980bd5 # v3.5.1 - name: Install dependencies run: just setup-gha - name: Download build artifact diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index f5da8e9e..aae2e455 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ themes/offby1/static/webfonts/ **/.claude/settings.local.json plan.just !.tool-versions +pristine-output diff --git a/.terraform.lock.hcl b/.terraform.lock.hcl index be8054b3..74471a51 100644 --- a/.terraform.lock.hcl +++ b/.terraform.lock.hcl @@ -1,25 +1,19 @@ -# This file is maintained automatically by "terraform init". +# This file is maintained automatically by "tofu init". # Manual edits may be lost in future updates. -provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws" { - version = "5.68.0" +provider "registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/aws" { + version = "6.27.0" constraints = ">= 4.67.0" hashes = [ - "h1:n1X7MVAm1J+cxX4nTWTQRBx+VFQ0ma2AMJ5Ll3URlLo=", - "zh:045f37b115a6c94a05c6a5f2aacfe4cecbaf4b40b56917ba852d988d487e94bf", - "zh:0c388f1a94e7941cf7e6abcd8d958a3e325e513cb60affa3cac82e75c7bbbb73", - "zh:15b1f2587c06bff35a15f2d1c22eab395d549908daf05582608d729cdf54ba40", - "zh:16a9c0c7fa7a33aa22313d4444aeecde20831bf51f9b481a0406e3cf583378fc", - "zh:3330c0d49fb329dff6de17913e1a774e75aa0913106c3197814c73c3a12a4c3f", - "zh:40920318f774ff397c7b6a01b5e89e46eb1a55d7dc9943a310669a9357b9b501", - "zh:838fbac358bb72f46c8d359a28a3effb6a9d7137cdd72b9e4d2f0fcf803dc462", - "zh:84e694c0720bf54b3b8521bf6e05700abe4a1b3e7dd2a104efd1eb55ae5866a0", - "zh:90606c399498027d7d07ab78a71b574a5d8b982c4372e6b67479f7e39e153e2f", - "zh:9162cf25d5c0fdf672c9bbc4c3c84dd87ab6a15b4971df1f32aea6b477c0e028", - "zh:9b12af85486a96aedd8d7984b0ff811a4b42e3d88dad1a3fb4c0b580d04fa425", - "zh:9cd8ec40a88b25e9f0f7d7f51460a921f4529554a260ffbe5083ddeba2f41ae3", - "zh:adeffac1d01a35bc8d2497ccceb9978b4746872143016c2c631de6cb38b6aa8d", - "zh:c7b682c81f9ae850669deb6239a66d8aa960abed984aad25db2d3954c09c2616", - "zh:d10b9f40934e14d55cfc5731d728507e50d014561322e9e0c84b33ab255a4d51", + "h1:Z773nibI8M0BhAy/lJ39VtdRFNcT34W+KxTXPf3n0Ho=", + "zh:102963b1c55b839aeb58788fb823749db02ab96674cf25de720b00473a6c839c", + "zh:46be161beffbb9ea2c9c135dafca0dd634358a9bafc90748cecddf619460c2b6", + "zh:4ee96a9dc860f6b391f2bac07b522c5386ffe75395955686dd56f356e4dd2f36", + "zh:855ece6738c05d910fbc592b73d8cba4cfd7849c6d6782a1ebd4ce4f7c4c7ee0", + "zh:946c65be16e7ee291db1882dc78cc4d4bb577798bcf3d6ba27f464070aead2fb", + "zh:aa4e233f55d0165e9b0465a3f95db8c890e64368c8a58097bca2bf7746b9c5b8", + "zh:b8cb4bbaf69501cdf02b7c296efa2650f5866aa4125912d85f81efd46b042eaf", + "zh:b9351a0b157850ec179a3f83d2ca462a05e697a632a4cde1e464b1fe7d6bd63d", + "zh:e31792468b166906c1f344c0a039e7df10c2d2bd836ec6348fc1879e926075d9", ] } diff --git a/content/old/amazon-expedition/an-expedition-up-the-amazon.md b/content/old/amazon-expedition/an-expedition-up-the-amazon.md index ef9da914..945c08d0 100644 --- a/content/old/amazon-expedition/an-expedition-up-the-amazon.md +++ b/content/old/amazon-expedition/an-expedition-up-the-amazon.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: An Expedition up the Amazon -date: 2011-06-01 01:46 -author: offby1 -category: amazon -tags: amazon, emigration, seattle +--- +title: An Expedition up the Amazon slug: an-expedition-up-the-amazon +date: "2011-06-01 01:46" +category: amazon +tags: + - amazon + - emigration + - seattle +author: offby1 status: published - +--- About three months ago, I was contacted by a recruiter for Amazon. Yes, that Amazon. The big kahuna. One of the titans of the tech industry. Some emails flew back and forth, some phone interviews occurred, and one in-person interview as well, and shortly after PyCon US 2011 (which was awesome, by the way!) I was made an offer that I couldn't refuse. So, here I am. In Seattle, a resident of the USA, joined by Char & Matthew in what could be at least described as the most disruptive job change I've ever had. diff --git a/content/old/amazon-expedition/july-and-august-and-beyond.md b/content/old/amazon-expedition/july-and-august-and-beyond.md index 238ed49d..a934acab 100644 --- a/content/old/amazon-expedition/july-and-august-and-beyond.md +++ b/content/old/amazon-expedition/july-and-august-and-beyond.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Title: July and August (And Beyond) -date: 2011-08-24 10:20 -author: offby1 -category: amazon +--- +title: July and August (And Beyond) slug: july-and-august-and-beyond +date: "2011-08-24 10:20" +category: amazon +author: offby1 status: published - +--- New house, huh. By now more than a few people who will be seeing this post have seen the house. It's nice. Really! Please, come and visit! We've more or less settled in, and have been getting out into the neighborhood. There are some fantastic little shops and eateries in the area, which is not really surprising given that we're straddling the line between two of Seattle's funky neighborhoods. diff --git a/content/old/amazon-expedition/picking-up-the-reins.md b/content/old/amazon-expedition/picking-up-the-reins.md index 1e1105d2..e0d313a7 100644 --- a/content/old/amazon-expedition/picking-up-the-reins.md +++ b/content/old/amazon-expedition/picking-up-the-reins.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Picking up the reins -date: 2011-06-09 11:18 -author: offby1 -category: amazon -tags: details omitted to protect the innocent, workflow, AWS +--- +title: Picking up the reins slug: picking-up-the-reins +date: "2011-06-09 11:18" +category: amazon +tags: + - details omitted to protect the innocent + - workflow + - AWS +author: offby1 status: published - +--- I'm increasing feeling comfortable with the nature of my job here, which is fantastic. We have such a complex problem domain, with so many teams in play, that it's a full time job (and more!) just to manage that organizational problem. All of which means that the tools I get to use are light years beyond the tinkertoy deployment and version management tools I've worked with in my own professional history as well as in my personal work. The learning curve for these has been \... steep. I've been doing nothing but try to figure out how all of the pieces \-- or, at least, all of the pieces I need to work with \-- fit together. Nothing I can talk about on this public site, of course; it's all internal information. diff --git a/content/old/amazon-expedition/taking-my-finger-off-the-pulse.md b/content/old/amazon-expedition/taking-my-finger-off-the-pulse.md index 27bad139..85eb5a8e 100644 --- a/content/old/amazon-expedition/taking-my-finger-off-the-pulse.md +++ b/content/old/amazon-expedition/taking-my-finger-off-the-pulse.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Taking my finger off the pulse -date: 2011-06-04 08:10 -author: offby1 -category: amazon -tags: lifestyle, reading +--- +title: Taking my finger off the pulse slug: taking-my-finger-off-the-pulse +date: "2011-06-04 08:10" +category: amazon +tags: + - lifestyle + - reading +author: offby1 status: published - +--- I'm an inveterate blog reader, which must come as a surprise to precisely nobody. I read blogs by authors, programmers, and random joes who seem to have something interesting to day. To augment that, I also read community weblogs (Metafilter being the most prominent of that lot). I read these blogs\... too much. I've traced this down to a desire to always be abreast of the latest developments in the part of the world that interests me. I don't want to miss anything. And, what ends up happening is that I miss a lot\... just nothing online. What I miss most is being a reader of books. I rarely read books any more because, well, where would I find the time? diff --git a/content/old/amazon-expedition/the-factory-is-in.md b/content/old/amazon-expedition/the-factory-is-in.md index 8fbb8893..989c3aeb 100644 --- a/content/old/amazon-expedition/the-factory-is-in.md +++ b/content/old/amazon-expedition/the-factory-is-in.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: The Factory is In -date: 2011-07-03 21:28 -author: offby1 -category: amazon -tags: beer, seattle +--- +title: The Factory is In slug: the-factory-is-in +date: "2011-07-03 21:28" +category: amazon +tags: + - beer + - seattle +author: offby1 status: published - +--- C and I have landed in our new place. It's an older place in an older neighborhood, and holy shit do we have lots of stuff. It's especially obvious when it's all packed into a house that's a bit smaller than we started with. So, the layout is sweet, in my opinion. It's got a tiny kitchen, though, which is likely not to thrill \@DarwinsMom. For now, though, it's home. Darwin's room is just bloody adorable. I'd take pictures, but he's sleeping like, well, a baby. Another time, perhaps. diff --git a/content/old/amazon-expedition/tick-tock.md b/content/old/amazon-expedition/tick-tock.md index c2a15356..c2a86790 100644 --- a/content/old/amazon-expedition/tick-tock.md +++ b/content/old/amazon-expedition/tick-tock.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Tick, Tock -date: 2011-06-25 08:52 -author: offby1 -category: amazon -tags: home, nightlife, socializing +--- +title: Tick, Tock slug: tick-tock +date: "2011-06-25 08:52" +category: amazon +tags: + - home + - nightlife + - socializing +author: offby1 status: published - +--- So, what's new? Wow\... where to start\... diff --git a/content/old/amazon-expedition/urgh-boxes-heavy-house-full.md b/content/old/amazon-expedition/urgh-boxes-heavy-house-full.md index 7acf9b4b..e8e2d6fc 100644 --- a/content/old/amazon-expedition/urgh-boxes-heavy-house-full.md +++ b/content/old/amazon-expedition/urgh-boxes-heavy-house-full.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Title: Urgh. Boxes Heavy. House full. -date: 2011-07-17 15:03 -author: offby1 -category: amazon +--- +title: Urgh. Boxes Heavy. House full. slug: urgh-boxes-heavy-house-full +date: "2011-07-17 15:03" +category: amazon +author: offby1 status: published - +--- *Takes a breath* Okay, well, that was fun. diff --git a/content/old/amazon-expedition/wallingford.md b/content/old/amazon-expedition/wallingford.md index 520dee90..32606ff2 100644 --- a/content/old/amazon-expedition/wallingford.md +++ b/content/old/amazon-expedition/wallingford.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Wallingford -date: 2011-06-01 22:06 -author: offby1 -category: amazon -tags: home, seattle +--- +title: Wallingford slug: wallingford +date: "2011-06-01 22:06" +category: amazon +tags: + - home + - seattle +author: offby1 status: published - +--- I think -- and I'll know by the time many of you read this -- that we may have found a home, at least for now. It's a compromise (we'll have to store the dining room set, which makes me \... sad) but I think it's a good one. The neighbourhood is awesome. We're a 10-minute walk from shopping; farmer's markets, groceries, and bookstores. Plus, [BottleWorks](http://bottleworksbeerstore.blogspot.com/)\... which is not necessarily a *good* thing, per se; that is one hell of a beer store. diff --git a/content/old/appreciation/aaron.md b/content/old/appreciation/aaron.md index 60c48232..3261e39a 100644 --- a/content/old/appreciation/aaron.md +++ b/content/old/appreciation/aaron.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Aaron -date: 2004-08-21 13:33 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Aaron +slug: aaron +date: "2004-08-21 13:33" category: Appreciation tags: appreciation -slug: aaron +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Moving right along\... This is where it gets a bit more complicated. Most of the people I'm going to be writing about in this vein now are people who read the blog with varying degrees of frequency. I'm not really sure how I feel about talking about them in such a public forum, and more to the point, I'm not sure how comfortable _they_ are with it. diff --git a/content/old/appreciation/and-five.md b/content/old/appreciation/and-five.md index 6db7b865..4bdf62b3 100644 --- a/content/old/appreciation/and-five.md +++ b/content/old/appreciation/and-five.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: And... Five! -date: 2006-03-31 07:49 -author: offby1 -category: Appreciation, Events, General Thoughts -tags: appreciation, events +--- +title: And... Five! slug: and-five +date: "2006-03-31 07:49" +category: Appreciation, Events, General Thoughts +tags: + - appreciation + - events +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Happy anniversary, Char. It's been five years, now, arguably the best five of my life.  We've had our ups and downs, to be sure, but the ups so far outnumber and outscale the downs that it's difficult to pinpoint anything in particular in the latter  set. diff --git a/content/old/appreciation/beau.md b/content/old/appreciation/beau.md index 9742cde9..a8152b0c 100644 --- a/content/old/appreciation/beau.md +++ b/content/old/appreciation/beau.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Beau -date: 2004-08-01 17:18 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Beau +slug: beau +date: "2004-08-01 17:18" category: Appreciation tags: appreciation -slug: beau +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | This is the first of (hopefully) many postings in a new vein here. I'm not going to promise anything special, but the people I'll write about under this heading are my friends. This will be why I care, who they are to me, and all that jazz. Since it's not of interest to everyone, I'll keep the bulk of the text off of the front page, but here's the first one: Beau. | | How do I even begin to explain this guy? diff --git a/content/old/appreciation/big-damned-grin.md b/content/old/appreciation/big-damned-grin.md index 2eadbab9..68b765d7 100644 --- a/content/old/appreciation/big-damned-grin.md +++ b/content/old/appreciation/big-damned-grin.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: :-) -date: 2004-09-29 16:06 -author: offby1 -category: Appreciation, Events, Friends, General Thoughts -tags: appreciation, events, friends +--- +title: ":-)" slug: big-damned-grin +date: "2004-09-29 16:06" +category: Appreciation, Events, Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - appreciation + - events + - friends +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Uhm\... I don't know how to put this without sounding like a total sap, but\... [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) is probably the bestest, most wonderful person in the whole world, _bar none_. diff --git a/content/old/appreciation/matt.md b/content/old/appreciation/matt.md index ad69e456..d6e98ca7 100644 --- a/content/old/appreciation/matt.md +++ b/content/old/appreciation/matt.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Matt -date: 2006-11-21 16:25 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Matt +slug: matt +date: "2006-11-21 16:25" category: Appreciation tags: appreciation -slug: matt +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I think it's time that I resurrect this feature of the site. I'm not spending enough time writing nice things about nice people, and that's a shame. So, without further ado\... | Matt is\... diff --git a/content/old/appreciation/plotted-out.md b/content/old/appreciation/plotted-out.md index 1305d0f8..a1807aec 100644 --- a/content/old/appreciation/plotted-out.md +++ b/content/old/appreciation/plotted-out.md @@ -1,11 +1,19 @@ -Title: Plotted out -date: 2007-04-29 12:15 -author: offby1 -category: Appreciation, Friends -tags: birthday, family, friends, gifts, giving, hot-30s, party +--- +title: Plotted out slug: plotted-out +date: "2007-04-29 12:15" +category: Appreciation, Friends +tags: + - birthday + - family + - friends + - gifts + - giving + - hot-30s + - party +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I think the conspiracy yesterday was to make me actually _feel_ old, by working me over body and mind, so that today I wake up tired, with a sore back and stiff limbs. I love you all ;) diff --git a/content/old/asides/5-minute-quickie.md b/content/old/asides/5-minute-quickie.md index f0919b78..8141a71c 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/5-minute-quickie.md +++ b/content/old/asides/5-minute-quickie.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: 5-minute quickie -date: 2007-01-25 09:59 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Friends -tags: apology, friends, school, stress, time, work +--- +title: 5-minute quickie slug: 5-minute-quickie +date: "2007-01-25 09:59" +category: Asides, Friends +tags: + - apology + - friends + - school + - stress + - time + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Oh, man, it's been a while. Yeah, I'm still here. diff --git a/content/old/asides/a-question-of-freedom.md b/content/old/asides/a-question-of-freedom.md index f265412e..d482f84d 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/a-question-of-freedom.md +++ b/content/old/asides/a-question-of-freedom.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: A question of freedom. -date: 2006-11-08 07:49 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, General Thoughts -tags: debate, freedom, philosophy +--- +title: A question of freedom. slug: a-question-of-freedom +date: "2006-11-08 07:49" +category: Asides, General Thoughts +tags: + - debate + - freedom + - philosophy +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Seen on a forum today: | \> Which is more free? diff --git a/content/old/asides/a-vignette.md b/content/old/asides/a-vignette.md index 22e7eab7..12e8c71a 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/a-vignette.md +++ b/content/old/asides/a-vignette.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: A Vignette -date: 2005-05-26 06:40 -author: offby1 +--- +title: A Vignette +slug: a-vignette +date: "2005-05-26 06:40" category: Asides, General Thoughts tags: asides -slug: a-vignette +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Yesterday, on the way home from _Lobster Telephone_, a play starring Mark Meer as Salvador Dali (+ others), A lady on the bus spoke to me, pointing out the beautiful colours of the sunset happening outside the bus window behind me. It's a rare thing, that people speak to strangers in public. It caught me off guard, but I made an effort to be responsive, in order to leave her feeling as though she should do it again. That, and it really _was_ a very pretty sunset. diff --git a/content/old/asides/ah-what.md b/content/old/asides/ah-what.md index 9674f789..a13b1d22 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/ah-what.md +++ b/content/old/asides/ah-what.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Ah-What? -date: 2007-09-19 13:28 -author: offby1 -category: Asides -tags: apple, good news, warranty +--- +title: Ah-What? slug: ah-what +date: "2007-09-19 13:28" +category: Asides +tags: + - apple + - good news + - warranty +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- We all know how painful warranty work can be; it's never in the company's immediate economic interest to give a good goddamn about sales it's already made, and warranty work is a cost to the company. So, it's all the more impressive when something goes right. _Really_ right. Like, "Sorry, Mr. Offby1, your part is going to take too long to ship. How about a brand new, **massive upgrade**?". diff --git a/content/old/asides/also-3.md b/content/old/asides/also-3.md index ea778e2a..5dc14cea 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/also-3.md +++ b/content/old/asides/also-3.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Also: -date: 2007-01-28 10:35 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Humour -tags: geeky, recursion +--- +title: "Also:" slug: also-3 +date: "2007-01-28 10:35" +category: Asides, Humour +tags: + - geeky + - recursion +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Recursive Epigrams Can Unfortunately Result in Silly, Idly Vexatious Entertainment. That is all. diff --git a/content/old/asides/and-ashes.md b/content/old/asides/and-ashes.md index 55e9d322..a607794e 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/and-ashes.md +++ b/content/old/asides/and-ashes.md @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ -Title: And... ashes -date: 2005-07-09 09:44 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, General Thoughts, Media -tags: asides, media +--- +title: And... ashes slug: and-ashes +date: "2005-07-09 09:44" +category: Asides, General Thoughts, Media +tags: + - asides + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - -[Char]() and I are, more or less, settling in. We've still got a state of total chaos in the kitchen, but things are coming together. I predict a lot of money spend @ Ikea over the next month, organizing the limited space in our cooking area. All told, though, it'll work out nicely. Apparently, tomorrow is my day to clean out the cat poop, if the lady's chore list is to be believed. So, I'll get started on the right foot, I guess. +--- +[Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) and I are, more or less, settling in. We've still got a state of total chaos in the kitchen, but things are coming together. I predict a lot of money spend @ Ikea over the next month, organizing the limited space in our cooking area. All told, though, it'll work out nicely. Apparently, tomorrow is my day to clean out the cat poop, if the lady's chore list is to be believed. So, I'll get started on the right foot, I guess. Other things are\... not so good. diff --git a/content/old/asides/and-then-there-was.md b/content/old/asides/and-then-there-was.md index d3852074..37ca0491 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/and-then-there-was.md +++ b/content/old/asides/and-then-there-was.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: And then there was... -date: 2006-11-27 09:21 -author: offby1 +--- +title: And then there was... +slug: and-then-there-was +date: "2006-11-27 09:21" category: Asides tags: apology -slug: and-then-there-was +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, I had a couple of post ideas over the last couple of days, but with the workload and all, they all kind of fell by the wayside. Sorry, kids. diff --git a/content/old/asides/anticipation-whetting-and-satisfaction.md b/content/old/asides/anticipation-whetting-and-satisfaction.md index abf4ad07..58ce877e 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/anticipation-whetting-and-satisfaction.md +++ b/content/old/asides/anticipation-whetting-and-satisfaction.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Anticipation, Whetting, and Satisfaction -date: 2006-05-27 16:48 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, General Thoughts, Internet, Media -tags: asides, internet, media +--- +title: Anticipation, Whetting, and Satisfaction slug: anticipation-whetting-and-satisfaction +date: "2006-05-27 16:48" +category: Asides, General Thoughts, Internet, Media +tags: + - asides + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- A: Looking forward to a good game of hockey tonight, good hamburgers, and good company. W: Found a nifty site called [Luxist](http://www.luxist.com/) that blogs the *things* of the rich and famous. I smack my lips in consumerist glee at some of them, and shake my head in vague discomfort at others. diff --git a/content/old/asides/climate-of-fear.md b/content/old/asides/climate-of-fear.md index 58925bc7..53e05f97 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/climate-of-fear.md +++ b/content/old/asides/climate-of-fear.md @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ -Title: Climate of fear -date: 2008-04-10 19:03 -author: offby1 -category: Asides -tags: common sense, fear, protectiveness +--- +title: Climate of fear slug: climate-of-fear +date: "2008-04-10 19:03" +category: Asides +tags: + - common sense + - fear + - protectiveness +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- On an unrelated note, [this pleased me](http://www.nysun.com/editorials/why-i-let-my-9-year-old-ride-subway-alone) in and of itself, and saddened me due to the reactions. diff --git a/content/old/asides/cold-comfort.md b/content/old/asides/cold-comfort.md index 2a085905..ff55b8ef 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/cold-comfort.md +++ b/content/old/asides/cold-comfort.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Cold Comfort -date: 2007-12-31 13:33 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Events, Friends, General Thoughts -tags: new year, questions +--- +title: Cold Comfort slug: cold-comfort +date: "2007-12-31 13:33" +category: Asides, Events, Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - new year + - questions +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's the end of 2007, and last night I was asked by our waitress if I was "ready for 2008." It's an interesting question, isn't it? In the absence of epic new plans for the coming year what does "ready" mean? I'm not panicked about the coming year, if that's what she meant. I'm not planning to do anything for which I am not ready, too. diff --git a/content/old/asides/crap.md b/content/old/asides/crap.md index dfc633fc..177e88ab 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/crap.md +++ b/content/old/asides/crap.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Crap -date: 2007-08-22 23:25 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Crap +slug: crap +date: "2007-08-22 23:25" category: Asides tags: look at you hacker a pathetic creature of meat and bone -slug: crap +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, [there](http://www.2kgames.com/bioshock/) went any hope of productive evenings\... diff --git a/content/old/asides/dah-dahdah-dah-dahdah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dahdah.md b/content/old/asides/dah-dahdah-dah-dahdah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dahdah.md index 79400dc2..497aebc1 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/dah-dahdah-dah-dahdah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dahdah.md +++ b/content/old/asides/dah-dahdah-dah-dahdah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dahdah.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Dah. Dahdah-dah. Dahdah-dah dah dah-dah-dahdah! -date: 2006-09-20 20:18 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, General Thoughts, Media -tags: asides, media +--- +title: Dah. Dahdah-dah. Dahdah-dah dah dah-dah-dahdah! slug: dah-dahdah-dah-dahdah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dahdah +date: "2006-09-20 20:18" +category: Asides, General Thoughts, Media +tags: + - asides + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As the strains of John Williams' score waft from the speakers, and the 1977 edition of the opening text scrolls by\... This is a bit like coming home after a long voyage, or finding a friend long thought lost. diff --git a/content/old/asides/drool.md b/content/old/asides/drool.md index 9185c2a9..dd23f99b 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/drool.md +++ b/content/old/asides/drool.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ -Title: Drool... -date: 2004-01-02 22:29 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Internet -tags: asides, internet +--- +title: Drool... slug: drool +date: "2004-01-02 22:29" +category: Asides, Internet +tags: + - asides + - internet +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Random materialistic spooge: I *so* want one of [these](http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/61da/) diff --git a/content/old/asides/echo.md b/content/old/asides/echo.md index ad671521..063e053e 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/echo.md +++ b/content/old/asides/echo.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Echo... -date: 2005-02-27 16:29 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Friends, General Thoughts, Meta -tags: asides, friends, meta +--- +title: Echo... slug: echo +date: "2005-02-27 16:29" +category: Asides, Friends, General Thoughts, Meta +tags: + - asides + - friends + - meta +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Where is everyone? I mean that in both the "Why does nobody post comments here anymore?" mode and the "What are you all up to this week?" mode. The former is just wanking, don't worry about it if you have decided that you no longer want to read my ramblings (sob!) and the latter is because I am out of touch and wish to get in sync with all of you crazy kids. diff --git a/content/old/asides/eeuch.md b/content/old/asides/eeuch.md index 7144d440..96e07b6c 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/eeuch.md +++ b/content/old/asides/eeuch.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Eeuch. -date: 2007-08-25 09:15 -author: offby1 -category: Asides -tags: disappointment, failure, mac +--- +title: Eeuch. slug: eeuch +date: "2007-08-25 09:15" +category: Asides +tags: + - disappointment + - failure + - mac +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | Take a look at this: | [![Noise, Noise](http://www.offby1.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/display.thumbnail.jpg)](http://offby1.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/display.jpg) diff --git a/content/old/asides/from-the-it-only-matters-to-chris-department.md b/content/old/asides/from-the-it-only-matters-to-chris-department.md index 33673ff4..2cac4e65 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/from-the-it-only-matters-to-chris-department.md +++ b/content/old/asides/from-the-it-only-matters-to-chris-department.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: From the "It only matters to Chris" department -date: 2005-12-19 07:51 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, General Thoughts, Projects -tags: asides, projects +--- +title: From the "It only matters to Chris" department slug: from-the-it-only-matters-to-chris-department +date: "2005-12-19 07:51" +category: Asides, General Thoughts, Projects +tags: + - asides + - projects +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Thanks to the hard work of the [Linux](http://www.kernel.org/) development team, and the latest drivers from [ATI](http://www.ati.com), I now have a computer that is capable of 3D acceleration. This makes me oh, *so* happy! diff --git a/content/old/asides/holy-crap.md b/content/old/asides/holy-crap.md index 5bbef6af..0f7e9920 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/holy-crap.md +++ b/content/old/asides/holy-crap.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Holy crap -date: 2005-11-16 15:04 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, General Thoughts, Projects -tags: asides, projects, work +--- +title: Holy crap slug: holy-crap +date: "2005-11-16 15:04" +category: Asides, General Thoughts, Projects +tags: + - asides + - projects + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I forgot I even had this site. Heh diff --git a/content/old/asides/hot-hot-hot.md b/content/old/asides/hot-hot-hot.md index 890d1412..d136afe1 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/hot-hot-hot.md +++ b/content/old/asides/hot-hot-hot.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Hot, hot, hot. -date: 2007-07-13 07:12 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Hot, hot, hot. +slug: hot-hot-hot +date: "2007-07-13 07:12" category: Asides tags: random -slug: hot-hot-hot +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- But, of course, you know that. What you don't know is that\... um\... diff --git a/content/old/asides/i-think-its-different.md b/content/old/asides/i-think-its-different.md index 67c78f2b..cb2d9d1b 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/i-think-its-different.md +++ b/content/old/asides/i-think-its-different.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: I Think It's Different -date: 2006-02-24 21:02 -author: offby1 +--- +title: I Think It's Different +slug: i-think-its-different +date: "2006-02-24 21:02" category: Asides, General Thoughts tags: asides -slug: i-think-its-different +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This is the first day with my new toy, and I think I'm going to like it. It's *different*, for sure, but mostly in minor, key layout, ways. It's just stupidly fast, that's for sure. And it's so, SO pretty. diff --git a/content/old/asides/im-not-dead.md b/content/old/asides/im-not-dead.md index 4d2c2476..de25d401 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/im-not-dead.md +++ b/content/old/asides/im-not-dead.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: I'm not dead -date: 2007-04-07 22:44 -author: offby1 +--- +title: I'm not dead +slug: im-not-dead +date: "2007-04-07 22:44" category: Asides tags: alive -slug: im-not-dead +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Yeah, it's the periodic, final exams + projects swamped "I'm not dead" post. So, I'm not dead. I've got some neat things I want to talk about, but will do so later. diff --git a/content/old/asides/league-of-ordinary-men.md b/content/old/asides/league-of-ordinary-men.md index ac5f7e5f..07208e06 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/league-of-ordinary-men.md +++ b/content/old/asides/league-of-ordinary-men.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: League of Ordinary Men -date: 2004-03-15 16:55 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Rants -tags: asides, rants +--- +title: League of Ordinary Men slug: league-of-ordinary-men +date: "2004-03-15 16:55" +category: Asides, Rants +tags: + - asides + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This'll be brief: You would think that it would be possible to find a place to bowl on a Monday evening. diff --git a/content/old/asides/lining-them-up.md b/content/old/asides/lining-them-up.md index 7e00fd8c..199a7d95 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/lining-them-up.md +++ b/content/old/asides/lining-them-up.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Lining Them Up... -date: 2006-08-30 18:33 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, General Thoughts -tags: asides, school, work +--- +title: Lining Them Up... slug: lining-them-up +date: "2006-08-30 18:33" +category: Asides, General Thoughts +tags: + - asides + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Getting the last few courses out of the way is, strangely, shaping up to be somewhat unsatisfying. I can't seem to shake the desire to phone in the last year of my education, skipping the hard parts and concentrating on just getting the official documentation of my education. This isn't, obviously, a constructive sentiment. diff --git a/content/old/asides/music-to-my-ears.md b/content/old/asides/music-to-my-ears.md index 76d00402..08962e65 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/music-to-my-ears.md +++ b/content/old/asides/music-to-my-ears.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Music to my ears -date: 2006-01-20 11:18 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Internet, Media -tags: asides, internet, media +--- +title: Music to my ears slug: music-to-my-ears +date: "2006-01-20 11:18" +category: Asides, Internet, Media +tags: + - asides + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- If you're at all into post-rock (pretentious wankery, in other words), [Thee Silver Mt. Zionist](http://www.livejournal.com/users/charlatantric/) is a good little blog to check out. Very pleasant, nice-sounding music along the lines of Godspeed! You Black Emperor and Sigur Ros. Well, some of it is. diff --git a/content/old/asides/obscenity-is-fun.md b/content/old/asides/obscenity-is-fun.md index a15ad589..9e978d84 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/obscenity-is-fun.md +++ b/content/old/asides/obscenity-is-fun.md @@ -1,11 +1,20 @@ -Title: Obscenity is Fun! -date: 2006-12-31 11:19 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Humour -tags: Alan Moore, censorship, customs, gifts, Lost Girls, obscenity, pornography, undue risk +--- +title: Obscenity is Fun! slug: obscenity-is-fun +date: "2006-12-31 11:19" +category: Asides, Humour +tags: + - Alan Moore + - censorship + - customs + - gifts + - Lost Girls + - obscenity + - pornography + - undue risk +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | It's a good sign, if you ask me, when your christmas gift comes with a letter like this | one (boldface text highlighted by Matt): @@ -25,7 +34,7 @@ status: draft | \> The boxed set was also found to contain depictions and descriptions of sexual acts | \> **involving persons under the age of 18**. However, it would appear that these | \> representations serve a legitimate purpose related to art and to the very detailed story -| \> about the **sexual awakening and development** of the three [main]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_%28Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland%29](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_%28Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland%29)) [female]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gale](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gale)) [characters]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan)). +| \> about the **sexual awakening and development** of the three [main](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_%28Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland%29) [female](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gale) [characters](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan). | \> Furthermore, it is my opinion that this item does not pose an undue risk of harm to | \> persons under the age of 18 years. As a result, it is my opinion that this boxed set does | \> not constitute child pornography. diff --git a/content/old/asides/oh-bang.md b/content/old/asides/oh-bang.md index 23e9d460..8ca6abb5 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/oh-bang.md +++ b/content/old/asides/oh-bang.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Oh, Bang -date: 2007-07-29 23:09 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, General Thoughts -tags: oracle, skydiving, work +--- +title: Oh, Bang slug: oh-bang +date: "2007-07-29 23:09" +category: Asides, General Thoughts +tags: + - oracle + - skydiving + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There was some fantastic lightning last night, for those who were either asleep or not in my area. So, being a thunder nerd, I slept on the balcony. Very, very nice. diff --git a/content/old/asides/on-a-lighter-note.md b/content/old/asides/on-a-lighter-note.md index 6846055d..ee6a441b 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/on-a-lighter-note.md +++ b/content/old/asides/on-a-lighter-note.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: On a lighter note -date: 2005-12-07 08:20 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Meta -tags: asides, meta +--- +title: On a lighter note slug: on-a-lighter-note +date: "2005-12-07 08:20" +category: Asides, Meta +tags: + - asides + - meta +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It seems that I've hit the 10,000-spam mark, sometime last week. Wow, that's depressing. You guys don't even keep up with the spammers :) diff --git a/content/old/asides/on-again.md b/content/old/asides/on-again.md index 1640b569..1c302f8f 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/on-again.md +++ b/content/old/asides/on-again.md @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ -Title: On again, -date: 2005-07-16 12:29 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, General Thoughts -tags: asides, work +--- +title: On again, slug: on-again +date: "2005-07-16 12:29" +category: Asides, General Thoughts +tags: + - asides + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Finally, a working primary PC. -I've missed having this all going, and as such I plan to enjoy my newly-functional technological marvel. However, this weekend, at least, I have more old-fashioned plans on my docket. Specifically, I intend to read a bunch whilst curled up on the couch with my [Charling](), who is returned from her travels. +I've missed having this all going, and as such I plan to enjoy my newly-functional technological marvel. However, this weekend, at least, I have more old-fashioned plans on my docket. Specifically, I intend to read a bunch whilst curled up on the couch with my [Charling](http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar), who is returned from her travels. I bought her a copy of the newest \$HYPED_BOOK this morning, which she's going to read before I dive into it. diff --git a/content/old/asides/ouch-2.md b/content/old/asides/ouch-2.md index bc772a5a..24963cb5 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/ouch-2.md +++ b/content/old/asides/ouch-2.md @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ -Title: Ouch -date: 2007-12-23 17:47 -author: offby1 -category: Asides +--- +title: Ouch slug: ouch-2 +date: "2007-12-23 17:47" +category: Asides +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Pepper oil hurts my sensitive bits. diff --git a/content/old/asides/plugin-support-post.md b/content/old/asides/plugin-support-post.md index 66dd34a2..c5bc5330 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/plugin-support-post.md +++ b/content/old/asides/plugin-support-post.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Place your support requests here. -date: 2003-11-12 11:20 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Projects -tags: asides, projects +--- +title: Place your support requests here. slug: plugin-support-post +date: "2003-11-12 11:20" +category: Asides, Projects +tags: + - asides + - projects +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | \## Update | Support requests can now be filed at [my support site](http://offby1.no-ip.org:8080) diff --git a/content/old/asides/post-slug.md b/content/old/asides/post-slug.md index bc64e3de..fb8e1d7b 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/post-slug.md +++ b/content/old/asides/post-slug.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Post Slug -date: 2006-04-08 11:41 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Friends, General Thoughts -tags: asides, friends, school +--- +title: Post Slug slug: post-slug +date: "2006-04-08 11:41" +category: Asides, Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - asides + - friends + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Ye heavenly hosts, I am undermotivated today. According to my spell checker, "undermotivated" is not a word. diff --git a/content/old/asides/related-to-the-post-prior-to-this.md b/content/old/asides/related-to-the-post-prior-to-this.md index 37d03014..c3f942b1 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/related-to-the-post-prior-to-this.md +++ b/content/old/asides/related-to-the-post-prior-to-this.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Related to the post prior to this -date: 2006-02-20 23:53 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Internet, Media -tags: asides, internet, media +--- +title: Related to the post prior to this slug: related-to-the-post-prior-to-this +date: "2006-02-20 23:53" +category: Asides, Internet, Media +tags: + - asides + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- The annual [Jefferson Muzzle](http://www.tjcenter.org/past2005.html) awards for 2005 came out a short time ago. From the FCC to the MPAA, with stops at high schools and the Republican/Democrat conventions in between. It'd be funny if it weren't true. As it is, it makes me want to cry. diff --git a/content/old/asides/renovations.md b/content/old/asides/renovations.md index 91b8172b..ea5b3ecf 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/renovations.md +++ b/content/old/asides/renovations.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Renovations -date: 2005-12-07 11:12 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Friends, Meta -tags: asides, friends, meta +--- +title: Renovations slug: renovations +date: "2005-12-07 11:12" +category: Asides, Friends, Meta +tags: + - asides + - friends + - meta +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I just realized: For all that I bug [Char](http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar/) about her propensity for redecorating the house at what I deem to be excessive intervals\... What do you all think of the new look? I'm playing around with the details of colour and image, but the layout and clean style of this new theme *really* appeals to me. diff --git a/content/old/asides/sad-and-waiting.md b/content/old/asides/sad-and-waiting.md index 2169b735..8a051c95 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/sad-and-waiting.md +++ b/content/old/asides/sad-and-waiting.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Sad, and Waiting -date: 2006-02-14 15:35 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Sad, and Waiting +slug: sad-and-waiting +date: "2006-02-14 15:35" category: Asides, General Thoughts tags: asides -slug: sad-and-waiting +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I just checked my order status page at Apple, and the ship date for my laptop was bumped to Feb 28 as of, oh, about an hour ago. So close\... diff --git a/content/old/asides/signs-you-drink-with-the-wrong-people.md b/content/old/asides/signs-you-drink-with-the-wrong-people.md index 5c44a719..f10e14e3 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/signs-you-drink-with-the-wrong-people.md +++ b/content/old/asides/signs-you-drink-with-the-wrong-people.md @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ -Title: Signs you drink with the wrong people -date: 2006-11-05 14:54 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Humour, Internet, Media -tags: asides, humour, internet, media +--- +title: Signs you drink with the wrong people slug: signs-you-drink-with-the-wrong-people +date: "2006-11-05 14:54" +category: Asides, Humour, Internet, Media +tags: + - asides + - humour + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - -Odds are, Beau should not be allowed to see this link: [We Are Your Friends](/images/we_are_your_friends.mov) +--- +Odds are, Beau should not be allowed to see this link: [We Are Your Friends]({static}/images/we_are_your_friends.mov) It's video, so don't bother, on a slow connection. diff --git a/content/old/asides/thanks-ted.md b/content/old/asides/thanks-ted.md index 5ccf2bd6..5d9ab11b 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/thanks-ted.md +++ b/content/old/asides/thanks-ted.md @@ -1,11 +1,21 @@ -Title: Thanks, TED -date: 2007-08-18 15:13 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Media -tags: atheism, dawkins, entertainment, media, meme, musings, politics, science, technology +--- +title: Thanks, TED slug: thanks-ted +date: "2007-08-18 15:13" +category: Asides, Media +tags: + - atheism + - dawkins + - entertainment + - media + - meme + - musings + - politics + - science + - technology +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [Aaron](http://www.spaz.ca) mentioned [TED](http://www.ted.com/) to me some time ago as an interesting place to go for talks about the world; technology, science, economics, politics. I finally got around to checking it out, and I have to admit, there's a lot there. diff --git a/content/old/asides/the-trvth.md b/content/old/asides/the-trvth.md index f08d4904..c82419d6 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/the-trvth.md +++ b/content/old/asides/the-trvth.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: The Trvth -date: 2007-09-07 07:58 -author: offby1 +--- +title: The Trvth +slug: the-trvth +date: "2007-09-07 07:58" category: Asides, General Thoughts tags: quote -slug: the-trvth +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | \> The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. | \> The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. | \> The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. diff --git a/content/old/asides/ticking-down.md b/content/old/asides/ticking-down.md index c8c9963d..be476e75 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/ticking-down.md +++ b/content/old/asides/ticking-down.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Ticking Down -date: 2006-12-11 20:48 -author: offby1 -category: Asides -tags: family, gift-giving, skiing, work +--- +title: Ticking Down slug: ticking-down +date: "2006-12-11 20:48" +category: Asides +tags: + - family + - gift-giving + - skiing + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- A few things coming up soon; | - One, there's a ski trip happening in a few days, on the 22nd, with much of my family that will be very fun (good idea, [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com)!). diff --git a/content/old/asides/to-know-me.md b/content/old/asides/to-know-me.md index 2e789f46..c26677bf 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/to-know-me.md +++ b/content/old/asides/to-know-me.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: To Know Me -date: 2006-04-05 23:20 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Friends, General Thoughts -tags: asides, friends +--- +title: To Know Me slug: to-know-me +date: "2006-04-05 23:20" +category: Asides, Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - asides + - friends +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Yeah, or something like that, anyway. It's increasingly obvious to me that I need to find something that I'm passionate about to write about. The "Here's what's new in my life" format has its place, and will never truly leave these pages, but I don't know that it has the mileage to make it. diff --git a/content/old/asides/tokenism.md b/content/old/asides/tokenism.md index b453d06a..23ad3788 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/tokenism.md +++ b/content/old/asides/tokenism.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Tokenism -date: 2005-02-18 13:33 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Tokenism +slug: tokenism +date: "2005-02-18 13:33" category: Asides tags: asides -slug: tokenism +author: offby1 status: draft - -Just to beat [Simon]() to the punch, it is *I* that coined the quote "omnidirectional hate engine," at least according to [Google]() +--- +Just to beat [Simon](http://www.simontimms.com/) to the punch, it is *I* that coined the quote "omnidirectional hate engine," at least according to [Google](http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22omnidirectional+hate+engine%22&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial) diff --git a/content/old/asides/traveling-again.md b/content/old/asides/traveling-again.md index e97facc8..d3207301 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/traveling-again.md +++ b/content/old/asides/traveling-again.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ -Title: Traveling again -date: 2006-06-04 15:37 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, Friends -tags: asides, friends +--- +title: Traveling again slug: traveling-again +date: "2006-06-04 15:37" +category: Asides, Friends +tags: + - asides + - friends +author: offby1 status: draft - -Simon and Char are roaming the world, and they (like M&M before them) are posting on [Morruz](/morruz/). +--- +Simon and Char are roaming the world, and they (like M&M before them) are posting on [Morruz](http://www.offlineblog.com/morruz/). diff --git a/content/old/asides/up-on-arms.md b/content/old/asides/up-on-arms.md index 9c8c45fd..b7200ec9 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/up-on-arms.md +++ b/content/old/asides/up-on-arms.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Up On Arms -date: 2006-05-14 09:56 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, General Thoughts -tags: asides, work +--- +title: Up On Arms slug: up-on-arms +date: "2006-05-14 09:56" +category: Asides, General Thoughts +tags: + - asides + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Wow. As [Simon](http://vernondalhart.livejournal.com/) gets into climbing, it reminds me that I'm supposed to go out with a co-worker and try it out. My god. I hurt in ways I didn't know were possible. It's better today, but yesterday evening I could barely hold the shopping basket. That being said, it was fun, and I think I'll do it again. diff --git a/content/old/asides/waiting-for-the-other-shoe.md b/content/old/asides/waiting-for-the-other-shoe.md index 45df35b9..2ddc6c7b 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/waiting-for-the-other-shoe.md +++ b/content/old/asides/waiting-for-the-other-shoe.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Waiting for the other shoe -date: 2007-01-10 22:41 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Waiting for the other shoe +slug: waiting-for-the-other-shoe +date: "2007-01-10 22:41" category: Asides, General Thoughts tags: impending doom -slug: waiting-for-the-other-shoe +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Ever have that feeling? I'm just waiting for something to pop. I know it's coming, although I don't know what it is, or when it'll happen, but it's coming. diff --git a/content/old/asides/woohoo.md b/content/old/asides/woohoo.md index 95df730a..75b9e4df 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/woohoo.md +++ b/content/old/asides/woohoo.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Woohoo! -date: 2006-02-21 07:58 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Woohoo! +slug: woohoo +date: "2006-02-21 07:58" category: Asides tags: asides -slug: woohoo +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It shipped! diff --git a/content/old/asides/wow-that-took-way-longer-than-i-thought-it-would.md b/content/old/asides/wow-that-took-way-longer-than-i-thought-it-would.md index f8031e29..95589587 100644 --- a/content/old/asides/wow-that-took-way-longer-than-i-thought-it-would.md +++ b/content/old/asides/wow-that-took-way-longer-than-i-thought-it-would.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Wow. That took WAY longer than I thought it would -date: 2005-12-10 08:02 -author: offby1 -category: Asides, General Thoughts, Media -tags: asides, media +--- +title: Wow. That took WAY longer than I thought it would slug: wow-that-took-way-longer-than-i-thought-it-would +date: "2005-12-10 08:02" +category: Asides, General Thoughts, Media +tags: + - asides + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- After only five years (or so) of searching for the missing element of my Tad Williams "\`Otherland \\`\__" hardcover set, I finally found a copy that wasn't some wildly-overpriced "first edition" in poor condition. It's very pretty, and now I have all four. diff --git a/content/old/events/a-black-day.md b/content/old/events/a-black-day.md index c86d1901..636d88c9 100644 --- a/content/old/events/a-black-day.md +++ b/content/old/events/a-black-day.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: A black day -Date: 2003-02-01 09:29 -Author: offby1 -Category: contemplation -Tags: events, space -Slug: a-black-day -Status: published - +--- +title: A black day +slug: a-black-day +date: "2003-02-01 09:29" +category: contemplation +tags: + - events + - space +author: offby1 +status: published +--- About two hours ago, as i write this, the NASA space shuttle Columbia lost contact with mission control while coming in for a landing. As of this writing, it is known ([CNN diff --git a/content/old/events/a-catchup-catch-all.md b/content/old/events/a-catchup-catch-all.md index 9f507f38..37d95761 100644 --- a/content/old/events/a-catchup-catch-all.md +++ b/content/old/events/a-catchup-catch-all.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: A Catchup, Catch-all, -date: 2007-12-02 08:25 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts, Meta -tags: book, char, dislocation, travel, work +--- +title: A Catchup, Catch-all, slug: a-catchup-catch-all +date: "2007-12-02 08:25" +category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts, Meta +tags: + - book + - char + - dislocation + - travel + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- and I wanted to work Catch-22 into that title, but couldn't. So, in response to some vigourous prodding last night, I felt it was time to dust this off and get back to keeping people apprised of my life. diff --git a/content/old/events/a-sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense.md b/content/old/events/a-sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense.md index 184acaba..b6acb18e 100644 --- a/content/old/events/a-sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense.md +++ b/content/old/events/a-sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense.md @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ -Title: A Sudden Outbreak of Common Sense -date: 2007-12-10 23:02 -author: offby1 -category: Events -tags: copyright, dmca, freedom, law, politics +--- +title: A Sudden Outbreak of Common Sense slug: a-sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense +date: "2007-12-10 23:02" +category: Events +tags: + - copyright + - dmca + - freedom + - law + - politics +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, well. -Persuant to my [post about the Canadian DMCA](/backlog/2007/12/08/rights-you-dont-want-those/) it appears that the [legislation has been pulled](http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2459/1/) and will not be enacted in its current form. +Persuant to my [post about the Canadian DMCA](http://www.offlineblog.com/backlog/2007/12/08/rights-you-dont-want-those/) it appears that the [legislation has been pulled](http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2459/1/) and will not be enacted in its current form. It's hard to say why without the power of telepathy, but I would imagine that the widespread public outcry over the effects of the law can't have hurt. diff --git a/content/old/events/about-confidence.md b/content/old/events/about-confidence.md index b8bb9e82..c5dc833e 100644 --- a/content/old/events/about-confidence.md +++ b/content/old/events/about-confidence.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ -Title: About confidence -date: 2005-05-11 07:05 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Media, Rants -tags: events, media, rants +--- +title: About confidence slug: about-confidence +date: "2005-05-11 07:05" +category: Events, Media, Rants +tags: + - events + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As a few of you already know, a reasonably serious non-confidence motion was brought forward _and passed_ in our parliament yesterday. Unsurprisingly, given the high-handed arrogance with which they have governed, the liberal party declined to accept the ruling. -What's interesting to me \-- what with all the problems I've had with media spin on this \-- is the coverage. Conveniently enough, another blogger (who is more conservative than I \-- note the grade given the Nat'l post, which would have gotten a B in my world) has rounded up and graded most national news outlets on the subject. Check those out [here](). +What's interesting to me \-- what with all the problems I've had with media spin on this \-- is the coverage. Conveniently enough, another blogger (who is more conservative than I \-- note the grade given the Nat'l post, which would have gotten a B in my world) has rounded up and graded most national news outlets on the subject. Check those out [here](http://www.stephentaylor.ca/archives/000244.html). This jives well with what I've been saying about spin on the nature of the upcoming confidence votes. There's little doubt in my mind that, when the early election is forced, the Liberal party will manage to spin it as being forced by the Conservatives, as opposed to having been brought about by a combination of increasing evidence of corruption and deliberate alterations to the budget into one that neither the PC party nor the Bloc can legitimately accept. Since, given that budget, the Liberals can only be assured of the NDP + Liberal vote, which is three short of a _tie_ in the house of commons, they _know_ they cannot win that budget vote. There never was a way for them to do so. Therefore, they just forced the PC party to _appear_ to be the instigators of the election. I guarantee that a paraphrase of "Harper knew that Canadians didn't want an election this soon" (Right after they trot out the "Hidden Agenda" tripe they used to such good effect last election, despite all and any evidence to the contrary. Or more accurately, _lack of evidence_.) will appear on the campaign trail, and it'll be true \-- but neither did Harper. And I wish that people reading the news would have a chance to realize that. But I invite you all to read more closely. It's worth paying attention to the biases in order to find the truth. diff --git a/content/old/events/an-event-i-can-get-behind.md b/content/old/events/an-event-i-can-get-behind.md index 883a44e1..1d98ceb3 100644 --- a/content/old/events/an-event-i-can-get-behind.md +++ b/content/old/events/an-event-i-can-get-behind.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: An event I can get behind -date: 2005-03-09 08:19 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Humour, Internet -tags: events, humour, internet +--- +title: An event I can get behind slug: an-event-i-can-get-behind +date: "2005-03-09 08:19" +category: Events, Humour, Internet +tags: + - events + - humour + - internet +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Apparently, although this is news to me, March 15th has become the "\`International Eat an Animal for PETA \\`\__" day. (Via [Instapundit](http://instapundit.com/archives/021657.php)) It doesn't have the same linguistic flair that, say, Talk Like a Pirate day does, but it's still something that I'll approve of. Apparently, joined by many others, although most of them have left the blogging thing -- or at least re-done their links -- since they participated, so no links. diff --git a/content/old/events/and-another-one-bites-the-dust.md b/content/old/events/and-another-one-bites-the-dust.md index 42c50d71..a33f97be 100644 --- a/content/old/events/and-another-one-bites-the-dust.md +++ b/content/old/events/and-another-one-bites-the-dust.md @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ -Title: And another one bites the dust -date: 2004-11-11 09:18 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Internet -tags: events, internet +--- +title: And another one bites the dust slug: and-another-one-bites-the-dust +date: "2004-11-11 09:18" +category: Events, Internet +tags: + - events + - internet +author: offby1 status: draft - -Although you might not really understand the impact of this, it was reported today on various [geek]([http://www.betanews.com/article/Death_Knell_Sounds_for_Nullsoft_Winamp/1100111204](http://www.betanews.com/article/Death_Knell_Sounds_for_Nullsoft_Winamp/1100111204)) [news]() [sites]([http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/11/aol_axes_nullsoft/](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/11/aol_axes_nullsoft/)) that [Winamp]() is quietly slipping into oblivion, with Nullsoft having been shut down by AOL. +--- +Although you might not really understand the impact of this, it was reported today on various [geek](http://www.betanews.com/article/Death_Knell_Sounds_for_Nullsoft_Winamp/1100111204) [news](http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/11/1348218&tid=120&tid=141) [sites](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/11/aol_axes_nullsoft/) that [Winamp](http://www.winamp.com/) is quietly slipping into oblivion, with Nullsoft having been shut down by AOL. I'm feeling nostalgic about this. Winamp had been, until I got an iPod, the first non-driver piece of software that ever went on a new install of windows. For the longest time, it was synonymous with playing music, because it was fast, usable, simple, and it Just Worked. The only reason I ever stopped using it was the challenge of maintaining two separate libraries of music, with consistent ratings and genres, between it and iTunes. diff --git a/content/old/events/and-the-band-plays-on.md b/content/old/events/and-the-band-plays-on.md index b67c598b..19481a41 100644 --- a/content/old/events/and-the-band-plays-on.md +++ b/content/old/events/and-the-band-plays-on.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: ... And the band plays on -date: 2008-11-16 16:05 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Meta -tags: future, meta, pregnancy +--- +title: ... And the band plays on slug: and-the-band-plays-on +date: "2008-11-16 16:05" +category: Events, Meta +tags: + - future + - meta + - pregnancy +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, it looks like I've got more reason to write than ever before. And I thought that _going back to school_ was going to be a big deal and worth writing about. If only I'd known\... So, for the one of you still reading this that doesn't already know \--and I suspect that my readership has fallen to zero at this point \-- I'm going to be having a baby. Char and I will become parents on or around May 23 next year (if Ali has her way, it'll be May 22, but I don't know that we'll be _that_ obedient). diff --git a/content/old/events/and-then-there-was-one.md b/content/old/events/and-then-there-was-one.md index 24c6a129..bb9350d6 100644 --- a/content/old/events/and-then-there-was-one.md +++ b/content/old/events/and-then-there-was-one.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: And then there was one... -date: 2006-05-27 21:46 -author: offby1 +--- +title: And then there was one... +slug: and-then-there-was-one +date: "2006-05-27 21:46" category: Events tags: events -slug: and-then-there-was-one +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Sixteen years. Edmonton last saw the playoff finals in 1990. They won, then, in five games. Buffalo, as it happens. In (hopefully) six days, they get to face off against the best in the east. diff --git a/content/old/events/arrr.md b/content/old/events/arrr.md index f7c32e88..83b1ffb1 100644 --- a/content/old/events/arrr.md +++ b/content/old/events/arrr.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Arrr! -date: 2003-09-19 13:38 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Arrr! +slug: arrr +date: "2003-09-19 13:38" category: Events tags: events -slug: arrr +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It be [Talk like a pirate day](http://www.thomasscott.net/yarr/) so i hope ye scurvy scallywags have got the manly bits to go out into the worrrrld with a rroll in yer Arrrs and a grrowl in yer speech. [The swabs over at Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/28409) brrrought this to me attention. diff --git a/content/old/events/back-in-the-good-old-days.md b/content/old/events/back-in-the-good-old-days.md index 7ee24c33..c493e55b 100644 --- a/content/old/events/back-in-the-good-old-days.md +++ b/content/old/events/back-in-the-good-old-days.md @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ -Title: Back in the good old days -date: 2004-09-17 06:43 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Media, Rants -tags: events, media, rants +--- +title: Back in the good old days slug: back-in-the-good-old-days +date: "2004-09-17 06:43" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Media, Rants +tags: + - events + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - -This isn't really in reference to anything specific, but as a side-effect of following this "Rathergate" thing (on [instapundit](), among others) I came across [this comparison]() to Johnson & Johnson's handling of a poisoned Tylenol scare. +--- +This isn't really in reference to anything specific, but as a side-effect of following this "Rathergate" thing (on [instapundit](http://instapundit.com/archives/017876.php), among others) I came across [this comparison](http://hughhewitt.com/index.htm#postid911) to Johnson & Johnson's handling of a poisoned Tylenol scare. Now, read that article, and then tell me: Can you imagine _any_ company doing that now? diff --git a/content/old/events/because-i-havent-posted-in-a-while.md b/content/old/events/because-i-havent-posted-in-a-while.md index 97bc9351..0a55dcf8 100644 --- a/content/old/events/because-i-havent-posted-in-a-while.md +++ b/content/old/events/because-i-havent-posted-in-a-while.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Because i haven't posted in a while -date: 2004-04-13 12:36 -author: offby1 -category: Events -tags: events, free speech, freedom, internet +--- +title: Because i haven't posted in a while slug: because-i-havent-posted-in-a-while +date: "2004-04-13 12:36" +category: Events +tags: + - events + - free speech + - freedom + - internet +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- \... and [this](http://www.tjcenter.org/past2004.html) ("The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression") is nifty. A free speech advocacy group in the USA hands out these Jefferson Muzzle awards to organizations and individuals who have failed to grasp the first ammendment protections of free speech over the course of the year. A good read, and a set of good examples to use if discussing free speech and its abuses. diff --git a/content/old/events/belated-i-update.md b/content/old/events/belated-i-update.md index 4b247275..5bb8effb 100644 --- a/content/old/events/belated-i-update.md +++ b/content/old/events/belated-i-update.md @@ -1,17 +1,22 @@ -Title: Belated, I Update. -date: 2004-08-17 04:14 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts -tags: events, friends, school, work +--- +title: Belated, I Update. slug: belated-i-update +date: "2004-08-17 04:14" +category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - friends + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Whoops. I really, really meant to do some writing before this, but I guess it just kind of slipped my mind. I _have_ been pretty busy this week, so I think I can be forgiven. Not too much new to report. I have spent the last week mostly being a labourer, with two days as a surveyor out of seven where Mir was MIA(Missing in Action). Other than that, I slaved away in the hot goddamn sun with people running the gamut from a hard-working 16-year-old friend of a hoe operator to the most aggravating person I've had the displeasure of sharing company with in ages. Oh, for two days I drove pilot truck, which has to be the easiest goddamn job ever invented. This one could probably be done by a [very small shell script](http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/374d/), it's that easy. But it did mean that I got paid to drive around listening to music for as many as ten hours. On the school front, one step closer. Got my registration confirmation deposit paid and taken care of. Thus, I am in. All that remains is to get my student loan set up and start buying books. As this comes closer, I'll admit I'm becoming more and more nervous. I'm setting the bar awfully high for myself this semester, and I can only hope that I'm up to the challenge. If I didn't believe that I could, I wouldn't have done so, but still. It's going to be hard. -The biggest thing upcoming, I suspect that most of you know about already. In a couple of weeks, I mark my last day w/ Prarie Roadbuilders, and I intend to celebrate by going out to a place called [Eden North]() and jumping out of a plane once or twice. And, in the spirit of sharing this experience with as many people as I possibly can, _everyone_ is invited. First jumps aren't _that_ expensive, and the pleasure lasts a lifetime. I couldn't recommend it more, folks. +The biggest thing upcoming, I suspect that most of you know about already. In a couple of weeks, I mark my last day w/ Prarie Roadbuilders, and I intend to celebrate by going out to a place called [Eden North](http://www.edennorth.com/) and jumping out of a plane once or twice. And, in the spirit of sharing this experience with as many people as I possibly can, _everyone_ is invited. First jumps aren't _that_ expensive, and the pleasure lasts a lifetime. I couldn't recommend it more, folks. I have other things to write about, but this'll do for now. diff --git a/content/old/events/biblical-yo.md b/content/old/events/biblical-yo.md index 6bffb822..a4a22db2 100644 --- a/content/old/events/biblical-yo.md +++ b/content/old/events/biblical-yo.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Biblical, yo. -date: 2004-07-11 17:01 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Biblical, yo. +slug: biblical-yo +date: "2004-07-11 17:01" category: Events, General Thoughts tags: events -slug: biblical-yo +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- What a downpour. It started about 14:45 just before Char had to leave for work, and as we got ready to drive there, it was picking up to mammoth volumes including hail and low, threatening clouds. We drove her to work, gingerly, and then I made my way home. diff --git a/content/old/events/breaking-news-spaceshipone-is-airborne.md b/content/old/events/breaking-news-spaceshipone-is-airborne.md index 0dee1902..0e5b41fc 100644 --- a/content/old/events/breaking-news-spaceshipone-is-airborne.md +++ b/content/old/events/breaking-news-spaceshipone-is-airborne.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Airborne -date: 2004-06-21 07:43 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Media -tags: events, media, space +--- +title: Airborne slug: breaking-news-spaceshipone-is-airborne +date: "2004-06-21 07:43" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Media +tags: + - events + - media + - space +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As of 10:11 AM Eastern Time, [SpaceShipOne is airborne](http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/SS1_airborne_040621.html) as the first non-governmental space shot. May this bring in an era of private and public flight to the stars for the average joe. diff --git a/content/old/events/burning-building.md b/content/old/events/burning-building.md index 44362e86..4ccd5db2 100644 --- a/content/old/events/burning-building.md +++ b/content/old/events/burning-building.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Burning Building -date: 2006-02-10 22:22 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Burning Building +slug: burning-building +date: "2006-02-10 22:22" category: Events, General Thoughts tags: events -slug: burning-building +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Interesting\... Char and I, sitting in our apartment, noticed a strange siren from outside the door. Turns out our building isn't really all that well-equipped with loud fire alarms. Not that I mind; I'd notice them. Char, however, would not, if she were sleeping\... diff --git a/content/old/events/crack.md b/content/old/events/crack.md index aae90438..427318b0 100644 --- a/content/old/events/crack.md +++ b/content/old/events/crack.md @@ -1,17 +1,22 @@ -Title: Crack -date: 2005-02-16 08:41 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Internet -tags: events, intellectual property, internet, privacy +--- +title: Crack slug: crack +date: "2005-02-16 08:41" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Internet +tags: + - events + - intellectual property + - internet + - privacy +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Esoterica? Pah! -Word has come down from a research team (via a [major authority]() on cryptography) that the [SHA-1 hash algorithm has been broken]([http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/sha1_broken.html](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/sha1_broken.html)) (discussed [here]([http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.schneier.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2005%2F02%2Fsha1_broken.html](http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.schneier.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2005%2F02%2Fsha1_broken.html)) and [here]()) +Word has come down from a research team (via a [major authority](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471117099/) on cryptography) that the [SHA-1 hash algorithm has been broken](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/sha1_broken.html) (discussed [here](http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.schneier.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2005%2F02%2Fsha1_broken.html) and [here](http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/16/0146218&tid=93&tid=172&tid=218)) -This is a bit tough to grok if you're not a crypto-nerd, but essentially what this means is that one of the fundamental ways of _signing_ (not encrypting, that's a whole different ball of wax) a document cryptographically has been compromized. This isn't immediately fatal, but it does bring computation of these hashes into the realm of possibility sooner rather than later. Essentially, the team conducting the research has cut a factor of 2\^11 (2048, for the binary-impaired) off of the time required to force a [hash collision]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_collision](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_collision)) (NSFNG(Not Safe For Non-Geeks)). This cuts the work involved down from approximately 1208925819614629174706176 attempts to 590295810358705651712. Scary, isn't it? +This is a bit tough to grok if you're not a crypto-nerd, but essentially what this means is that one of the fundamental ways of _signing_ (not encrypting, that's a whole different ball of wax) a document cryptographically has been compromized. This isn't immediately fatal, but it does bring computation of these hashes into the realm of possibility sooner rather than later. Essentially, the team conducting the research has cut a factor of 2\^11 (2048, for the binary-impaired) off of the time required to force a [hash collision](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_collision) (NSFNG(Not Safe For Non-Geeks)). This cuts the work involved down from approximately 1208925819614629174706176 attempts to 590295810358705651712. Scary, isn't it? -What this means, basically, is it is plausibly possible for an attacker with the computer resources of the NSA or a major world-class computing centre to get someone to sign a document, then substitute another one for it that will pass as having been signed legitimately. This has fairly broad implications in an age where the validity of electronic evidence is [being questioned]() (pdf). +What this means, basically, is it is plausibly possible for an attacker with the computer resources of the NSA or a major world-class computing centre to get someone to sign a document, then substitute another one for it that will pass as having been signed legitimately. This has fairly broad implications in an age where the validity of electronic evidence is [being questioned](http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/comment2005/CVAug04.pdf) (pdf). Still, I guess it's not that big of a deal. Something better will [come up](http://planeta.terra.com.br/informatica/paulobarreto/hflounge.html), I'm sure. diff --git a/content/old/events/dodging-the-headsman.md b/content/old/events/dodging-the-headsman.md index dadc20d2..3521f570 100644 --- a/content/old/events/dodging-the-headsman.md +++ b/content/old/events/dodging-the-headsman.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Dodging the Headsman -date: 2006-10-02 16:51 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts -tags: events, friends, work +--- +title: Dodging the Headsman slug: dodging-the-headsman +date: "2006-10-02 16:51" +category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - friends + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, today was an interesting one at work. I arrived at noon to a quiet office with at least one strange face in it, and a lunch room that was\... strangely under-filled. It turns out that, in the process of being bought out, our office had been subject to some serious headcount reduction, including two of our core developers, one of which I have come to think of as a friend over the last year and a half. Additionally, our two new interns are on the block, ending their terms eight months early. diff --git a/content/old/events/duplication-efforts.md b/content/old/events/duplication-efforts.md index 8b54d8b8..fc111bed 100644 --- a/content/old/events/duplication-efforts.md +++ b/content/old/events/duplication-efforts.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Duplication efforts -date: 2002-12-29 10:04 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Duplication efforts +slug: duplication-efforts +date: "2002-12-29 10:04" category: Events tags: events -slug: duplication-efforts +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So [it's](http://www.canada.com/news/story.asp?id=76D83EFA-CCF7-4F50-921A-CFE4E8531FA8) finally been done\... [Maybe](http://www.canada.com/edmonton/story.asp?id=4CC7AD3B-6333-4E92-8FF4-809E659CFDCF). Cloning. diff --git a/content/old/events/edging-over.md b/content/old/events/edging-over.md index b75c6ad9..7916b6c4 100644 --- a/content/old/events/edging-over.md +++ b/content/old/events/edging-over.md @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ -Title: Edging over -date: 2005-02-12 07:56 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Media -tags: events, media +--- +title: Edging over slug: edging-over +date: "2005-02-12 07:56" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Media +tags: + - events + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- The world edges a bit closer to madness again, or -- more to the point -- reveals that it was closer all along, with the revelation that [North Korea has nuclear weapons](http://news.google.com/?hl=en&ncl=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/2/DBC7FEDF-4054-474B-922B-6BD662473F8E.html). -Honestly, I'm not surprised. Details of manufacture and procurement of material aside, even a layman like myself can understand the basic principles behind a nuclear device. The knowledge has been in the world since the first spark of a sun was lit at [Trinity](), and knowledge like that has a way of getting around. +Honestly, I'm not surprised. Details of manufacture and procurement of material aside, even a layman like myself can understand the basic principles behind a nuclear device. The knowledge has been in the world since the first spark of a sun was lit at [Trinity](http://www.wsmr.army.mil/pao/TrinitySite/trinst.htm), and knowledge like that has a way of getting around. Now the question is, what will the reaction be? I'm thinking back to the mid-to-late eighties, before the thawing of relations between Russia and the US really got into gear, and I don't remember a feeling of fear. \... Well, at least not of nuclear holocaust. I feared a lot of other things, but that's not related to this. The thing is, though, Russia in that era honestly believed that they could realistically wipe out their enemy, even though they would take catastrophic casualties in the process. For all of the mockery of the MAD(Mutually Assured Destruction) policy, it showed itself to be, at worst, not a cause of a nuclear conflict. What makes N. Korea a bit scary is the fact that they don't have that balance. Granted, they're far down on the "destroyed" side of the "Unilaterally-assured destruction" equation, but it's still a bit worrisome. Although you can't kill a bear or a sleeping giant with a .22-caliber rifle, you can sting them, and \... Okay, shitty analogy. I was heading towards "fleas" with that one, and it's not really working. I hope you get the idea. diff --git a/content/old/events/falling-from-really-high-up.md b/content/old/events/falling-from-really-high-up.md index 4dc56535..3a0ffd54 100644 --- a/content/old/events/falling-from-really-high-up.md +++ b/content/old/events/falling-from-really-high-up.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Falling from really high up -date: 2004-08-18 17:31 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts -tags: events, friends +--- +title: Falling from really high up slug: falling-from-really-high-up +date: "2004-08-18 17:31" +category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - friends +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Further news on the skydiving scenario: I have received the coupons promised me from [Eden North](http://www.edennorth.com/), and far from the trivial \$10-ish off that I was expecting (from a base price of \$185 per jumper) the coupons are for 20% off, dropping the price of a first jump to \$148 each. Which is significantly more reasonable, and I hope that this will persuade a few people who are waffling that this is a _really good idea_ (tm) diff --git a/content/old/events/firefox-goes-1-0.md b/content/old/events/firefox-goes-1-0.md index a80390a1..78aa410b 100644 --- a/content/old/events/firefox-goes-1-0.md +++ b/content/old/events/firefox-goes-1-0.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ -Title: 1.0! -date: 2004-11-09 08:36 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Internet -tags: events, internet +--- +title: 1.0! slug: firefox-goes-1-0 +date: "2004-11-09 08:36" +category: Events, Internet +tags: + - events + - internet +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [![Get Firefox!](http://www.offlineblog.com/images/firefox-rgb.jpg)](http://www.getfirefox.com/) diff --git a/content/old/events/four-years-damn-it.md b/content/old/events/four-years-damn-it.md index 0a0d2588..48e89cd9 100644 --- a/content/old/events/four-years-damn-it.md +++ b/content/old/events/four-years-damn-it.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Four years, damn it! -date: 2004-11-18 12:57 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Internet -tags: events, internet +--- +title: Four years, damn it! slug: four-years-damn-it +date: "2004-11-18 12:57" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Internet +tags: + - events + - internet +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- After four years of lurking, [MetaFilter](http://www.metafilter.com) finally okayed new users again just today. At long last, I'm a [user](http://www.metafilter.com/user/18075) there! (This state courtesy of Mel, who was kind enough to think of me first when she finally got in) diff --git a/content/old/events/from-the-past.md b/content/old/events/from-the-past.md index 3b7ded00..acbc5fd8 100644 --- a/content/old/events/from-the-past.md +++ b/content/old/events/from-the-past.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ -Title: From the past? -date: 2004-07-21 21:45 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Internet, Media -tags: events, internet, media +--- +title: From the past? slug: from-the-past +date: "2004-07-21 21:45" +category: Events, Internet, Media +tags: + - events + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- At the time that this all happened, I had not yet started writing my personal weblog, nor had I really considered it. It's probably a good thing, since I would most likely have posted the same things that every other blogger in the world was, and added nothing to the discussion. -Spurred by a [discussion]() on Metafilter, though, I checked out something that _was_ said then: [This]([http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/dailyshow_sept11.jhtml](http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/dailyshow_sept11.jhtml)) speech (of sorts) by Jon Stewart (also known to some as [Char's]() secret lover). +Spurred by a [discussion](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/34470) on Metafilter, though, I checked out something that _was_ said then: [This](http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/dailyshow_sept11.jhtml) speech (of sorts) by Jon Stewart (also known to some as [Char's](http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar/) secret lover). Good bit. Check out the video clip of it -- it's worth it. diff --git a/content/old/events/getting-closer.md b/content/old/events/getting-closer.md index 2b52209e..fe2c6f66 100644 --- a/content/old/events/getting-closer.md +++ b/content/old/events/getting-closer.md @@ -1,12 +1,20 @@ -Title: Getting Closer -date: 2007-02-12 20:31 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Friends -tags: japan, projects, school, time, vacation, websphere, work +--- +title: Getting Closer slug: getting-closer +date: "2007-02-12 20:31" +category: Events, Friends +tags: + - japan + - projects + - school + - time + - vacation + - websphere + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - -I've got only three days before Ms. Charlotte and I take off into the blue yonder, across the pacific (a first, at least as far as reaching the other side goes \-- Hawaii doesn't count) to Japan, where we'll be roaming around and posting pictures (over at [Morruz]()), as per SOP). +--- +I've got only three days before Ms. Charlotte and I take off into the blue yonder, across the pacific (a first, at least as far as reaching the other side goes \-- Hawaii doesn't count) to Japan, where we'll be roaming around and posting pictures (over at [Morruz](http://www.offlineblog.com/morruz)), as per SOP). I've got just about everything taken care of, on this end; I've finished (as far as I'm going to) my paper for Cmput 401, I've got most of the written assignment for 414 finished, and a deferral on my 3000-word essay to a week after I get back. diff --git a/content/old/events/goodbye.md b/content/old/events/goodbye.md index 2b33c927..f4431e7a 100644 --- a/content/old/events/goodbye.md +++ b/content/old/events/goodbye.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Goodbye... -Date: 2002-11-03 15:21 -Author: offby1 -Category: contemplation -Tags: events, internet, space -Slug: goodbye -Status: published - +--- +title: Goodbye... +slug: goodbye +date: "2002-11-03 15:21" +category: contemplation +tags: + - events + - internet + - space +author: offby1 +status: published +--- There's this piece of metal, see, and it was sent out thirteen years ago with the intent of learning more about the hunks of rock that share the sun with us. diff --git a/content/old/events/gorged.md b/content/old/events/gorged.md index 40967252..80d0a15c 100644 --- a/content/old/events/gorged.md +++ b/content/old/events/gorged.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Gorged -date: 2003-11-30 08:21 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Gorged +slug: gorged +date: "2003-11-30 08:21" category: Events tags: events -slug: gorged +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- What a weekend\... Let's see. diff --git a/content/old/events/hell-freezing-over.md b/content/old/events/hell-freezing-over.md index 453cead5..11514dca 100644 --- a/content/old/events/hell-freezing-over.md +++ b/content/old/events/hell-freezing-over.md @@ -1,22 +1,25 @@ -Title: Hell Freezing Over -date: 2004-08-23 06:50 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Rants -tags: events, rants +--- +title: Hell Freezing Over slug: hell-freezing-over +date: "2004-08-23 06:50" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - events + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- The above title comes from [Char's](http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar/) explanation of why the weather is so cold, following a discussion on this subject this morning while driving her to work. -Basically, having just finished a book called [Idiot Proof]([http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1586482475/qid=1093268991/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/702-9361239-9736820](http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1586482475/qid=1093268991/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/702-9361239-9736820)), I've been obliged to start looking at the underpinnings of my solid belief in laissez-faire capitalism, in all its warts and wonders. It's becoming clearer to me that there are sufficient aspects of the system that don't work to spur a re-examination of the central assumptions that underly it. +Basically, having just finished a book called [Idiot Proof](http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1586482475/qid=1093268991/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/702-9361239-9736820), I've been obliged to start looking at the underpinnings of my solid belief in laissez-faire capitalism, in all its warts and wonders. It's becoming clearer to me that there are sufficient aspects of the system that don't work to spur a re-examination of the central assumptions that underly it. -Essentially, much of the modern economic system in the Americas is predicated on what is colloquially known as [Trickle-down Economics]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_effect)). Basically, the idea is that by making the rich richer, it drives the economy and provides more employment for the lower ends of the spectrum. In and of itself, there's nothing wrong with the theory \-- _in an ideal world_. However, we do not live in a world populated by ideal people, and the people that tend to get rich in this culture are not the kind who drive economies, they're the kind that seem to collect wealth as if it's points in some game. Obviously, this does not contribute back to the economy, all it does is aggregate increasing amounts of wealth in the pockets of a select few. +Essentially, much of the modern economic system in the Americas is predicated on what is colloquially known as [Trickle-down Economics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_effect). Basically, the idea is that by making the rich richer, it drives the economy and provides more employment for the lower ends of the spectrum. In and of itself, there's nothing wrong with the theory \-- _in an ideal world_. However, we do not live in a world populated by ideal people, and the people that tend to get rich in this culture are not the kind who drive economies, they're the kind that seem to collect wealth as if it's points in some game. Obviously, this does not contribute back to the economy, all it does is aggregate increasing amounts of wealth in the pockets of a select few. I can't say that I have a lot in the way of ideas on how to approach this problem for a solution. For one, regardless of my growing issues with the capitalist model, I am even less comfortable with stripping people of their personal wealth under _any_ pretense, even one so apparently altruistic as this one. Whether they have need of their wealth or not fails to justify taking it from them. Thus the easy solution is out. But I think that I am going to have to examine closely whether I think that generators of wealth are by definition worthy of it. -Something that also served to spur this idea: Recently, as in today, new laws regarding the paying of overtime came into effect in the US. USAToday magazine has a [summary]([http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/strauss/2004-08-23-overtime_x.htm](http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/strauss/2004-08-23-overtime_x.htm)) of them (with correction of some egregious misinterpretations [here]()) and these changes (although more minor than I thought on first glance) are _really_ bad for the slightly above-average worker. I didn't realize how bad the overtime situation was in the US. Mainly because (*shudder*) the Canadian government protects my own interests better than the employers in the US protect the interests of their employees. +Something that also served to spur this idea: Recently, as in today, new laws regarding the paying of overtime came into effect in the US. USAToday magazine has a [summary](http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/strauss/2004-08-23-overtime_x.htm) of them (with correction of some egregious misinterpretations [here](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/35138#721900)) and these changes (although more minor than I thought on first glance) are _really_ bad for the slightly above-average worker. I didn't realize how bad the overtime situation was in the US. Mainly because (*shudder*) the Canadian government protects my own interests better than the employers in the US protect the interests of their employees. -Due to the specificity of the new law's impact on IT workers, slashdot had a [story]() on this back in April, and I'm sure that they'll have one up later today (to which I'll link _here_ when it appears). [Discussion]() also ensued on Metafilter, which reminded me of the issue. Also see the US Federal Department of Labour's site [on the subject]() for info from the horse's mouth, so to speak. +Due to the specificity of the new law's impact on IT workers, slashdot had a [story](http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/21/1546238) on this back in April, and I'm sure that they'll have one up later today (to which I'll link _here_ when it appears). [Discussion](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/35138) also ensued on Metafilter, which reminded me of the issue. Also see the US Federal Department of Labour's site [on the subject](http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/fairpay/main.htm) for info from the horse's mouth, so to speak. What this leaves me thinking is that, more and more, I'm forced to conclude that the system doesn't work. There just isn't enough motivation for corporations to protect their workers in an employer-friendly economic climate, where jobs are hard to come by, outsourcing to other countries is easy, and the government seems to be in the pockets of big businesses rather than serving their constituents. diff --git a/content/old/events/history-redux.md b/content/old/events/history-redux.md index 2f40c6e4..8cb92d69 100644 --- a/content/old/events/history-redux.md +++ b/content/old/events/history-redux.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: History, redux -date: 2004-06-06 04:53 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Rants -tags: events, rants +--- +title: History, redux slug: history-redux +date: "2004-06-06 04:53" +category: Events, Rants +tags: + - events + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Also worthy of note: Sixty years ago this day, thousands of oft-sung heroes gave their lives on [five beaches](http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/06/04/world/reunion_040604) in Normandy with the intent of breaking the stranglehold the Nazi armies had on Europe. To my enduring shame, my generation and the ones that come after me continue to dismiss and forget the sacrifices made during those times by all those who risked their lives for our freedom. diff --git a/content/old/events/hitches-and-glitches-and-22000-feet-travelled-at-speed.md b/content/old/events/hitches-and-glitches-and-22000-feet-travelled-at-speed.md index 3ac6b6da..bb9a4aaa 100644 --- a/content/old/events/hitches-and-glitches-and-22000-feet-travelled-at-speed.md +++ b/content/old/events/hitches-and-glitches-and-22000-feet-travelled-at-speed.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Hitches and Glitches and 22,000 feet travelled at speed -date: 2004-08-29 13:05 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts -tags: events, friends +--- +title: Hitches and Glitches and 22,000 feet travelled at speed slug: hitches-and-glitches-and-22000-feet-travelled-at-speed +date: "2004-08-29 13:05" +category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - friends +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- What a weekend! Starting from the moment we arrived at the drop zone to the very end, it was all good, all the time. diff --git a/content/old/events/how-to-steal-an-election-by-hacking-the-vote-page-1.md b/content/old/events/how-to-steal-an-election-by-hacking-the-vote-page-1.md index 66042092..90154434 100644 --- a/content/old/events/how-to-steal-an-election-by-hacking-the-vote-page-1.md +++ b/content/old/events/how-to-steal-an-election-by-hacking-the-vote-page-1.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: How to steal an election by hacking the vote -date: 2006-10-26 17:27 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Internet, Rants -tags: events, internet, rants +--- +title: How to steal an election by hacking the vote slug: how-to-steal-an-election-by-hacking-the-vote-page-1 +date: "2006-10-26 17:27" +category: Events, Internet, Rants +tags: + - events + - internet + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [How to steal an election by hacking the vote](http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/evoting.ars), from Ars Technica. The next two weeks, I'll be posting unadorned links of interest. Enjoy! diff --git a/content/old/events/i-can-fly.md b/content/old/events/i-can-fly.md index 81d11e93..87e1a3ad 100644 --- a/content/old/events/i-can-fly.md +++ b/content/old/events/i-can-fly.md @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ -Title: I can fly -date: 2007-05-13 14:06 -author: offby1 -category: Events -tags: dislocation, fear, skydiving +--- +title: I can fly slug: i-can-fly +date: "2007-05-13 14:06" +category: Events +tags: + - dislocation + - fear + - skydiving +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- That is all. diff --git a/content/old/events/i-dont-want-to-get-my-hopes-up-but.md b/content/old/events/i-dont-want-to-get-my-hopes-up-but.md index 666de9d9..4cdfdd0c 100644 --- a/content/old/events/i-dont-want-to-get-my-hopes-up-but.md +++ b/content/old/events/i-dont-want-to-get-my-hopes-up-but.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: I Don't Want to Get My Hopes Up, but... -date: 2004-01-14 22:39 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts -tags: events, space +--- +title: I Don't Want to Get My Hopes Up, but... slug: i-dont-want-to-get-my-hopes-up-but +date: "2004-01-14 22:39" +category: Events, General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - space +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [President Bush Announces New Vision for Space Exploration Program](http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040114-1.html) Choice Quote: diff --git a/content/old/events/ideas-for-my-upcoming-birthday.md b/content/old/events/ideas-for-my-upcoming-birthday.md index c530c3dc..f639fe79 100644 --- a/content/old/events/ideas-for-my-upcoming-birthday.md +++ b/content/old/events/ideas-for-my-upcoming-birthday.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Ideas for my upcoming birthday -date: 2006-04-10 23:14 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts, Media -tags: events, friends, media +--- +title: Ideas for my upcoming birthday slug: ideas-for-my-upcoming-birthday +date: "2006-04-10 23:14" +category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts, Media +tags: + - events + - friends + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I *have* had a few people ask me for ideas, so I figured I'd just put them out here as a suggestion or three. Yes, it's a swaglist. Sue me, it's my website. diff --git a/content/old/events/if-hockeylocalteamwins-hornhonkstatelike_mad.md b/content/old/events/if-hockeylocalteamwins-hornhonkstatelike_mad.md index c17af59e..a4007b4d 100644 --- a/content/old/events/if-hockeylocalteamwins-hornhonkstatelike_mad.md +++ b/content/old/events/if-hockeylocalteamwins-hornhonkstatelike_mad.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: if (hockey.localTeam().wins()) { horn.honk(State.LIKE_MAD); } -date: 2006-05-17 21:13 -author: offby1 +--- +title: if (hockey.localTeam().wins()) { horn.honk(State.LIKE_MAD); } +slug: if-hockeylocalteamwins-hornhonkstatelike_mad +date: "2006-05-17 21:13" category: Events, General Thoughts tags: events -slug: if-hockeylocalteamwins-hornhonkstatelike_mad +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Jesus, this can be a loud town. Every time I think that the noise level is going to die down, my stereo *in the house* is drowned out by the revelry without. I can't really fault them, though. Although many of the enthusiasts out there probably weren't even literate the last time that the Oilers made it to the conference finals \-- apparently on a goal scored by their now-*coach*, for some perspective \-- that hasn't stopped them, and shouldn't stop them, from taking some enjoyment from the event. I'll admit, I don't get the whole "pride in the team" thing \-- we have little to do with them winning, except in the sense that we provide the pay that keeps the team here, and the live crowd is like a creature of its own, goading through sheer force of adrenaline. The average man on the street, however, contributes nothing directly. So, the pride thing\... Well, whatever works. diff --git a/content/old/events/if-youre-all-very-lucky.md b/content/old/events/if-youre-all-very-lucky.md index e6cbc633..c3dff46f 100644 --- a/content/old/events/if-youre-all-very-lucky.md +++ b/content/old/events/if-youre-all-very-lucky.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: If you're all very lucky -date: 2003-02-20 20:39 -author: offby1 +--- +title: If you're all very lucky +slug: if-youre-all-very-lucky +date: "2003-02-20 20:39" category: Events tags: events -slug: if-youre-all-very-lucky +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [This](http://www.thestranger.com/2003-02-20/feature.html) will be the last thing i have to say on the subject of the upcoming war. Of course, we all know how likely *that* is, so this article is for me, too ;-) diff --git a/content/old/events/im-done.md b/content/old/events/im-done.md index d1a27857..d174bbd1 100644 --- a/content/old/events/im-done.md +++ b/content/old/events/im-done.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: I'm Done -date: 2007-04-13 18:39 -author: offby1 -category: Events -tags: completion, good news, school, work +--- +title: I'm Done slug: im-done +date: "2007-04-13 18:39" +category: Events +tags: + - completion + - good news + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Sweet zombie Jebus, I'm _done_! Oh, the bliss of having _weekends_ again; of being able to read guilt-free. Of playing games, of having days that end at 5 pm _some_ of the time, even if not all of the time. diff --git a/content/old/events/in-review.md b/content/old/events/in-review.md index 293cd898..7ecfeabb 100644 --- a/content/old/events/in-review.md +++ b/content/old/events/in-review.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: In review -Date: 2003-12-27 14:50 -Author: offby1 -Category: contemplation -Tags: events, space -Slug: in-review -Status: published - +--- +title: In review +slug: in-review +date: "2003-12-27 14:50" +category: contemplation +tags: + - events + - space +author: offby1 +status: published +--- Looking back over the year just past, i'll be the first to admit there's been a staggering amount of fascinating news, but there have been some things happening in the world that touched me more than the rest. @@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ imagination _stimulated_, not stifled by it. And fourth, if i had to choose one news item that truly was significant to me, there was this: -![Godspeed, Columbia](/images/godspeed_columbia-jeff_parker.jpeg) +![Godspeed, Columbia]({static}/images/godspeed_columbia-jeff_parker.jpeg) Let us not forget that the men and women that take to the stars do so at incredible risk to themselves. And let us not fail the ones who die diff --git a/content/old/events/in-the-shadow.md b/content/old/events/in-the-shadow.md index 8479255a..359b56b1 100644 --- a/content/old/events/in-the-shadow.md +++ b/content/old/events/in-the-shadow.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: In the shadow -Date: 2008-02-21 00:20 -Author: offby1 -Category: contemplation -Tags: space -Slug: in-the-shadow -Status: published - +--- +title: In the shadow +slug: in-the-shadow +date: "2008-02-21 00:20" +category: contemplation +tags: space +author: offby1 +status: published +--- [They](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Schmitt) [look](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Andrew_Cernan) [like](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Moss_Duke%2C_Jr.) diff --git a/content/old/events/its-done.md b/content/old/events/its-done.md index 974d3f2c..001377b5 100644 --- a/content/old/events/its-done.md +++ b/content/old/events/its-done.md @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ -Title: It's done. -date: 2004-10-04 12:49 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts -tags: events, space +--- +title: It's done. slug: its-done +date: "2004-10-04 12:49" +category: Events, General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - space +author: offby1 status: draft - -Today, at long last, the X-prize, for the first private, re-usable, passenger-capable space launch [was won]([http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize2_success_041004.html](http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize2_success_041004.html)) by Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne when it made its second flight within two weeks to the boundary of earth's atmosphere. +--- +Today, at long last, the X-prize, for the first private, re-usable, passenger-capable space launch [was won](http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize2_success_041004.html) by Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne when it made its second flight within two weeks to the boundary of earth's atmosphere. Proof that governments aren't needed to make it in to space. diff --git a/content/old/events/its-key.md b/content/old/events/its-key.md index f563c00f..d959e529 100644 --- a/content/old/events/its-key.md +++ b/content/old/events/its-key.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: It's key. -date: 2006-03-22 10:46 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts -tags: events, intellectual property, privacy, words that I hate, work +--- +title: It's key. slug: its-key +date: "2006-03-22 10:46" +category: Events, General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - intellectual property + - privacy + - words that I hate + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, I just attended my first-ever keynote presentations, yesterday and this morning.  I can already see that there's a lot of variation in delivery styles and value of content.  Yesterday had Joel Spolsky going over the importance of glitz in software development.  This is something I personally see a use for, but will admittedly be of limited use to my workplace software development, given that we develop the buried backend that makes the pretty output, not the output itself. Today I was treated to what was, by and large, a discussion on the Apache project and differences in licensing models.  The former was a bit interesting \-- I didn't know Apache had a database \-- but the latter was, at best, dull.  Licensing is interesting, don't get me wrong, but I already know the basics of it, and it borders on religious for most people \-- they're not going to change preferences based on a keynote. diff --git a/content/old/events/lest-their-sacrifices-be-forgotten.md b/content/old/events/lest-their-sacrifices-be-forgotten.md index 4d17f241..34741187 100644 --- a/content/old/events/lest-their-sacrifices-be-forgotten.md +++ b/content/old/events/lest-their-sacrifices-be-forgotten.md @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -Title: Lest their sacrifices be forgotten. -date: 2004-11-11 10:42 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Lest their sacrifices be forgotten. +slug: lest-their-sacrifices-be-forgotten +date: "2004-11-11 10:42" category: Events tags: events -slug: lest-their-sacrifices-be-forgotten +author: offby1 status: draft - -![Poppy and barbed wire](/images/poppy.gif)Because too many people choose to forget. +--- +![Poppy and barbed wire]({static}/images/poppy.gif)Because too many people choose to forget. Because it's not fashionable to remember. diff --git a/content/old/events/next-ill-talk-about-religion-i-promise.md b/content/old/events/next-ill-talk-about-religion-i-promise.md index 934c1aad..b59881e6 100644 --- a/content/old/events/next-ill-talk-about-religion-i-promise.md +++ b/content/old/events/next-ill-talk-about-religion-i-promise.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Next, I'll talk about Religion. I promise! -date: 2004-06-14 06:11 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Rants -tags: events, rants +--- +title: Next, I'll talk about Religion. I promise! slug: next-ill-talk-about-religion-i-promise +date: "2004-06-14 06:11" +category: Events, Rants +tags: + - events + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- First off, I guess I'll get the basics off my chest: _Vote_. I don't care what reasons or excuses you make to yourself to justify your apathy in avoiding the polls, I don't care if you claim that "the system isn't working" or "nobody out there represents my interests." I really don't. And neither should you, in fact. There's a fundamental flaw in your reasoning that would be exposed if you had ever had even the briefest exposure to logic and/or a political education. If you want the system to change, *we live in ademocracy*\*\*, dumbass. Your vote _can_ change the system. Alright, now that that's (partially) off my chest, on to the meat of the post. diff --git a/content/old/events/oh-2.md b/content/old/events/oh-2.md index b16cb48f..bb4ba3b3 100644 --- a/content/old/events/oh-2.md +++ b/content/old/events/oh-2.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Oh -date: 2004-05-05 13:47 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Oh +slug: oh-2 +date: "2004-05-05 13:47" category: Events tags: events -slug: oh-2 +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Can anyone reading this do me a big favour and post any events and links that I might want to keep my eyes on to this thread? I hope to keep up w/ the news in the papers while at work, but time doesn't always permit. As a result, I tend to lose track. I'd appreciate any help that my loyal readers can offer. Thanks, all! diff --git a/content/old/events/oh-puck.md b/content/old/events/oh-puck.md index f30a5860..19789c26 100644 --- a/content/old/events/oh-puck.md +++ b/content/old/events/oh-puck.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Oh, puck. -date: 2006-05-05 15:57 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Oh, puck. +slug: oh-puck +date: "2006-05-05 15:57" category: Events, General Thoughts tags: events -slug: oh-puck +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, no tickets for me. Mere seconds (about two) after the seat reservation system came online, I clicked through and got\... denied. diff --git a/content/old/events/oh-victor-you-badass.md b/content/old/events/oh-victor-you-badass.md index 0592d394..37e2baeb 100644 --- a/content/old/events/oh-victor-you-badass.md +++ b/content/old/events/oh-victor-you-badass.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Oh, Victor, you badass! -date: 2003-01-18 07:22 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Oh, Victor, you badass! +slug: oh-victor-you-badass +date: "2003-01-18 07:22" category: Events tags: events -slug: oh-victor-you-badass +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Sometime in the last few months (**Update:** Turns out it's closer to a year), working in a lab in California, a team of scientists has [created the first artificial life form](http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993275). It's small - based off the E.coli bacterium, but it produces an amino acid that isn't duplicated by any known life form. Some heavy stuff on the life science front, these last few weeks. Cloning, new lifeforms\... [Discussion](http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/22887) has, of course, ensued. I'm more interested in this, i'll admit, than i am in cloning. While i don't discount the possible benefits that cloning technology might bring, i think that the creative drive behind bringing *new* life forms into being is a purer expression of same than what amounts to vanity science. diff --git a/content/old/events/one-down-an-infinitude-to-go.md b/content/old/events/one-down-an-infinitude-to-go.md index 47eccd06..15732a03 100644 --- a/content/old/events/one-down-an-infinitude-to-go.md +++ b/content/old/events/one-down-an-infinitude-to-go.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: One down, an infinitude to go... -date: 2003-01-01 10:15 -author: offby1 +--- +title: One down, an infinitude to go... +slug: one-down-an-infinitude-to-go +date: "2003-01-01 10:15" category: Events tags: events -slug: one-down-an-infinitude-to-go +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- 2002\... The year of the, what, recap? Meaning, of course, that i'm not gonna do it :) diff --git a/content/old/events/ours-is.md b/content/old/events/ours-is.md index 02d17e5d..4298699b 100644 --- a/content/old/events/ours-is.md +++ b/content/old/events/ours-is.md @@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ -Title: Ours is -date: 2005-03-18 07:35 -author: offby1 -category: Events -tags: events, science +--- +title: Ours is slug: ours-is +date: "2005-03-18 07:35" +category: Events +tags: + - events + - science +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Ours is but to question [why](http://www.newscientist.com/channel/space/mg18524911.600). A list of things that aren't really well-explained, at least by reputable, peer-reviewed science. I'll leave aside the issue of crackpot theorists whose entire contribution to the scientific method is to serve as an example to others. -Good read, here. Especially interesting (to me) since the announcement of the artificial creation of a [black hole](). If you're more interested in this than I am, you may want to check out the actual [results]( from the experiement) ([Simon]()?) and draw some of your own conclusions. +Good read, here. Especially interesting (to me) since the announcement of the artificial creation of a [black hole](http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/17/1541230&tid=14). If you're more interested in this than I am, you may want to check out the actual [results]( from the experiement) ([Simon](http://vernondalhart.livejournal.com)?) and draw some of your own conclusions. diff --git a/content/old/events/phew.md b/content/old/events/phew.md index 69f4afad..80b0a199 100644 --- a/content/old/events/phew.md +++ b/content/old/events/phew.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Phew -date: 2005-01-10 18:14 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Phew +slug: phew +date: "2005-01-10 18:14" category: Events, General Thoughts tags: events -slug: phew +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I am up. This is typed from the usual place, and it feels good. Two hours (!) of wiring, drilling, taping, swearing, and sweating later, I have a net connection at the new house, _without_ compromising the connections of the current residents. All is well, I think. diff --git a/content/old/events/philosophizin.md b/content/old/events/philosophizin.md index 17db5a43..9493f9cf 100644 --- a/content/old/events/philosophizin.md +++ b/content/old/events/philosophizin.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Philosophizin' -date: 2006-05-11 07:01 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Media, Meta -tags: events, media, meta, school +--- +title: Philosophizin' slug: philosophizin +date: "2006-05-11 07:01" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Media, Meta +tags: + - events + - media + - meta + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, I spent the greater part of yesterday evening ploughing through, or more accurately, *slogging* through John Stuart Mill's *Utilitarianism*. Yeek, that's a workout. It might be the circuitous sentence structures, it might be the content. But either way, it's hard going. diff --git a/content/old/events/please-land.md b/content/old/events/please-land.md index 727ef8b3..b611e2a4 100644 --- a/content/old/events/please-land.md +++ b/content/old/events/please-land.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Please land... -date: 2003-10-15 07:54 -author: offby1 -category: contemplation -tags: events, space +--- +title: Please land... slug: please-land +date: "2003-10-15 07:54" +category: contemplation +tags: + - events + - space +author: offby1 status: published - +--- Today, a third nation [joined the US and USSR](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=4&u=/ap/20031015/ap_on_sc/china_space) in the very exclusive group of spacefaring nations. I disagree with China in so many things, from both political and ethical positions. But, i cannot help but feel immense respect for them as they take this important step into their own future. diff --git a/content/old/events/politicause.md b/content/old/events/politicause.md index aef298c4..185a5ded 100644 --- a/content/old/events/politicause.md +++ b/content/old/events/politicause.md @@ -1,11 +1,19 @@ -Title: Politicause -date: 2005-12-08 09:11 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: events, fairness, green party, internet, media, politics, rants +--- +title: Politicause slug: politicause +date: "2005-12-08 09:11" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - events + - fairness + - green party + - internet + - media + - politics + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I want to second [Char's](http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar/41465.html) mention of the [Green Party of Canada's petition](http://www.petition.greenparty.ca/en/) to be included in national debates. Political discourse in this country needs to include *all* of the parties that are in the running, even if they are just nascent entities on the political stage. How are voters supposed to make informed choices, if all of the reasonable alternatives -- plus the NDP -- aren't allowed to present their platforms? diff --git a/content/old/events/relief-most-intense.md b/content/old/events/relief-most-intense.md index 276df909..480d1ba2 100644 --- a/content/old/events/relief-most-intense.md +++ b/content/old/events/relief-most-intense.md @@ -1,15 +1,19 @@ -Title: Relief Most Intense -date: 2004-12-20 22:53 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Projects -tags: events, projects, school +--- +title: Relief Most Intense slug: relief-most-intense +date: "2004-12-20 22:53" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Projects +tags: + - events + - projects + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I had the last of my final exams today, or more to the point the last two. I also have received tentative marks for the other three courses --which is just amazingly fast, in my opinion. I really didn't expect to get them back so soon, although at this point I'm not sure whether they translate into an A or a B in their respective courses. The curve, frankly, sucks. However, in terms of good news, the exam this afternoon, the last of year three, semester one, was the one I was most concerned about, and the one that I felt woefully underprepared for up until I sat down and took the exam. As I read it over, I realized that yes, I _do_ understand this stuff! It was a great feeling. I'm pretty confident that I did well enough on the exam to rate a high mark for it, and by extension the course. -In other news: Not much, really. I was going to link to a plugin that I wrote for my [bittorrent]() client, [Azureus](), but the wiki that I linked to it from is gone now, along with the description\... However, something vaguely like the description can be found [here]([http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1195811&forum_id=377614](http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1195811&forum_id=377614)), and the plugin itself can be gotten [here](/plugins/azautostop0_1.zip), if it interests you. It was quick, dirty, and it does work, but it's not perfect. I'm working on v1.0 as we speak :) +In other news: Not much, really. I was going to link to a plugin that I wrote for my [bittorrent](http://bittorrent.com/) client, [Azureus](http://azureus.sourceforge.net/), but the wiki that I linked to it from is gone now, along with the description\... However, something vaguely like the description can be found [here](http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1195811&forum_id=377614), and the plugin itself can be gotten [here](http://www.offlineblog.com/plugins/azautostop0_1.zip), if it interests you. It was quick, dirty, and it does work, but it's not perfect. I'm working on v1.0 as we speak :) diff --git a/content/old/events/return.md b/content/old/events/return.md index 8ef7540b..c3438668 100644 --- a/content/old/events/return.md +++ b/content/old/events/return.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Return -date: 2005-03-02 10:41 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts -tags: events, school +--- +title: Return slug: return +date: "2005-03-02 10:41" +category: Events, General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Mish-mash: | * Still haven't heard what the mark is for my (bombed) c340 exam. I'm awaiting it with trepidation, but probably won't hear soon enough to make a decision on whether to drop the course. diff --git a/content/old/events/rights-you-dont-want-those.md b/content/old/events/rights-you-dont-want-those.md index 6d71a113..7fff51f2 100644 --- a/content/old/events/rights-you-dont-want-those.md +++ b/content/old/events/rights-you-dont-want-those.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Rights? You don't want those. -Date: 2007-12-08 10:00 -Author: offby1 -Category: Events, Internet, Media -Tags: copyright, dmca, politics -Slug: rights-you-dont-want-those -Status: draft - +--- +title: Rights? You don't want those. +slug: rights-you-dont-want-those +date: "2007-12-08 10:00" +category: Events, Internet, Media +tags: + - copyright + - dmca + - politics +author: offby1 +status: draft +--- Buried under the avalanche of holiday-related product placements that hit once every year for about, oh, _three months_, a major change in Canadian copyright legislation is about to take place, and -- despite @@ -23,12 +27,11 @@ starting point, as I'm sure that you do, I can offer a couple: | If you want a great video showing you what is happening in the US -- whose - [DMCA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act + [DMCA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act) "Wikipedia Entry: Digital Millennium Copyright Act") is the template for the act that will be introduced in Canada sometime in the next week and a half -- then I recommend [Lawrence - Lessig](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig "Wikipedia - Entry: Lawrence Lessig")'s TED talk: + Lessig](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig "Wikipedia Entry: Lawrence Lessig")'s TED talk: | [How Creativity is Being Strangled By the Law](http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/187). It's 20 minutes, but it's well worthwhile. diff --git a/content/old/events/so-much-for-walking.md b/content/old/events/so-much-for-walking.md index 4cbc4771..fa05e269 100644 --- a/content/old/events/so-much-for-walking.md +++ b/content/old/events/so-much-for-walking.md @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ -Title: So much for walking -date: 2004-10-11 08:58 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Internet, Media -tags: events, internet, media +--- +title: So much for walking slug: so-much-for-walking +date: "2004-10-11 08:58" +category: Events, Internet, Media +tags: + - events + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [![The Death of Superman](http://www.offlineblog.com/images/kaufman_the_death_of_superman%5B1%5D.jpg)](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/36174) diff --git a/content/old/events/something-worth-remembering.md b/content/old/events/something-worth-remembering.md index b0576e14..674126ce 100644 --- a/content/old/events/something-worth-remembering.md +++ b/content/old/events/something-worth-remembering.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Something worth remembering -date: 2006-09-27 07:55 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Something worth remembering +slug: something-worth-remembering +date: "2006-09-27 07:55" category: Events tags: events -slug: something-worth-remembering +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I only learned of this incident maybe three months ago, but it really struck me: [Ignoring the orders of the Soviet](http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/categories/security/589/remember-the-forgotten-hero-who-saved-the-world.thtml), [Stanislav Petrov](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov) elected *not* to push the button when faced with what appeared to be the start of a nuclear war. He did this twenty-three years ago, today. diff --git a/content/old/events/sporadic-connection.md b/content/old/events/sporadic-connection.md index 105ee4f5..e9f1e59d 100644 --- a/content/old/events/sporadic-connection.md +++ b/content/old/events/sporadic-connection.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Sporadic Connection -date: 2005-01-08 12:55 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts -tags: events, school, work +--- +title: Sporadic Connection slug: sporadic-connection +date: "2005-01-08 12:55" +category: Events, General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, the move is happening either this weekend or over the coming week. This is going to result in some _very_ sporadic communications, as our phone will not be moved over until the 15th of the month. I can't even attest to the usual rapidity of my e-mail responses, since when we move I'll be re-wiring the new place to allow connection to occur. Still, I hope to be somewhat in touch. Anyway, I am still hating this. I like the house and would rather stay, but the situation dictates otherwise, to my dismay. diff --git a/content/old/events/sporadic-isnt-it.md b/content/old/events/sporadic-isnt-it.md index 3954d55a..b4ce1eff 100644 --- a/content/old/events/sporadic-isnt-it.md +++ b/content/old/events/sporadic-isnt-it.md @@ -1,14 +1,19 @@ -Title: Sporadic, isn't it? -date: 2006-03-12 12:14 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Internet, Meta, Projects -tags: events, internet, meta, projects +--- +title: Sporadic, isn't it? slug: sporadic-isnt-it +date: "2006-03-12 12:14" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Internet, Meta, Projects +tags: + - events + - internet + - meta + - projects +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Yeah, I'm a bit poor at the posting, lately. -Mind you, I've got nothing on one of my site's [tenants](/mildillson) when it comes to letting cobwebs collect. It's too bad, too, because he's a good writer. Char and I spent a late night there the other day, and had a blast. As expected, of course. I'm concerned that they may not feel the same, though, because I have an uncanny knack for finding (not causing, I hope!) flaws in any electronic device that I go near :). Their coffee maker spat up, and the next day their gamecube wasn't playing nice with their VCR. I swear it's not my fault, but the correlation between my presence and these issues is a bit disturbing. +Mind you, I've got nothing on one of my site's [tenants](http://www.offlineblog.com/mildillson) when it comes to letting cobwebs collect. It's too bad, too, because he's a good writer. Char and I spent a late night there the other day, and had a blast. As expected, of course. I'm concerned that they may not feel the same, though, because I have an uncanny knack for finding (not causing, I hope!) flaws in any electronic device that I go near :). Their coffee maker spat up, and the next day their gamecube wasn't playing nice with their VCR. I swear it's not my fault, but the correlation between my presence and these issues is a bit disturbing. Anyway, I'm just ticking along, here. I tinkered with the blog layout again. I decided to try something I ordinarily find to be a bit hard on the eyes -- the black background + white lettering scheme -- and get REALLY geeky. Isn't that a slick death star? :) diff --git a/content/old/events/this-man-is-a-cancer.md b/content/old/events/this-man-is-a-cancer.md index dcdecc4f..42234d29 100644 --- a/content/old/events/this-man-is-a-cancer.md +++ b/content/old/events/this-man-is-a-cancer.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: This man is a cancer -date: 2006-02-20 23:09 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: events, free speech, freedom, internet, media, rants +--- +title: This man is a cancer slug: this-man-is-a-cancer +date: "2006-02-20 23:09" +category: Events, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - events + - free speech + - freedom + - internet + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm getting a bit fed up with all of the people who don't understand the concept of freedom of speech. Yes, it's going to be one of those posts. @@ -20,7 +27,7 @@ What the fuck, you ask? Well, see, that last group "\`believe in free speech, but\... \\`\__" -Beware of [anyone who prefaces a statement with that line](/backlog/2005/10/13/corporalte-punishment/). They probably don't have your best interests at heart, and they're a liar, to boot. +Beware of [anyone who prefaces a statement with that line](http://www.offlineblog.com/backlog/2005/10/13/corporalte-punishment/). They probably don't have your best interests at heart, and they're a liar, to boot. Here's the skinny, and I know that this comes as no news to most of those that read here, but nonetheless: Free Speech means (and, in fact, rests firmly upon and is rendered meaningless without) the right to say things that terrify, disgust, demean, insult, and verbally violate all that you hold dear. The more offensive an utterance is, the more important it is that the speaker be free to say it, without fear of violence or of censorship. That isn't to say that they should be immune to censure \-- that's how mind-blowingly stupid pronouncements like "Auschwitz's Crematorium Two, the site of half a million deaths, is 'a mere legend'" *should* be greeted. Ridicule is another good response. As is simply ignoring the speaker. But *silencing* your critics is\... well, there's a couple of interesting 20^th^ century events that might be informative on the subject. I leave that, too, as an exercise for the reader. diff --git a/content/old/events/time-again.md b/content/old/events/time-again.md index eaca8ec2..fbcc0a60 100644 --- a/content/old/events/time-again.md +++ b/content/old/events/time-again.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Time again -date: 2005-04-09 08:14 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Media, Rants -tags: events, media, rants, school +--- +title: Time again slug: time-again +date: "2005-04-09 08:14" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Media, Rants +tags: + - events + - media + - rants + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm starting to have a bit more time to myself now. I'm putting the finishing touches on a project this weekend that has been\... frustrating, for a variety of reasons. And then one more assignment, four final exams, four days off, and to work! Sounds packed, but really other than the finals it'll be a cakewalk. @@ -21,8 +26,8 @@ It's been an exciting few days for those of us that felt that our Liberal overlo For those of you that don't follow this sort of thing with the degree of interest that I do, here's a few especially pertinent links: | - [Brault alleged donations to Liberals linked to sponsorship work](http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/04/07/domery-ban050407.html) -| - [Ban partly lifted, sponsorship details revealed]([http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1112800598471_30/?hub=TopStories](http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1112800598471_30/?hub=TopStories)) -| - [Jean Brault's Testimony]([http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/brault_testimony.html](http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/brault_testimony.html)) +| - [Ban partly lifted, sponsorship details revealed](http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1112800598471_30/?hub=TopStories) +| - [Jean Brault's Testimony](http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/brault_testimony.html) | - [Federal Sponsorship Scandal](http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/) Note that most of the above links are to the [CBC(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)](http://www.cbc.ca/) with whom I am frequently displeased. They are doing a phenonmenal job -- at least online, since I don't watch the TV news -- of covering this, so kudos to them. @@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ Other links in the roundup: | - [Cash Opened Doors](http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2005/04/09/989281-sun.html) | - [Ban on volatile testimony largely lifted](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050406.wbanlift0407/BNStory/National%22) | - [A Blog Written From Minneapolis Rattles Canada's Liberal Party](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/international/americas/07canada.html?ei=5090&en=fe1785ef395f82d0&ex=1270526400&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&adxnnlx=1113059016-klWwEeghR+EbOZEUk1iKNw) (registration required) -| - [Poll finds public support for Liberals slipping]([http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1113002041945_16/?hub=TopStories](http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1113002041945_16/?hub=TopStories)) +| - [Poll finds public support for Liberals slipping](http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1113002041945_16/?hub=TopStories) | - [Ex-PM's staff took payoffs](http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/News/2005/04/09/989217-sun.html) Take some time. This is our elected government here. diff --git a/content/old/events/to-end-all-wars.md b/content/old/events/to-end-all-wars.md index dc073c5b..46991e6f 100644 --- a/content/old/events/to-end-all-wars.md +++ b/content/old/events/to-end-all-wars.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: ... to end all wars. -date: 2005-01-19 18:00 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Rants -tags: events, rants +--- +title: ... to end all wars. slug: to-end-all-wars +date: "2005-01-19 18:00" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - events + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It wasn't, although the hope was there. Given the fact that in Canada we have [only six WWI veterans left alive](http://www.news.gc.ca/cfmx/CCP/view/en/index.cfm?articleid=119219), it makes me wonder how much more quickly we'll forget the lessons of that first world war now? Although WWII casts a longer shadow over my generation, the first war was in its time considered to be so horrific that no one would ever choose to war again. diff --git a/content/old/events/too-long-to-wait.md b/content/old/events/too-long-to-wait.md index 30eae421..f9af98f9 100644 --- a/content/old/events/too-long-to-wait.md +++ b/content/old/events/too-long-to-wait.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Too long to wait -Date: 2002-12-14 08:37 -Author: offby1 -Category: contemplation -Tags: events, space -Slug: too-long-to-wait -Status: published - +--- +title: Too long to wait +slug: too-long-to-wait +date: "2002-12-14 08:37" +category: contemplation +tags: + - events + - space +author: offby1 +status: published +--- It's been [thirty years](http://home.attbi.com/~danglover/apollo17.htm) since Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ronald Evans last took Apollo 17 to the moon. In the intervening years, the attitude of the public to space diff --git a/content/old/events/twenty-years-and-godspeed.md b/content/old/events/twenty-years-and-godspeed.md index 6a481c67..b1341284 100644 --- a/content/old/events/twenty-years-and-godspeed.md +++ b/content/old/events/twenty-years-and-godspeed.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Twenty Years, and Godspeed -Date: 2007-01-28 09:45 -Author: offby1 -Category: contemplation -Tags: events, history, mourning, space -Slug: twenty-years-and-godspeed -Status: published - +--- +title: Twenty Years, and Godspeed +slug: twenty-years-and-godspeed +date: "2007-01-28 09:45" +category: contemplation +tags: + - events + - history + - mourning + - space +author: offby1 +status: published +--- On this day, twenty years ago, seven of the best and brightest vanished from the world in a flash of light. diff --git a/content/old/events/twins.md b/content/old/events/twins.md index 1d3dafb4..9e0c3f83 100644 --- a/content/old/events/twins.md +++ b/content/old/events/twins.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Twins? -date: 2003-01-22 06:52 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Internet, Rants -tags: events, internet, rants +--- +title: Twins? slug: twins +date: "2003-01-22 06:52" +category: Events, Internet, Rants +tags: + - events + - internet + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- ![cat_twins.jpg](http://www.offlineblog.com/images/clonedcat.jpg){.image .image width="220px" height="168px"} Bearing out something i've been harping on for ages with respect to the cloning debate is this [news article on CNN](http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2003-01-21-cloned-cats_x.htm). Essentially, it consists of a description of the first cloned housecat, CC, who is nothing at all like her genetic forebear Rainbow. Amazingly enough, much like identical twins, *who share the same DNA* exactly like clones do, the cats' environments heavily influenced what sort of personality and physique and even fur coat they ended up with. On a related note, as mentioned in the article, isn't the business name ["Genetic Savings and Clone"](http://www.savingsandclone.com/) hilarious? ;) diff --git a/content/old/events/upcoming-downgoing.md b/content/old/events/upcoming-downgoing.md index 54097082..26d11831 100644 --- a/content/old/events/upcoming-downgoing.md +++ b/content/old/events/upcoming-downgoing.md @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ -Title: Upcoming, Downgoing -date: 2004-08-22 08:01 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts, Meta -tags: events, friends, meta +--- +title: Upcoming, Downgoing slug: upcoming-downgoing +date: "2004-08-22 08:01" +category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts, Meta +tags: + - events + - friends + - meta +author: offby1 status: draft - -So, I dropped off the deposits for the three people who have confirmed that they're coming jumping with me next weekend: [Matt](), [Amy](), and Beau. Anyone else interested should get hold of me ASAP so that I can confirm it with the drop zone. I know that there are a lot of you out there that I'd love to see out there, but if I don't hear from you I guess I'll just have to guilt trip you later :) +--- +So, I dropped off the deposits for the three people who have confirmed that they're coming jumping with me next weekend: [Matt](http://www.offlineblog.com/mildillson/), [Amy](http://lashingtail.blogspot.com/), and Beau. Anyone else interested should get hold of me ASAP so that I can confirm it with the drop zone. I know that there are a lot of you out there that I'd love to see out there, but if I don't hear from you I guess I'll just have to guilt trip you later :) I'm looking forward to this with intense anticipation. And there may be another surprise there too, but I don't want to get too excited about that, since it'd be a big one. diff --git a/content/old/events/updatey-things.md b/content/old/events/updatey-things.md index f2b0d56e..49673df8 100644 --- a/content/old/events/updatey-things.md +++ b/content/old/events/updatey-things.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Updatey Things -date: 2005-05-18 19:47 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Media, Meta -tags: events, media, meta, school, work +--- +title: Updatey Things slug: updatey-things +date: "2005-05-18 19:47" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Media, Meta +tags: + - events + - media + - meta + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's been a bit since my last update, much to my chagrin. Sorry, folks, I'll try to keep on the ball. So, here's the rundown: diff --git a/content/old/events/vanishing-point.md b/content/old/events/vanishing-point.md index 18fc55c5..a176aac5 100644 --- a/content/old/events/vanishing-point.md +++ b/content/old/events/vanishing-point.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Vanishing point -date: 2003-08-31 10:52 -author: offby1 -category: life -tags: apology, appreciation, moving, simon, skydiving +--- +title: Vanishing point slug: vanishing-point +date: "2003-08-31 10:52" +category: life +tags: + - apology + - appreciation + - moving + - simon + - skydiving +author: offby1 status: published - +--- So sorry about having dropped from the face of the earth for a week, folks. I know my readership isn't huge, but i suspect at least one or two people missed me :) So, here's the scoop: The downtime resulted from Char and I moving, and shaw not moving as fast as we did, due to some wiring issues. I spent tuesday to today with no net access, which meant no mailserver, no webserver, etc. Very crappy. And, as i'm sure you can all imagine, also very jitter-inducing. diff --git a/content/old/events/wasted-neurons.md b/content/old/events/wasted-neurons.md index 3a4375d5..e39859a5 100644 --- a/content/old/events/wasted-neurons.md +++ b/content/old/events/wasted-neurons.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: Wasted Neurons -date: 2004-08-18 05:11 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: events, intellectual property, internet, media, privacy, rants +--- +title: Wasted Neurons slug: wasted-neurons +date: "2004-08-18 05:11" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - events + - intellectual property + - internet + - media + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - -In the spirit of a gigantic [fuck you]() to the [monkeys]() that came up with this [hyperlink policy](http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/page/legacy?lang=en&cid=dd7e01e3ac979f00VgnVCMServer28130b0aRCRD) for the Athens games, I'd like to add my little snippet to the spew. The theme on what little Metafilter [had to say]() was attaching profanity to links to them. I say, go wild. Please, if you run a website, link that way. +--- +In the spirit of a gigantic [fuck you](http://www.athens2004.com/) to the [monkeys](http://www.athens2004.com/) that came up with this [hyperlink policy](http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/page/legacy?lang=en&cid=dd7e01e3ac979f00VgnVCMServer28130b0aRCRD) for the Athens games, I'd like to add my little snippet to the spew. The theme on what little Metafilter [had to say](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/35036) was attaching profanity to links to them. I say, go wild. Please, if you run a website, link that way. And click through, by all means :) I want them to _know_ they're getting those links! diff --git a/content/old/events/we-get-the-government-we-deserve-dont-we.md b/content/old/events/we-get-the-government-we-deserve-dont-we.md index e4d85df1..d3475540 100644 --- a/content/old/events/we-get-the-government-we-deserve-dont-we.md +++ b/content/old/events/we-get-the-government-we-deserve-dont-we.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: We get the government we deserve, don't we? -date: 2004-06-29 05:08 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Media, Rants -tags: events, media, rants +--- +title: We get the government we deserve, don't we? slug: we-get-the-government-we-deserve-dont-we +date: "2004-06-29 05:08" +category: Events, Media, Rants +tags: + - events + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As should be [known](http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/06/29/canada/elxn_wrap040629) by now, Canadians have spoken, and what they've said is, essentially, "Please, sir, can I have some more?" Faugh. diff --git a/content/old/events/weather-you-like-it-or-not.md b/content/old/events/weather-you-like-it-or-not.md index 31c2e07e..f0b31c80 100644 --- a/content/old/events/weather-you-like-it-or-not.md +++ b/content/old/events/weather-you-like-it-or-not.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Weather; You like it or not. -date: 2004-07-09 17:54 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts -tags: events, friends +--- +title: Weather; You like it or not. slug: weather-you-like-it-or-not +date: "2004-07-09 17:54" +category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - friends +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, interesting news from back home yesterday: As reported "in":http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040709/NATS09-2/TPNational/Canada "a":http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2004/07/09/532750.html "few":http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/Z05_00btornado0709.lasso "places":http://edmonton.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ed_tornado20040709 "here":http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=5ca8f460-95d1-4ddb-b5d9-0725686c3a94 "and":http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/Z04_00aswath0709.lasso [there](http://www.livejournal.com/users/pegs/227728.html), a tornado touched down in Grande Prairie. Kind of wacky. Even scarier, it seems that my dad \-- always one to stay out of trouble usually \-- was smack dab in the path of the winds and even had the windows of his truck blown out by the winds\... Just before arriving to renew his insurance. Timing one can't even _invent_. So, everyone, make with the "blown away" jokes now. diff --git a/content/old/events/what-a-show.md b/content/old/events/what-a-show.md index 0886fe72..c4b225ab 100644 --- a/content/old/events/what-a-show.md +++ b/content/old/events/what-a-show.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: What a show -date: 2002-11-11 12:35 -author: offby1 -category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts -tags: events, friends +--- +title: What a show slug: what-a-show +date: "2002-11-11 12:35" +category: Events, Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - friends +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [Beau](http://www.victoriafetishsociety.com/)(NSFW) and i went down to Calgary to see a show last night at the [Warehouse](http://www.calgaryplus.ca/profile/76564/), put on by one of my very good friends, [Jamie Wood](http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/36/consume1.html) and another friend, whose act is called [FX series](http://www.mp3.com/fxseries), performed by, as usual, one guy - a pleasant fellow named Réal. Man, what noise we heard :) So, first off, the trip - it's Calgary. This isn't exactly a difficult voyage, but the truck sucks for highway travel, since Fugly has less in the way of guts than any vehicle i've driven since the old Mustang that i used to borrow from my cousin. When we reached Calgary, we found the warehouse with only a little bit of fuss. It's not exactly the most visible of places, what with the only sign indicating its location being in the back alley (Thanks for mentioning that one, Tamara :) Still, after a bit of flailing around, we found the place we were looking for, and then we met the above-mentioned Tamara for coffee for a while. diff --git a/content/old/events/when-all-other-lights-go-out.md b/content/old/events/when-all-other-lights-go-out.md index 2159ea86..3b725dea 100644 --- a/content/old/events/when-all-other-lights-go-out.md +++ b/content/old/events/when-all-other-lights-go-out.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: ...when all other lights go out. -date: 2008-03-18 23:27 -author: offby1 -category: Events -tags: obituary, science fiction +--- +title: ...when all other lights go out. slug: when-all-other-lights-go-out +date: "2008-03-18 23:27" +category: Events +tags: + - obituary + - science fiction +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- In the later hours of this day, Arthur C. Clarke -- creator and muse --ended 90 years of looking past the stars in order to share with us the wonders that he saw there. He leaves behind ideas beyond number and a culture immeasurably richer for his contribution. diff --git a/content/old/events/wiffle-waffle-and-no-useful-information.md b/content/old/events/wiffle-waffle-and-no-useful-information.md index 3590fa58..4c4b4da8 100644 --- a/content/old/events/wiffle-waffle-and-no-useful-information.md +++ b/content/old/events/wiffle-waffle-and-no-useful-information.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Wiffle, Waffle, and no useful information -date: 2007-05-05 22:03 -author: offby1 -category: Events -tags: batshitinsane, dislocation, fear, skydiving +--- +title: Wiffle, Waffle, and no useful information slug: wiffle-waffle-and-no-useful-information +date: "2007-05-05 22:03" +category: Events +tags: + - batshitinsane + - dislocation + - fear + - skydiving +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, given that it's -- unfortunately -- entirely up to me, I have decided. Next weekend, weather permitting, I'll be doing #26. diff --git a/content/old/events/yay.md b/content/old/events/yay.md index b240f8f0..026db55f 100644 --- a/content/old/events/yay.md +++ b/content/old/events/yay.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Yay! -date: 2004-09-19 00:58 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Yay! +slug: yay +date: "2004-09-19 00:58" category: Events, General Thoughts tags: events -slug: yay +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- She's back!!! diff --git a/content/old/events/yeah-its-a-bit-behind-the-times.md b/content/old/events/yeah-its-a-bit-behind-the-times.md index 21253300..9b877536 100644 --- a/content/old/events/yeah-its-a-bit-behind-the-times.md +++ b/content/old/events/yeah-its-a-bit-behind-the-times.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Yeah, it's a bit behind the times -date: 2004-12-10 12:22 -author: offby1 -category: Events, General Thoughts, Media, Rants -tags: events, media, rants +--- +title: Yeah, it's a bit behind the times slug: yeah-its-a-bit-behind-the-times +date: "2004-12-10 12:22" +category: Events, General Thoughts, Media, Rants +tags: + - events + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This is something of a mish-mash post. First off, and most obvious: I have finished classes for the semester. It's been fairly gruelling, which although unsurprising, really did make for an interesting change from Grant Macewan \-- school of the soft knocks. Sadly, though, I still have a project and four final exams left, at least two of which are going to be very hard. diff --git a/content/old/friends/a-long-week.md b/content/old/friends/a-long-week.md index 1aa4e7e1..311f2984 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/a-long-week.md +++ b/content/old/friends/a-long-week.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: A long week. -date: 2006-09-29 20:33 -author: offby1 +--- +title: A long week. +slug: a-long-week +date: "2006-09-29 20:33" category: Friends, General Thoughts tags: friends -slug: a-long-week +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This week has been pretty stressful all around, but in the last few days, thanks in no small part to Char, I've been feeling more relaxed. We've been a bit tense, but it's\... nicer. And I'm feeling better about life as a whole than I have for a long while. I'm trying to do more work around the house, partly because Char's taking a class plus working full time\... well, she *was* working full time. She goes back to her sane schedule this coming week, which will mean I'll get to see more of her. The other reason I want to do more around the house is simple: I've had it pretty good for a long time, but as long as Char's working to pay for our lifestyle there's no reason she should have to carry the housework load. I acknowledge that there's always going to be a gap, because there are things that I care about that she does not, and vice versa, but I'm trying to narrow it down some. diff --git a/content/old/friends/ach-whatta-weekend.md b/content/old/friends/ach-whatta-weekend.md index 85f3c0d7..c72e32d4 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/ach-whatta-weekend.md +++ b/content/old/friends/ach-whatta-weekend.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Ach. Whatta Weekend -date: 2007-03-12 15:09 -author: offby1 -category: Friends -tags: family, stupidity, travel, wedding +--- +title: Ach. Whatta Weekend slug: ach-whatta-weekend +date: "2007-03-12 15:09" +category: Friends +tags: + - family + - stupidity + - travel + - wedding +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, I can't say that this past weekend was a terrific one. Oh, the details were mostly good. I had a good trip with Char, during which she either slept or was happy to chat with me continuously about a whole host of interesting things (PolySci == good conversation). However, the details \-- from some social awkwardness at the wedding itself (on my part, sadly) to some bad news from home (ask Char; it's her story to tell) meant that the trip turned out to be less happy than I'd hoped. diff --git a/content/old/friends/again-the-words.md b/content/old/friends/again-the-words.md index 28d8157a..4dd4dc06 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/again-the-words.md +++ b/content/old/friends/again-the-words.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Again, the words -date: 2005-04-19 09:13 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Projects -tags: friends, projects, school, work +--- +title: Again, the words slug: again-the-words +date: "2005-04-19 09:13" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Projects +tags: + - friends + - projects + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Hello again, after long absence. I apologize for the ridiculously long silence -- I do feel that I was justified, but there you go -- and as such I return with a rundown on my life so far. @@ -14,7 +19,7 @@ I'm prepping for exams, which in this case actually means studying, a more or le My projects and assignments are done, which is good. They were\... okay. The one big one went well, and the other went as well as a two-person project done by me alone could have been expected to go. The assignments, well, let's not speak of those. -Lifewise, [Char]() and I did our first Open House drive-about. We checked out two places, one of which was a nice house in a shitty location, the other of which was a nice house in a nice location, with a nice yard, but about twice as large as even we could want. We're talking fricken huge, here. +Lifewise, [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) and I did our first Open House drive-about. We checked out two places, one of which was a nice house in a shitty location, the other of which was a nice house in a nice location, with a nice yard, but about twice as large as even we could want. We're talking fricken huge, here. Hm. diff --git a/content/old/friends/airborne-pigs.md b/content/old/friends/airborne-pigs.md index 939745a0..55404c95 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/airborne-pigs.md +++ b/content/old/friends/airborne-pigs.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Airborne pigs! -date: 2003-01-03 10:58 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts -tags: friends, school +--- +title: Airborne pigs! slug: airborne-pigs +date: "2003-01-03 10:58" +category: Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Amazingly enough, my mother - the perennial luddite/technophobe/what-have-you - is getting online! In as few as two or three days, she'll be connected to the wild, wooly weirdness that is the world wide web! Colour me amazed. And, to think, all that it took was Simon and i creating websites of our very own. Wow :) diff --git a/content/old/friends/am-i-a-bad-person.md b/content/old/friends/am-i-a-bad-person.md index fe10f70b..5349d2e6 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/am-i-a-bad-person.md +++ b/content/old/friends/am-i-a-bad-person.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Am I a bad person? -date: 2006-06-08 17:00 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts -tags: friends, school, work +--- +title: Am I a bad person? slug: am-i-a-bad-person +date: "2006-06-08 17:00" +category: Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm posting this, slacking, from my ethics class. Frankly, regardless of the degree of interest I have in the content in itself, the presentation (didactic, lecture) is not my cup of tea. It gets good, when we start hitting the discussion aspects of the course\... Anyway, I'm bored. Char's outta town, for those that aren't paying attention, the local hockey team is sucking it back in ways that resulted in my being mocked by the AppleCare support folk I spoke to this morning, and work was\... if not completely useless today, competitive with it. diff --git a/content/old/friends/apprehension.md b/content/old/friends/apprehension.md index bc458ee5..d92c494f 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/apprehension.md +++ b/content/old/friends/apprehension.md @@ -1,9 +1,14 @@ -Title: Apprehension? -date: 2007-04-26 13:50 -author: offby1 -category: Friends -tags: birthday, hot-30s, index cards, paranoia +--- +title: Apprehension? slug: apprehension +date: "2007-04-26 13:50" +category: Friends +tags: + - birthday + - hot-30s + - index cards + - paranoia +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Char is plotting something, I know it\... diff --git a/content/old/friends/better.md b/content/old/friends/better.md index 9678f6d1..4e172290 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/better.md +++ b/content/old/friends/better.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Better -date: 2006-03-03 15:59 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts -tags: friends, school +--- +title: Better slug: better +date: "2006-03-03 15:59" +category: Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Having an attack *of* confidence is great. I checked my mark rankings in CS 313 yesterday, and discovered that --contrary to my expectations -- I'm #6 in the class of 35. It's still not great, but it's tolerable. So I feel better about that. diff --git a/content/old/friends/change-of-contact.md b/content/old/friends/change-of-contact.md index 04f5a9b7..fd0d4a5c 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/change-of-contact.md +++ b/content/old/friends/change-of-contact.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Change of Contact -date: 2004-06-24 07:21 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Change of Contact +slug: change-of-contact +date: "2004-06-24 07:21" category: Friends, General Thoughts tags: friends -slug: change-of-contact +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It suddenly occurs to me that this is the ideal place to make an announcement like this, just in case I missed someone with the mailout: For convenience and long-term contact accessibility, I am moving my day to day e-mail over to *chris (at} offlineblog {dot) com*. diff --git a/content/old/friends/civil-discourse.md b/content/old/friends/civil-discourse.md index e3ec4139..763784d3 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/civil-discourse.md +++ b/content/old/friends/civil-discourse.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Civil discourse -date: 2003-07-31 08:06 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Civil discourse +slug: civil-discourse +date: "2003-07-31 08:06" category: Friends tags: friends -slug: civil-discourse +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Had a great time chatting w/ Matt D. last night, for those of you that know him, you'll understand why - he's one of the few people with whom i can disagree on issues ranging from healthcare to general philosophy, and still have a debate that actually feels like it serves a purpose; his opinions spur thought for me, and it seems to me that he also considers mine. Not something that i see very often. He and Amy have great friends, too. Having only met Rod and Scheherazade the one time previously, at a movie, i had never really had a chance to talk to either of them. Now that i have, i am quite impressed with both of them, they come off as really interesting folks. I hope that i will get to see more of them in times to come\... Assuming, of course, that i stay in a sociable mode ;) diff --git a/content/old/friends/couple-of-things.md b/content/old/friends/couple-of-things.md index d83f4c25..966680d2 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/couple-of-things.md +++ b/content/old/friends/couple-of-things.md @@ -1,19 +1,23 @@ -Title: Couple of things -date: 2005-02-18 08:28 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Internet -tags: friends, internet, school +--- +title: Couple of things slug: couple-of-things +date: "2005-02-18 08:28" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Internet +tags: + - friends + - internet + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, it's been a few days, and persuant to my resolution to post more, here's one. Items of note: | - I've just bombed a [Cmput 340](http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/courses/Cmput340.php) midterm, or at least I'm pretty sure I did. That course is raping my mind, it's just not as easy as I had hoped (given my knack for numbers) that it would be. | - I'm getting up to speed in [Cmput 391](http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/courses/Cmput391.php) now, mostly as a consequence of paying attention in class. I had my head up my ass at the beginning of the term, and I seem to have gotten it out. -| - [Char]() and I are going to be making our way down to Mexico this coming week. This will slow posting down to a crawl, for reasons that should be obvious to anyone. It's not as far south as the dad and sister are (Miss you guys!) but it's a step. 33 degree weather! Ech :). Still, since I have to bring homework with me, I'm not as relaxed as I could be. It'll be nice to get away, though. +| - [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) and I are going to be making our way down to Mexico this coming week. This will slow posting down to a crawl, for reasons that should be obvious to anyone. It's not as far south as the dad and sister are (Miss you guys!) but it's a step. 33 degree weather! Ech :). Still, since I have to bring homework with me, I'm not as relaxed as I could be. It'll be nice to get away, though. | - New look to the site, if you didn't notice :) -| - DietFilter: [Aaron]() has been raving about a Calorie-Reduced diet that he's on. It seems like a lot of work, but it also seems to be backed by real science. I have to admit, it might be an argument from authority, but I'm pretty curious. I wonder if I'd have the willpower to do it? +| - DietFilter: [Aaron](http://www.spaz.ca/) has been raving about a Calorie-Reduced diet that he's on. It seems like a lot of work, but it also seems to be backed by real science. I have to admit, it might be an argument from authority, but I'm pretty curious. I wonder if I'd have the willpower to do it? If anything else comes up, of course I'll post about it. diff --git a/content/old/friends/crunch-and-success.md b/content/old/friends/crunch-and-success.md index 8ca3136e..56d7f2a4 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/crunch-and-success.md +++ b/content/old/friends/crunch-and-success.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: Crunch, and Success -date: 2006-11-17 08:29 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts -tags: exams, friends, ldap, school, stress, work +--- +title: Crunch, and Success slug: crunch-and-success +date: "2006-11-17 08:29" +category: Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - exams + - friends + - ldap + - school + - stress + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's been, and will be, an interesting couple of weeks. I'm creating some genuinely nifty things at work these days, and I'm going to be assembling interesting code for school. The former has been an introduction to the general concepts of LDAP; I've had to get at least a bit familiar with it in order to put together a critical piece of functionality for our client. The latter, well, I took the hard part of the project, as is my wont, and it's been nifty, getting it all working. diff --git a/content/old/friends/dot-dot-dot.md b/content/old/friends/dot-dot-dot.md index 958c76c9..caeb833e 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/dot-dot-dot.md +++ b/content/old/friends/dot-dot-dot.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: ... -date: 2002-12-01 22:44 -author: offby1 +--- +title: ... +slug: dot-dot-dot +date: "2002-12-01 22:44" category: Friends, General Thoughts tags: friends -slug: dot-dot-dot +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I\... may well have lost a friend today. This is, needless to say, not a happy thing. It's frustrating. I can see the futility of our argument, even as i'm in the middle of it. I don't usually get outwardly angry, but i can feel that pointless rage bubbling just underneath the surface. diff --git a/content/old/friends/expletives-and-imprecations.md b/content/old/friends/expletives-and-imprecations.md index 43cd2600..b47846bc 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/expletives-and-imprecations.md +++ b/content/old/friends/expletives-and-imprecations.md @@ -1,13 +1,14 @@ -Title: Expletives and Imprecations -date: 2005-01-16 00:11 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Expletives and Imprecations +slug: expletives-and-imprecations +date: "2005-01-16 00:11" category: Friends, General Thoughts tags: friends -slug: expletives-and-imprecations +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- After many, many hours of work, the move is finished. Mostly, it just sucked. However, as I have had occasion to say to a few people in the last few days, if you can judge a person by the calibre of their friends, [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) and I must be pretty good people. -Much thanks to all those that helped, but extra thanks to [Simon](). without whom this move would probably have gone much longer, much harder, and much more unpleasantly. Of all those that helped, he put in the most time and the most steady effort. Thanks, bro! +Much thanks to all those that helped, but extra thanks to [Simon](http://vernondalhart.livejournal.com). without whom this move would probably have gone much longer, much harder, and much more unpleasantly. Of all those that helped, he put in the most time and the most steady effort. Thanks, bro! diff --git a/content/old/friends/grumble.md b/content/old/friends/grumble.md index 49f655e1..42a2a292 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/grumble.md +++ b/content/old/friends/grumble.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Grumble... -date: 2006-08-08 16:29 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Projects -tags: friends, projects, school, work +--- +title: Grumble... slug: grumble +date: "2006-08-08 16:29" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Projects +tags: + - friends + - projects + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, no news on the legal rights front -- my queries to Ask.Metafilter went well-answered, but the message I sent to the CCLA didn't get me any response, so I'll be sending something again, in the hopes that someone there will answer. Not a lot new -- getting ready to end the internship, mainly, and return to the academic life, poverty and all. I'll be part time anyway, but it'll be interesting, being back on the grind. diff --git a/content/old/friends/hey-guess-what.md b/content/old/friends/hey-guess-what.md index 2c7c7323..16e07980 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/hey-guess-what.md +++ b/content/old/friends/hey-guess-what.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Hey, guess what! -date: 2005-11-05 10:21 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Projects -tags: friends, projects, work +--- +title: Hey, guess what! slug: hey-guess-what +date: "2005-11-05 10:21" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Projects +tags: + - friends + - projects + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm not dead, after all. Yes, yes\... I'm lazy. It seems that I start a lot of posts with apologies for the silence. diff --git a/content/old/friends/historical-associations.md b/content/old/friends/historical-associations.md index 457213ff..e128dccb 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/historical-associations.md +++ b/content/old/friends/historical-associations.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Historical Associations -date: 2006-04-23 09:55 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts -tags: friends, memory lane +--- +title: Historical Associations slug: historical-associations +date: "2006-04-23 09:55" +category: Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - memory lane +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's been a thought tickling around in the back of my brain, but a post about [finding a friend thought](http://lashingtail.blogspot.com/2006/04/serendipity-broke-my-brain-but-im-too.html) lost by a good friend of mine (Jebus, that's a construct and a half. Note to self: Simpler sentences!) got me thinking about it a bit more. I've never been one for many friendships. The people whom I consider to be my friends are infinitely precious to me, as a product of both their individual merits and their scarcity. As it is, I don't see enough of the people that matter to me, so I clutch those moments close. diff --git a/content/old/friends/holiday-roundup.md b/content/old/friends/holiday-roundup.md index 045125bc..18d16b30 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/holiday-roundup.md +++ b/content/old/friends/holiday-roundup.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Holiday Roundup -date: 2004-12-30 09:21 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Projects, Rants -tags: friends, projects, rants, school +--- +title: Holiday Roundup slug: holiday-roundup +date: "2004-12-30 09:21" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Projects, Rants +tags: + - friends + - projects + - rants + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I noticed yesterday (as [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) finally got around to posting on her blog) that I have been remarkably lax in updating here. Bad Chris! @@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ On the other hand, the effect of this dissociation has been to make it much more Hrm. Other things of note, in the past week or so. -Well, I got bored and frustrated with the lack of instructions for writing [Azureus]() plugins, so I wrote my own [tutorial for Azureus plugins](/projects/azureus-plugin-tutorial/) for those who come after me. I'm fairly proud of it, since this is not something I ordinarily do, but as far as I can see nobody is looking at it yet :( +Well, I got bored and frustrated with the lack of instructions for writing [Azureus](http://azureus.sourceforge.net/) plugins, so I wrote my own [tutorial for Azureus plugins]({filename}/pages/azureus-plugin-tutorial.md) for those who come after me. I'm fairly proud of it, since this is not something I ordinarily do, but as far as I can see nobody is looking at it yet :( Char and I are getting packed. Moving sucks. diff --git a/content/old/friends/i-have-arms-again.md b/content/old/friends/i-have-arms-again.md index b49aca83..b02df1b0 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/i-have-arms-again.md +++ b/content/old/friends/i-have-arms-again.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: I have arms again! -date: 2006-11-06 15:33 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts -tags: appreciation, deadlines, dislocation, health, skydiving, work +--- +title: I have arms again! slug: i-have-arms-again +date: "2006-11-06 15:33" +category: Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - appreciation + - deadlines + - dislocation + - health + - skydiving + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's sore, it's stiff, but I have two arms, and therefore I can\... | - Finish the assignment that was due last friday diff --git a/content/old/friends/i-must-really-like-my-co-workers.md b/content/old/friends/i-must-really-like-my-co-workers.md index efbf336d..cb3bfbf0 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/i-must-really-like-my-co-workers.md +++ b/content/old/friends/i-must-really-like-my-co-workers.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: I Must Really Like My Co-workers -date: 2006-06-09 21:03 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts -tags: friends, work +--- +title: I Must Really Like My Co-workers slug: i-must-really-like-my-co-workers +date: "2006-06-09 21:03" +category: Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I say this, because in a couple of weeks I'm going to assist in throwing five of them (at least, and one non-co-worker) out of an aeroplane. I collected their deposits today, and tomorrow I head out to the drop zone to drop them off. The best part? Because I've had my next ten jumps covered by a birthday gift, I can afford to hand off the discount I get from this to two good friends who otherwise could not afford to go again, for a few good reasons. diff --git a/content/old/friends/monday-morning-updates.md b/content/old/friends/monday-morning-updates.md index 09e7f793..d23900dd 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/monday-morning-updates.md +++ b/content/old/friends/monday-morning-updates.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Monday morning updates -date: 2005-05-30 07:02 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Projects -tags: friends, projects +--- +title: Monday morning updates slug: monday-morning-updates +date: "2005-05-30 07:02" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Projects +tags: + - friends + - projects +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I had a basic-model weekend. I even slept in, yesterday, which doesn't really happen too often. "Aaron":http://www.spaz.ca/ and I plugged away at "CRON-O-METER":http://cronometer.sourceforge.net/ (Don't expect too much there -- we haven't done a site yet) in a few geeky ways. We're getting close to the point where we can deliver something that actually works, which will be nice to have. diff --git a/content/old/friends/my-life-so-far.md b/content/old/friends/my-life-so-far.md index f41309b9..549b5477 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/my-life-so-far.md +++ b/content/old/friends/my-life-so-far.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: My life, so far -date: 2006-03-07 08:36 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Media, Projects, Rants -tags: friends, media, projects, rants +--- +title: My life, so far slug: my-life-so-far +date: "2006-03-07 08:36" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Media, Projects, Rants +tags: + - friends + - media + - projects + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So where am I at? Oh, this isn't going to be a "life story" sort of post. It's more of a corny way of saying "Here's what I've been up to over the last week." diff --git a/content/old/friends/norm-was-a-poor-followup.md b/content/old/friends/norm-was-a-poor-followup.md index 126f07bf..0d4f1e76 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/norm-was-a-poor-followup.md +++ b/content/old/friends/norm-was-a-poor-followup.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Norm was a poor followup -date: 2005-07-31 16:24 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Norm was a poor followup +slug: norm-was-a-poor-followup +date: "2005-07-31 16:24" category: Friends, General Thoughts tags: friends -slug: norm-was-a-poor-followup +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Weekend update: Just got back from a place called "Wayne":http://www.ghosttowns.com/canada/alberta/wayne.html where somebody has managed to put together arguably the most gruelling "disc golf":http://members.shaw.ca/discgolf/ "course":http://68.151.176.137/tours/Drumheller04-JasonRatke/index.html (that last link may vanish abruptly) I've ever played. diff --git a/content/old/friends/nothing-to-say-but-i-can-say-it-in-three-languages.md b/content/old/friends/nothing-to-say-but-i-can-say-it-in-three-languages.md index 5965bc7d..a73efb5e 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/nothing-to-say-but-i-can-say-it-in-three-languages.md +++ b/content/old/friends/nothing-to-say-but-i-can-say-it-in-three-languages.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Nothing to say, but I can say it in three languages -date: 2004-10-23 09:03 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Internet, Meta -tags: friends, internet, meta, school +--- +title: Nothing to say, but I can say it in three languages slug: nothing-to-say-but-i-can-say-it-in-three-languages +date: "2004-10-23 09:03" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Internet, Meta +tags: + - friends + - internet + - meta + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, two. If you count speaking ones. About ten, if programming languages figure into it. Which reminds me -- I'm up from 44.78% to 50.68% on the [Geek test](http://www.innergeek.us/). (Featured here on [30 May, 2003](http://www.offlineblog.com/backlog/2003/05/30/test-yourselves/)) All of you should take it, let me know where you sit now. diff --git a/content/old/friends/on-traveling.md b/content/old/friends/on-traveling.md index 596c2d3f..bab6bd2c 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/on-traveling.md +++ b/content/old/friends/on-traveling.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: On traveling -date: 2005-12-13 13:29 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Rants -tags: friends, rants +--- +title: On traveling slug: on-traveling +date: "2005-12-13 13:29" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - friends + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'd think that it would have become easier, with time. I just bloody *hate* travelling. Every minute I have to spend in a car between the place from which I depart and that at which I arrive is a little piece of hell, even with people I like. Bah. diff --git a/content/old/friends/oooh-pinups.md b/content/old/friends/oooh-pinups.md index 3f4740ac..5d5544db 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/oooh-pinups.md +++ b/content/old/friends/oooh-pinups.md @@ -1,16 +1,20 @@ -Title: Oooh, pinups! -date: 2005-05-10 21:21 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Meta -tags: friends, meta, work +--- +title: Oooh, pinups! slug: oooh-pinups +date: "2005-05-10 21:21" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Meta +tags: + - friends + - meta + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, I can't resist this one, at least for a while. Pinups! Let's see -- Work is getting interesting, in the sense that I actually got to do some coding today that will be used, at least in the company. This makes me happy, since it means I'm not totally useless from day one :) -Mom got her new toy today, and is quite enamoured of the [little beastie](). That's one family member converted to Apple, and I haven't even owned one yet! Truth is, having used it, I think I'll like having one \-- once I can afford it, that is. The mini is too dinky for my use, but it'll serve der mom quite nicely. +Mom got her new toy today, and is quite enamoured of the [little beastie](http://www.apple.com/macmini/). That's one family member converted to Apple, and I haven't even owned one yet! Truth is, having used it, I think I'll like having one \-- once I can afford it, that is. The mini is too dinky for my use, but it'll serve der mom quite nicely. I miss [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) :( diff --git a/content/old/friends/slow-communication.md b/content/old/friends/slow-communication.md index 361584f2..2f2b91a7 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/slow-communication.md +++ b/content/old/friends/slow-communication.md @@ -1,18 +1,22 @@ -Title: Slow Communication -date: 2005-01-26 11:36 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts -tags: friends, school, work +--- +title: Slow Communication slug: slow-communication +date: "2005-01-26 11:36" +category: Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Kind of a scattershot update to my existence on a whole. School progresses. The workload is climbing -- at the moment I have 6 assignments or project checkpoints due in the next two weeks. This is actually a lot, although math students may not think so, given the whole "1 course, 1 week, 1 assignment" load that usually follows with mathematics. Cmput 325 is nifty, but will probably give me fits. -I've interviewed for another internship position, this time on campus. This has the additional benefit of providing me with the opportunity to go to school while working, which will let me take some fun grad courses earlier than I had hoped. I hope that if I don't get the one with [ACI Worldwide]() I get this one. +I've interviewed for another internship position, this time on campus. This has the additional benefit of providing me with the opportunity to go to school while working, which will let me take some fun grad courses earlier than I had hoped. I hope that if I don't get the one with [ACI Worldwide](http://www.aciworldwide.com/) I get this one. Char is back on nights, after several years. I miss her already. 7 on, 7 off sounds good in principle, but the "7-on" part sucks. diff --git a/content/old/friends/sputtering-out.md b/content/old/friends/sputtering-out.md index 553a589e..4cc918b2 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/sputtering-out.md +++ b/content/old/friends/sputtering-out.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Sputtering out -date: 2005-12-23 13:18 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Sputtering out +slug: sputtering-out +date: "2005-12-23 13:18" category: Friends, General Thoughts tags: friends -slug: sputtering-out +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's been a very sociable week, and while I've enjoyed each and every *single* one of the visits I've had (Yep, [Matt](http://www.offlineblog.com/mildillson/) and [Amy](http://lashingtail.blogspot.com/), that means you don't have to feel guilty about anything \-- that's the highlight of the week, so far. Glad you liked the new toy!) but I am *so* goddamned tired at this point \-- I'm loving seeing people that I don't get to see often enough, but the strain of being sociable so much in so short of a time is just\... too much. I look forward to the weekend, because to a greater or lesser extent, my family kind of understands my need to just\... hide, sometimes. It'll be great. I'm bringing a huge pile of books (thanks again, Amy!). diff --git a/content/old/friends/summarize.md b/content/old/friends/summarize.md index 703fbac0..736ac12a 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/summarize.md +++ b/content/old/friends/summarize.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Summarize -date: 2006-10-10 22:30 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts -tags: friends, school, work +--- +title: Summarize slug: summarize +date: "2006-10-10 22:30" +category: Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well\... I just learned how to pack a parachute. diff --git a/content/old/friends/talking-about-the-weather.md b/content/old/friends/talking-about-the-weather.md index 5492f18a..81376886 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/talking-about-the-weather.md +++ b/content/old/friends/talking-about-the-weather.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Talking about the weather -date: 2005-12-28 09:10 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Rants -tags: friends, rants, work +--- +title: Talking about the weather slug: talking-about-the-weather +date: "2005-12-28 09:10" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - friends + - rants + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There is something fundamentally fucked up about the idea of going out -- in *Edmonton* -- and playing disc golf on December 28th. This is not natural. It is, however, kind of nice. So, the season of \... well, whatever the season is *of*, to you \... is come and mostly gone. Family was saw, presents sent and presented. I think that the Go board I got from [Simon](http://www.livejournal.com/users/vernondalhart/), along w/ the Calvin and Hobbes collection from [Char](http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar) are pretty much the standouts of the lot. Thanks, though, to all for the neato things. I hope my own gifts were appreciated as well. Surprisingly, the whole "giving" part of all of this is the best for me. Don't get me wrong; I love *getting* stuff, too, but there's something just fun about picking just the right gift for people. diff --git a/content/old/friends/uncivil-liberties.md b/content/old/friends/uncivil-liberties.md index 031a513b..1cdb28a6 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/uncivil-liberties.md +++ b/content/old/friends/uncivil-liberties.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: Uncivil "Liberties" -date: 2002-12-23 14:29 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts, Internet, Rants -tags: freedom, friends, internet, rants, school, security theatre +--- +title: Uncivil "Liberties" slug: uncivil-liberties +date: "2002-12-23 14:29" +category: Friends, General Thoughts, Internet, Rants +tags: + - freedom + - friends + - internet + - rants + - school + - security theatre +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I was doing my morning perusal of [Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/22481), and i came upon [this little gem](http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/monahan1.html). It's a bit early to see what direction the discussion is going, because it's only just been posted, but i have to admit, this incident is pretty disturbing. Now, of course, in any instance where one person is mistreated by another, there are the usual three sides to the story. Obviously, we're not really going to see either of the other two, here. That being said\... What the fsck is going on down south? Bear in mind, i am one of the *least* anti-american people i know - i love the system that they supposedly have there, and generally approve of the nature of their government. But this\... this is scary. Has it really reached such a pass that a person can't express displeasure over his treatment at the hands of security? What ever happened to the freedoms that used to be treated as givens by the american (and, make note, i refer - as in all cases -to both USians and Canadians with this moniker) people? diff --git a/content/old/friends/workload.md b/content/old/friends/workload.md index d3e88b82..f08a0da8 100644 --- a/content/old/friends/workload.md +++ b/content/old/friends/workload.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Workload -date: 2004-10-18 17:54 -author: offby1 -category: Friends, General Thoughts -tags: friends, school +--- +title: Workload slug: workload +date: "2004-10-18 17:54" +category: Friends, General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- To all of my friends who haven't been hearing from me lately\... My course workload is climbing at a furious rate, more or less as I expected, but as a consequence my time for personal life is falling correspondingly. diff --git a/content/old/games/character-reference.md b/content/old/games/character-reference.md index 869a5720..5db54242 100644 --- a/content/old/games/character-reference.md +++ b/content/old/games/character-reference.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Character Reference -date: 2011-02-14 00:05 -author: offby1 -category: life -tags: character, pathfinder, gaming +--- +title: Character Reference slug: character-reference +date: "2011-02-14 00:05" +category: life +tags: + - character + - pathfinder + - gaming +author: offby1 status: published - +--- I am about to start playing D&D again as a player for the first time in years. Well, not D&D specifically, so much as Pathfinder. It's a bit jarring -- having run a 4E campaign for a while -- going back to the Vancian magic system that characterized D&D all the way through to third edition. On my plate for this campaign are two things; one is to develop a character that I can play and enjoy, and two -- this is much geekier --to determine the changeset between D&D3.5E and Pathfinder; there have to be some differences, but I'm not sure what they are. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/0.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/0.md index 5e4fc4cc..2b5a13ec 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/0.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/0.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: 0 -date: 2008-04-10 18:37 -author: offby1 +--- +title: "0" +slug: "0" +date: "2008-04-10 18:37" category: General Thoughts -tags: achievement, school -slug: 0 +tags: + - achievement + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | Zero | Nil | Zip diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/28044-pence-none-the-wiser.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/28044-pence-none-the-wiser.md index 4024a5dc..56a674bd 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/28044-pence-none-the-wiser.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/28044-pence-none-the-wiser.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: 28044 pence, none the wiser -date: 2004-10-14 10:45 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: better living through..., health +--- +title: 28044 pence, none the wiser slug: 28044-pence-none-the-wiser +date: "2004-10-14 10:45" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - better living through... + - health +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, as of this morning I'm short two teeth. Much to my surprise, the dentist -- after examining my wisdom tooth -- said to me, "Do you want me to just take those out now?" to which I replied, "No time like the present," and\... there we are! Numb now, but I expect that'll pass :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/38-done.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/38-done.md index 62148c18..1d4cc80b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/38-done.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/38-done.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: 3/8 Done -date: 2003-12-13 09:37 -author: offby1 +--- +title: 3/8 Done +slug: 38-done +date: "2003-12-13 09:37" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: 38-done +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's a small thing, to some, and i forgot to even post on it, but i finished my last exam two days ago. Semester three of eight is finished, and i'm still cruising along. Also, yesterday, i received the first scholarship of my university years. It wasn't anything really big, but never complain about an extra thousand dollars :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/599.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/599.md index 2ce53495..af56fe5c 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/599.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/599.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: (too lazy to title this post) -date: 2007-06-01 07:43 -author: offby1 +--- +title: (too lazy to title this post) +slug: "599" +date: "2007-06-01 07:43" category: General Thoughts -tags: alcohol, boredom, school, work -slug: 599 +tags: + - alcohol + - boredom + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, my life is officially boring. I've managed to do little or nothing interesting for the past week, basically phoning it in in class, and doing some of the work that just \... needs doing, at work. All told, not a bad week, but not one loaded with amusing anecdotes or anything. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/623.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/623.md index 9bf77b1d..c2131e6f 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/623.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/623.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: You're a threat, too. -date: 2007-10-31 20:04 -author: offby1 +--- +title: You're a threat, too. +slug: "623" +date: "2007-10-31 20:04" category: General Thoughts -tags: music, paranoia, privacy, sick, surveillance -slug: 623 +tags: + - music + - paranoia + - privacy + - sick + - surveillance +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | \> If you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to fear | \> If you've something to hide, you shouldn't even be here | \> You've had your chance, now we've got the mandate @@ -17,6 +23,6 @@ status: draft \### Update -Interestingly, today Bruce Schneier wrote an article about culture's [war on the unexpected]([http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/the_war_on_the.html](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/the_war_on_the.html)) that fits really nicely with this. It illustrates the flat-out falsehood of the statement "_If you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to fear._" +Interestingly, today Bruce Schneier wrote an article about culture's [war on the unexpected](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/the_war_on_the.html) that fits really nicely with this. It illustrates the flat-out falsehood of the statement "_If you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to fear._" I have a hard time reading this; I realize that it's unlikely that any of this will happen to me, but that's not because it _can't_, it's because on some level I'm already suppressed in that way. This stuff makes me sick inside. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/699.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/699.md index 848a5f34..3058d3a0 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/699.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/699.md @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ -Title: Babes -date: 2009-06-17 22:27 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Babes +slug: "699" +date: "2009-06-17 22:27" category: General Thoughts -tags: children, thoughts -slug: 699 +tags: + - children + - thoughts +author: offby1 status: draft - - +--- diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/a-global-perspective.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/a-global-perspective.md index fa29959d..5a266833 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/a-global-perspective.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/a-global-perspective.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: A global perspective -date: 2006-12-16 08:56 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: doodads, perspective, software, space +--- +title: A global perspective slug: a-global-perspective +date: "2006-12-16 08:56" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - doodads + - perspective + - software + - space +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Nothing political, just something that any mac users reading this might like: [EarthDesk](http://www.xericdesign.com/earthdesk.php). Actually, on reading, it's a Windows app, too, so all of you can use it :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/a-job-no-thanks-ive-already-got-two.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/a-job-no-thanks-ive-already-got-two.md index d1c28ff3..35a3a32f 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/a-job-no-thanks-ive-already-got-two.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/a-job-no-thanks-ive-already-got-two.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: A job? No thanks, i've already got two! -date: 2002-12-05 14:38 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: fuck telus, work +--- +title: A job? No thanks, i've already got two! slug: a-job-no-thanks-ive-already-got-two +date: "2002-12-05 14:38" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - fuck telus + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- That went remarkably well, i think. I had an interview this morning with ATS out at the International Airport, and basically got told that i can A) have my cake and B) eat it too. The upshot of the interview this morning was that i would train with ATS early next week, starting monday. Then, on the 16th i would start with Telus, informing ATS of my schedule from Telus. Then, lastly, when the employment with Telus is up, i'd start working part time at the airport. Best of both worlds! I now have a permanent part-time job, and a temporary, seasonal one that pays better for December. W00t! :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/a-natural-selection-for-my-weblog.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/a-natural-selection-for-my-weblog.md index 0c9a6325..5d155b3a 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/a-natural-selection-for-my-weblog.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/a-natural-selection-for-my-weblog.md @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ -Title: A natural selection for my weblog -date: 2007-10-19 07:17 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: counterintuitive, evolution, statistics +--- +title: A natural selection for my weblog slug: a-natural-selection-for-my-weblog +date: "2007-10-19 07:17" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - counterintuitive + - evolution + - statistics +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Here's an article on [evolution and the wisdom of crowds](http://karmatics.com/docs/evolution-and-wisdom-of-crowds.html) that does a pretty good job of using (amongst other things) Wikipedia as an analogue for evolution by natural selection. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/a-step-past.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/a-step-past.md index a6d95b41..099650d2 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/a-step-past.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/a-step-past.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: A step past -date: 2003-03-05 06:22 -author: offby1 +--- +title: A step past +slug: a-step-past +date: "2003-03-05 06:22" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: a-step-past +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It was around seven years ago this time, at least in terms of course outlines, that i essentially gave up on making any progress in school. Around now, i failed to complete the major essay assignment in my full-year English course, and pretty much stopped attending classes. It was with no small degree of satisfaction that i handed in the research essay that parallels that assignment yesterday morning. Whatever else comes, i did not buckle where i did last time, and from here on in, it's all new ground. I'm looking forward to it more and more. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/aaaarghhh.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/aaaarghhh.md index 609ba0ef..94503f14 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/aaaarghhh.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/aaaarghhh.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Aaaarghhh! -Date: 2004-01-04 13:00 -Author: offby1 -Category: society -Tags: intellectual property, privacy, Rants -Slug: aaaarghhh -Status: draft - +--- +title: Aaaarghhh! +slug: aaaarghhh +date: "2004-01-04 13:00" +category: society +tags: + - intellectual property + - privacy + - Rants +author: offby1 +status: draft +--- The author of a piece of software that i have used in the past to work on this site -- [TopStyle](http://www.bradsoft.com/topstyle/index.asp) -- wrote a fairly thought-provoking diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/abbot-and-costellos-nightmare-movie.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/abbot-and-costellos-nightmare-movie.md index 270cb657..9808fdc2 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/abbot-and-costellos-nightmare-movie.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/abbot-and-costellos-nightmare-movie.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Abbot and Costello's Nightmare Movie -date: 2004-05-30 20:45 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Media, Rants -tags: media, rants +--- +title: Abbot and Costello's Nightmare Movie slug: abbot-and-costellos-nightmare-movie +date: "2004-05-30 20:45" +category: General Thoughts, Media, Rants +tags: + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Along with Mir, [Simon](http://www.livejournal.com/users/vernondalhart/), Andrew, and [Char](http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar/) (of course) I just watched The Day After Tomorrow, a Jerry Bruckheimer-esque vision of the future of the world, courtesy of Global Warming (insert echoey fright effect here) As one would imagine, it's a fair amount of schmaltz, and the story itself mainly focuses on plucky americans rescuing plucky americans from (plucky) american cities in nasty bad bad situations. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/about-a-mob.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/about-a-mob.md index c395c5a4..c5ea8655 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/about-a-mob.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/about-a-mob.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: About a mob -date: 2006-05-01 22:20 -author: offby1 +--- +title: About a mob +slug: about-a-mob +date: "2006-05-01 22:20" category: General Thoughts tags: hockey -slug: about-a-mob +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There's just something kind of special about the adrenaline rush of a sports event. Moreso, when it's the first time the local team has made round 2 in some ungodly number of years. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/absentia.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/absentia.md index 96b2ee8f..dd426521 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/absentia.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/absentia.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Absentia -date: 2005-03-21 11:38 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Absentia +slug: absentia +date: "2005-03-21 11:38" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: absentia +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I apologize in advance for the fact that I will be ridiculously out of touch for the next three weeks. I have a workload consisting of two projects and four large assignments, plus preparation for final exams, all within three weeks. It's a quirk of scheduling, but a quirk that is going to beat me into the ground. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/absentmindless.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/absentmindless.md index cc4966e2..d9a0dede 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/absentmindless.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/absentmindless.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Absentmindless -date: 2003-03-14 20:11 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: fuck telus, ping, school, work +--- +title: Absentmindless slug: absentmindless +date: "2003-03-14 20:11" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - fuck telus + - ping + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Sorry, i know i haven't been posting anything. I'm busily working at school and with Telus, and it's really damned draining. Between the long hours at work and the long hours at school, i barely get any time to myself, which means i'm less communicative than i should be. Hope things are well for the lot of you - updates will follow soon, once midterms are more over. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/ah-man.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/ah-man.md index 26d014be..cdfb4638 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/ah-man.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/ah-man.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Ah, man... -date: 2008-05-17 12:43 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: apathy, friends, hangover, skydiving +--- +title: Ah, man... slug: ah-man +date: "2008-05-17 12:43" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - apathy + - friends + - hangover + - skydiving +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Wow, am I lazy. I mean, I can chalk it up to being a bit hung over, what with Brady and Mel not leaving til 4 AM this morning, but waking up at noon and realizing that I really don't have time to go out, jump, and get home\... diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/airsidehead.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/airsidehead.md index 74b9808b..e1dcd034 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/airsidehead.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/airsidehead.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Air(side|head) -date: 2002-12-10 16:43 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Air(side|head) +slug: airsidehead +date: "2002-12-10 16:43" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: airsidehead +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Today was my second day of training at the International Airport. It's certainly an interesting environment to work it, make no mistake. Maureen (Mo, apparently, is good enough), who is the training manager, seems a bit\... flighty. Off topic more often than on, if you take my meaning. And some of my co-workers seem to be\... Is it me, or is it a **bad** sign when someone has to ask "What month comes before July?" and can't seem to reconcile the idea that she had to *live* in Calgary in order to work there, and could not have done both that and live and work 300Km away at the same time? Christ, i don't know sometimes\... diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/alive.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/alive.md index dbf0fd35..a8663225 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/alive.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/alive.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Alive -date: 2007-09-06 10:05 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: games, work +--- +title: Alive slug: alive +date: "2007-09-06 10:05" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - games + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, my computer is fixed, although I'm a bit nonplussed; the performance on it seems poorer, and the fan is running faster. I'm not quite sure what's going on, and I'm going to call Applecare to ask about it, but in the main it's good to have the beastie back. It might be moot, soon, anyway, since my work laptop is due to _ship_ one of these days from Dell. It's been a long, long wait, but soon I'll have a machine with some real horsepower to get work done on, and additionally it'll make a sweet Windows box for _completely sanctioned work-related activity for stress-relief purposes_. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/alone-in-the-air.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/alone-in-the-air.md index c40d80a9..b5805b47 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/alone-in-the-air.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/alone-in-the-air.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Alone in the air -Date: 2005-08-14 14:47 -Author: offby1 -Category: Life -Tags: skydiving -Slug: alone-in-the-air -Status: published - +--- +title: Alone in the air +slug: alone-in-the-air +date: "2005-08-14 14:47" +category: Life +tags: skydiving +author: offby1 +status: published +--- # Alone in the air With a flutter or two of butterflies in my stomach to keep me company on diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/also-2.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/also-2.md index cee896ed..b45fd8da 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/also-2.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/also-2.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Also -date: 2005-01-16 10:22 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: fuck telus, moving +--- +title: Also slug: also-2 +date: "2005-01-16 10:22" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - fuck telus + - moving +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- At last, our phone was hooked up today. Net cost to [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) and I? \$0. Apparently the previous owners of the house (or the last Telus repairman in here) decided that since there was only one line anyway, why not just disconnect the other one completely? Seemed logical at the time, I guess. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/am-i.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/am-i.md index 71c9e668..3b08ac31 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/am-i.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/am-i.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Am i? -date: 2003-02-13 06:35 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: asshole, introspection +--- +title: Am i? slug: am-i +date: "2003-02-13 06:35" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - asshole + - introspection +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, i'm sitting on the couches in the bridge between buildings 5 and 6 yesterday, and listening to some guy go on - loudly and at length -about how he thinks stupid people are a waste, and how funny he's found it when someone he thinks is stupid gets fired, or humiliated, or mistreated\... And so, i wonder. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/amurrican-politics.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/amurrican-politics.md index 53e2d01d..09b07561 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/amurrican-politics.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/amurrican-politics.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Amurrican Politics -date: 2004-08-06 05:44 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: events, fear, government, hypocrisy, politics +--- +title: Amurrican Politics slug: amurrican-politics +date: "2004-08-06 05:44" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - events + - fear + - government + - hypocrisy + - politics +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As has been noticed here before, I occasionally find time to watch politics down south with a cynical interest that I'd usually reserve for "Reality TV" or WWE wrestling. Which, come to think of it, is probably not as much of a difference as it would seem on the surface. At any rate, other watchers probably noticed the democratic convention and the concurrent terror alert level increase. It's more than probable that several of those that noticed jumped to the conclusion that the alert was politically motivated, geared at taking some of the steam out of the convention's traditional boost in the polls. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/an-open-secret.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/an-open-secret.md index b285bc14..920ec295 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/an-open-secret.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/an-open-secret.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: An open secret -date: 2003-04-08 16:35 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: intellectual property, privacy, rants +--- +title: An open secret slug: an-open-secret +date: "2003-04-08 16:35" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There's an interesting [article](http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/31/knowledge/index.html) on Salon at the moment on the future direction of technology, and the dangers of its spread. (via [/.](http://slashdot.org)) This article really started to catch my attention with the author's comments on public surveillance technology and its growing applications. It was estimated some years ago that a given person spends almost 1/10 of their time in public on camera in some fashion, even if it's only a benign sort like the ones in your neighborhood 7-11. This is, to some privacy-oriented folks, kind of scary. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-4.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-4.md index 03b1ab34..e5c4e2a9 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-4.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-4.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: ...and 4! -date: 2002-12-13 17:26 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet -tags: internet, school +--- +title: ...and 4! slug: and-4 +date: "2002-12-13 17:26" +category: General Thoughts, Internet +tags: + - internet + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Done at last! My first four months are completed. Semester one of eight is out of the way. My final exam this afternoon was Chemistry 101, and i must confess, it was pretty gruelling. Not a lot of fun, not at all. But, at least it's over. It's not so much that i wasn't enjoying it as it is that i want to move on past the same old shit - all i did this semester, more or less, was repeat what i'd already done - just with more focus and less drinking. So there's nothing really new - even Chem was pretty much just a standard first-year science course, nothing too exciting. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-home-at-last.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-home-at-last.md index 222d6786..5d29a589 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-home-at-last.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-home-at-last.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: ...and home at last -date: 2003-09-29 19:24 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: planes, trains, travel +--- +title: ...and home at last slug: and-home-at-last +date: "2003-09-29 19:24" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - planes + - trains + - travel +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Planes are so damned cramped :) One thing i liked about the train, when i wasn't trying to sleep on it, was the sheer amount of space it has - people on a train are not crammed in. It's - even in the economy class - a fairly luxurious mode of transportation. It reminds me a bit of BC Ferries, just in the ability to walk around, the freedom to see different parts of the vessel, to pay exorbitant prices for food. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-im-off.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-im-off.md index 86f3c788..19ebafc0 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-im-off.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-im-off.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: And I'm off. -date: 2006-03-17 17:42 -author: offby1 +--- +title: And I'm off. +slug: and-im-off +date: "2006-03-17 17:42" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: and-im-off +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, not just yet, but I'm flying out this weekend, and I just wrapped up what (I hope) should be the last of the work I had to crunch to get done this week. I was at work a good, long time yesterday, 's for sure. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-it-did.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-it-did.md index f92defef..78c4ae27 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-it-did.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-it-did.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: ... and it did. -Date: 2007-01-16 11:56 -Author: offby1 -Category: Life -Tags: bad news, dislocation, health, skydiving -Slug: and-it-did -Status: published - +--- +title: ... and it did. +slug: and-it-did +date: "2007-01-16 11:56" +category: Life +tags: + - bad news + - dislocation + - health + - skydiving +author: offby1 +status: published +--- # ... and it did. So, the other shoe to which I referred has, in fact, dropped. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-its-done.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-its-done.md index 34c4b190..70f3657d 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-its-done.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-its-done.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: And it's done! -date: 2003-04-26 02:22 -author: offby1 +--- +title: And it's done! +slug: and-its-done +date: "2003-04-26 02:22" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: and-its-done +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- One year, finished. Now, granted, it hasn't been all that i expected it would, but on the whole, i feel good about it. Damn. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-more-that-doesnt-blow.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-more-that-doesnt-blow.md index 6d64db6f..11056ef5 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-more-that-doesnt-blow.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-more-that-doesnt-blow.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: And more that doesn't blow. -date: 2005-07-11 10:51 -author: offby1 +--- +title: And more that doesn't blow. +slug: and-more-that-doesnt-blow +date: "2005-07-11 10:51" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: and-more-that-doesnt-blow +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Found out that my PC will live. Happy. Found out other things\... not so happy. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-homestretch.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-homestretch.md index 7f6895e9..4447fdca 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-homestretch.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-homestretch.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: And the homestretch -date: 2002-12-07 14:57 -author: offby1 +--- +title: And the homestretch +slug: and-the-homestretch +date: "2002-12-07 14:57" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: and-the-homestretch +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Finals start today - with the (un)notable exception of a pair of lab finals. Just got back from my Math114 final - Calculus I. It's not really an important one, since i've audited the course and already know what my transcript mark is. (one hint: Not too hot) That notwithstanding, i wanted to take the final again, even though i'm technically not even allowed to, in order to see how well i'd do if i *paid attention*. Not that i've ever slacked off in class before, but you know how it is\... :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-marks-are-in.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-marks-are-in.md index fa9e58b6..821e72c6 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-marks-are-in.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-marks-are-in.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: And the marks are in! -date: 2003-12-19 17:00 -author: offby1 +--- +title: And the marks are in! +slug: and-the-marks-are-in +date: "2003-12-19 17:00" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: and-the-marks-are-in +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Final grade back across the board: | * CMPT 201: A diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-silence-deepens.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-silence-deepens.md index 7c541bcb..a7c0e16f 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-silence-deepens.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/and-the-silence-deepens.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: And the silence deepens... -date: 2003-04-03 19:56 -author: offby1 +--- +title: And the silence deepens... +slug: and-the-silence-deepens +date: "2003-04-03 19:56" category: General Thoughts tags: ping -slug: and-the-silence-deepens +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I have no opinion at this time. Feel free to attribute any incendiary remarks and ideas you come across to me. That'll have to tide you over until i can come up with something suitably interesting. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/arriving.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/arriving.md index fb716575..42c1b4eb 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/arriving.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/arriving.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Arriving -date: 2006-03-19 22:56 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: musings, space, travel +--- +title: Arriving slug: arriving +date: "2006-03-19 22:56" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - musings + - space + - travel +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- The view from the plane on the way into San Jose airport is one that made me wish I had a camera. There's something \... amazing about the vast swathes of light sprayed across the black, slashed here and there with the deeper darkness of the bays and inlets that litter this part of the coast. I couldn't help but think; I'd give anything to see the earth from space. That's my fondest dream, my deepest single desire. That being said, I don't know that it's comparable to the beauty of a strip of light that stretches a significant fraction of the length of a continent, a monument to both excess and achievement that changes the dark face of the world in a way that I would be able to see, even from the vantage I crave. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/at-last-theres-one-for-me.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/at-last-theres-one-for-me.md index 93bc7850..9e1b1d26 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/at-last-theres-one-for-me.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/at-last-theres-one-for-me.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: At last, there's one for me! -date: 2004-02-07 10:21 -author: offby1 +--- +title: At last, there's one for me! +slug: at-last-theres-one-for-me +date: "2004-02-07 10:21" category: General Thoughts, Internet tags: internet -slug: at-last-theres-one-for-me +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Over at [Introvertster](http://www.airbag.ca/introvertster/), i've found the social network site for people like me. At last, a group of like-minded individuals who have chosen to _avoid_ each other :) Hey, you know, given the spew of networks that cater to the excessively social \-- "Friendster":http://www.friendster.com , "Orkut":http://www.orkut.com/ , and "Livejournal":http://www.livejournal.com/ , to name a few \-- it's nice to see one that caters to people who hate chain letters, quizzes, "what kind of \$(FOO) are you?" and all the sundry bullshit that characterizes those communities. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/augh.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/augh.md index 6d9c620b..0ec71152 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/augh.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/augh.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Augh! -date: 2003-12-08 13:04 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Augh! +slug: augh +date: "2003-12-08 13:04" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: augh +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, that was the hardest exam i have ever had the\... _privilege_ \... of taking. Ew diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/back-2.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/back-2.md index 625fd6d2..a76ff5ee 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/back-2.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/back-2.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Back -date: 2007-02-27 05:24 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: school, travel, vacation, work +--- +title: Back slug: back-2 +date: "2007-02-27 05:24" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - school + - travel + - vacation + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, I've returned from my [Japanese Odyssey](http://www.offlineblog.com/morruz), and now I get to spend this whole week swamped with school work, _work_ work, and un-jetlagging. It'll be grand. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/back-at-it-2.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/back-at-it-2.md index c94a3068..6ace49e8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/back-at-it-2.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/back-at-it-2.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Back at it -date: 2006-01-01 22:59 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Back at it +slug: back-at-it-2 +date: "2006-01-01 22:59" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: back-at-it-2 +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It should come as no surprise to anyone that I'm going to enjoy being back at work. It's not to say that I've not been enjoying being off, either, but\... Well, I *like* my job. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/back-at-it.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/back-at-it.md index 499e00c5..27818885 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/back-at-it.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/back-at-it.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Back At It -date: 2003-01-06 21:45 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Back At It +slug: back-at-it +date: "2003-01-06 21:45" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: back-at-it +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Yay! Semester two began today, and i'm really looking forward to this set of courses. It's going to be a busy year, for sure, and i'm hoping that i do as well as i did last semester (Both marked courses were As). I have English again, the same course about which i've bitched over and over again - i get to find out how well i did on the midterm, which i admit i'm looking forward to. I felt pretty solid on that exam. It remains to be seen whether there's any improvement in the overall caliber of the course, though. Perhaps i'll be pleasantly surprised. And then again, perhaps not. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/big-steps.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/big-steps.md index ef12f284..485ac23d 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/big-steps.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/big-steps.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Big steps -date: 2008-11-24 17:53 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: accomodations, char, future, housing market, stress +--- +title: Big steps slug: big-steps +date: "2008-11-24 17:53" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - accomodations + - char + - future + - housing market + - stress +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, Char and I are -- by virtue of the conditions of our current residence -- about to embark on a second\... _adventure_. We're buying a house. Together. Like real adults, with real responsibilities. This falls firmly into the scary end of the spectrum. I wrote the first part of this post with something firmly in mind, but for the life of me I can't recall what that was. It's worth noting, though, that blogging on an iPhone is not as effective as on a computer. It's slower, by far, for one, and it's a pain in the ass to do _italics_ or **bold** text. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/blah.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/blah.md index e7c7ba80..17b81bb8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/blah.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/blah.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Blah. -date: 2003-06-26 10:05 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Blah. +slug: blah +date: "2003-06-26 10:05" category: General Thoughts tags: ping -slug: blah +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Live goes on. I have nothing to say, and i haven't been reading the news, so i have nothing to bitch about. Is there anything going on in the world that i should be up in arms about? Send me links! diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/blurgh.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/blurgh.md index 528a476a..6341b14e 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/blurgh.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/blurgh.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Blurgh -date: 2005-10-10 11:20 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: apathy, computer, ennui +--- +title: Blurgh slug: blurgh +date: "2005-10-10 11:20" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - apathy + - computer + - ennui +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As I write this, I am so ridiculously unmotivated\... I don't know why, but every time I look at something that isn't work-related associated with the computer, I get this massive sense of ennui, and a powerful desire to \... well, that's the problem. No powerful desire at all. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/books-i-plan-to-read-websites-that-i-think-are-cool.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/books-i-plan-to-read-websites-that-i-think-are-cool.md index 92c72ab9..9e68e779 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/books-i-plan-to-read-websites-that-i-think-are-cool.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/books-i-plan-to-read-websites-that-i-think-are-cool.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Books I plan to read, websites that I think are cool. -date: 2006-01-22 14:51 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media -tags: internet, media +--- +title: Books I plan to read, websites that I think are cool. slug: books-i-plan-to-read-websites-that-i-think-are-cool +date: "2006-01-22 14:51" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media +tags: + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I was thinking, today; I have a lot of books on my plate in the immediate future. I mean, just stupid quantities of readings that I mean to get to. I'm just finishing [Tad Willams](http://www.tadwilliams.com/)' *\`Shadowmarch \\`\__* right now. I've started, and need to get around to finishing, [Stephen R. Donaldson](http://www.stephenrdonaldson.com/)'s *\`The Runes of the Earth \\`\__*. I'm in the same position with [C.J. Cherryh](http://www.cherryh.com/)'s [*Collected Short Fiction*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756402565/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20) and [*Precursor*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0886779103/ref=nosim/schoolblog-20)/\`\*Defender* \\`\__/\`\*Explorer* \\`\__. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/breaking-even.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/breaking-even.md index 409d6787..3077b83e 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/breaking-even.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/breaking-even.md @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ -Title: Breaking (even?) -date: 2004-09-06 08:34 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: computer, failure, savages, vandalism +--- +title: Breaking (even?) slug: breaking-even +date: "2004-09-06 08:34" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - computer + - failure + - savages + - vandalism +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, there's a couple of less-than-pleasant "things-falling-apart" issues in my life at the moment. Nothing too serious, they're all material goods as opposed to the more valuable social and emotional connections. -First, it seems that some dumb yokel wandering through our back alley sometime in the last week saw fit to smash the back window of my truck. It's held together mainly by virtue of the tint film that was on it. [Simon]() and Mel noticed it and brought it to my attention yesterday. Bunch of savages in this town, I kid you not. +First, it seems that some dumb yokel wandering through our back alley sometime in the last week saw fit to smash the back window of my truck. It's held together mainly by virtue of the tint film that was on it. [Simon](http://vernondalhart.livejournal.com) and Mel noticed it and brought it to my attention yesterday. Bunch of savages in this town, I kid you not. Second, the beast is misbehaving. My computer is beginning to experience hard crashes (lockups bad enough that I have to reboot the old-fashioned way and my registry is getting corrupted. If that's greek (geek?) to you, don't worry. Translate it as "BAD" and you'll do okay) and that annoying hard drive failure issue\... I fear that I'm going to have to accelerate my replacement plans, but I'm going to hold off in the hopes that it won't be necessary. /me is crossing his fingers with great hope. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/busy-times.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/busy-times.md index ddee4140..21e4905a 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/busy-times.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/busy-times.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: Busy Times -Date: 2007-10-09 08:33 -Author: offby1 -Category: Life -Tags: apple, computer, look at you hacker a pathetic creature of meat and bone, mac, skydiving, work -Slug: busy-times -Status: draft - +--- +title: Busy Times +slug: busy-times +date: "2007-10-09 08:33" +category: Life +tags: + - apple + - computer + - look at you hacker a pathetic creature of meat and bone + - mac + - skydiving + - work +author: offby1 +status: draft +--- # Busy Times Well, it's been a busy few weeks here, as evinced by... well, nought, as diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/but-its-a-dry.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/but-its-a-dry.md index 1806563b..78498800 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/but-its-a-dry.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/but-its-a-dry.md @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ -Title: But it's a dry... -date: 2005-08-07 11:19 -author: offby1 +--- +title: But it's a dry... +slug: but-its-a-dry +date: "2005-08-07 11:19" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: but-its-a-dry +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- (Cue the sound of someone from the coast being strangled) -Welp, it's bloody hot. 8th floor, no surprise here \-- I'm actually shocked it's not hotter. However, it does make me look forward to going back to work. Air-conditioning and a fun job are conspiring to make me love work even more than I did. It's actually a relief, sitting down at my admittedly-underpowered devel laptop and banging out a mixture of C and Tcl code for fun and profit. Which reminds me, I really need to get the finishing touches on to [Cronometer](), whose development has kind of\... stilled. Sorry about that, [Aaron](). +Welp, it's bloody hot. 8th floor, no surprise here \-- I'm actually shocked it's not hotter. However, it does make me look forward to going back to work. Air-conditioning and a fun job are conspiring to make me love work even more than I did. It's actually a relief, sitting down at my admittedly-underpowered devel laptop and banging out a mixture of C and Tcl code for fun and profit. Which reminds me, I really need to get the finishing touches on to [Cronometer](http://cronometer.sourceforge.net/), whose development has kind of\... stilled. Sorry about that, [Aaron](http://www.spaz.ca/). -Well, in other news, we're getting the last bits of the settling in done, here. I just spent the morning packing away all the crap sitting in my office, storing what must be stored, and shelving what\... Well, you get the idea. It's a nice room, now that it has space. We'll be putting in a sofa bed when we have the cash, but things are still a bit tight. Once we do, we expect to host extramunicipal guests at C&C's as often as possible. Other than the assholes with loud motorcycles, it's a nice, quiet place\... which reminds me, I need to check with [EPS]() about noise ordnances, and maybe doing some evening enforcement around the street below. +Well, in other news, we're getting the last bits of the settling in done, here. I just spent the morning packing away all the crap sitting in my office, storing what must be stored, and shelving what\... Well, you get the idea. It's a nice room, now that it has space. We'll be putting in a sofa bed when we have the cash, but things are still a bit tight. Once we do, we expect to host extramunicipal guests at C&C's as often as possible. Other than the assholes with loud motorcycles, it's a nice, quiet place\... which reminds me, I need to check with [EPS](http://www.police.edmonton.ab.ca/) about noise ordnances, and maybe doing some evening enforcement around the street below. Hope all of you are doing well. As Mir mentioned, I've been a bit slack on the postings lately. I'll try to remedy that. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/catblogging-is-so-passe.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/catblogging-is-so-passe.md index df8ce3ab..9e404431 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/catblogging-is-so-passe.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/catblogging-is-so-passe.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Catblogging is so passe. -date: 2004-07-19 06:15 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Humour, Internet -tags: humour, internet +--- +title: Catblogging is so passe. slug: catblogging-is-so-passe +date: "2004-07-19 06:15" +category: General Thoughts, Humour, Internet +tags: + - humour + - internet +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- The above is true, to be sure. [Catblogging](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&q=catblogging&btnG=Search), basically a modernized version of homepages with pictures of the writer's cat, is everywhere. A weekly thing at some sites, a constant at others. Wankery. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/chiseling-away.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/chiseling-away.md index c65f8423..5c7ca9a8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/chiseling-away.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/chiseling-away.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Chiseling away -date: 2004-06-23 15:03 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: intellectual property, internet, media, privacy, rants +--- +title: Chiseling away slug: chiseling-away +date: "2004-06-23 15:03" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - media + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Just because I figure it's been a while, a friend of mine passed me "this":http://www.hackcanada.com/canadian/freedom/barwatch/barwatch.html just a moment ago. Now, I know that you all aren't exactly heavy duty Edmonton area barhounds, but this still might raise your hackles a bit. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/chitty-chitty-bye-bye.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/chitty-chitty-bye-bye.md index b096a087..8a9ff373 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/chitty-chitty-bye-bye.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/chitty-chitty-bye-bye.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Chitty Chitty Bye Bye -date: 2007-03-30 06:27 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: cats, goodbye +--- +title: Chitty Chitty Bye Bye slug: chitty-chitty-bye-bye +date: "2007-03-30 06:27" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - cats + - goodbye +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- She was the first cat I'd ever held that actually went for my eyes; by _god_ did she hate me. She was neurotic and temperamental; she would be loving everything one minute, and the next she would be an omnidirectional hate engine. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/choice-of-words.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/choice-of-words.md index ee81ea63..622b6795 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/choice-of-words.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/choice-of-words.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Choice of Words -date: 2004-10-05 06:21 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants -tags: internet, rants, words that I hate +--- +title: Choice of Words slug: choice-of-words +date: "2004-10-05 06:21" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants +tags: + - internet + - rants + - words that I hate +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- A [posting](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/36037) on [Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com/) about words used to describe the disabled provides an interesting list. Found [here](http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/yourspace/worstwords/), the list is composed of a mix of derogatory, clinical, and patronizing terms in an order that flat-out baffles me. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/cobwebs-abound.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/cobwebs-abound.md index 0def2fba..dc7ba395 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/cobwebs-abound.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/cobwebs-abound.md @@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ -Title: Cobwebs Abound -date: 2007-02-08 15:55 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: char, health, school, time, trivia, work +--- +title: Cobwebs Abound slug: cobwebs-abound +date: "2007-02-08 15:55" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - char + - health + - school + - time + - trivia + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - -Although it might appear to the casual observer that I am dead, or perhaps comatose, I assure you that neither is the case. Rather, I have been swamped with a combination, familiar to some of you, of school and work that has left me with little time even to prepare for my incipient travels (to be catalogued, as M&M's are, at []()). +--- +Although it might appear to the casual observer that I am dead, or perhaps comatose, I assure you that neither is the case. Rather, I have been swamped with a combination, familiar to some of you, of school and work that has left me with little time even to prepare for my incipient travels (to be catalogued, as M&M's are, at [](http://www.offlineblog.com/morruz)). Here's a capsule summary of the last couple of weeks: diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/coming-up-on-one.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/coming-up-on-one.md index bcdb5742..0e82a3b2 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/coming-up-on-one.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/coming-up-on-one.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Coming up on one! -date: 2002-11-27 23:03 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Coming up on one! +slug: coming-up-on-one +date: "2002-11-27 23:03" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: coming-up-on-one +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | The end of my first semester is fast approaching, and i have to say, i couldn't be happier. And by that i don't mean happy that the semester is ending, but rather happy that the new semester is coming. I sat down and added it up today, and the jump in workload between this semester and the last one will be astronomical. I'm looking at the following: | 5 full-time courses (ENGL-101, MATH-115, CMPT-115, CMPT-272, and CHEM-102) | 4 Labs - in every course except English diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/comp-lab.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/comp-lab.md index bcffb655..7ee75969 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/comp-lab.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/comp-lab.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Comp Lab -date: 2002-11-22 08:48 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Comp Lab +slug: comp-lab +date: "2002-11-22 08:48" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: comp-lab +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, i guess i wasn't all that clear - the easy lab yesterday was the Chem 101 last lab - i expect that the lab exam in Chem will be quite a bit harder than the CMPT 114 lab final that i just finished. \Damn, was it easy! :) \ So, one course down - more or less. Wish that the lecture section of CMPT was a lecture-lab arrangement. Is it just me, or is trying to teach programming without computers kind of foolish? diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/compressed-into-one.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/compressed-into-one.md index a9245f65..b7c2db0b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/compressed-into-one.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/compressed-into-one.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Compressed into one... -date: 2005-06-03 17:12 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: art, humour, plays, shakespeare +--- +title: Compressed into one... slug: compressed-into-one +date: "2005-06-03 17:12" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - art + - humour + - plays + - shakespeare +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- act, the complete works of (the _non-evil_) Sir Willy Shakespeare can be\... energetic. Three Fools Company put on an amusing show consisting of 37 plays\... in 97 minutes. Given that Hamlet on its own took 40 of those, that's no mean feat. They did take advantage of the similarities between the bard's comedies to mash 16 of them into three minutes of simulcast babblery, but I'd say that Titus Andronicus as a cooking show takes the cake. Figuratively speaking, of course. Good times were had. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/congratulations-to-me.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/congratulations-to-me.md index 9f44826b..ee2eb5e2 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/congratulations-to-me.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/congratulations-to-me.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Congratulations to me! -date: 2004-03-30 22:51 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Congratulations to me! +slug: congratulations-to-me +date: "2004-03-30 22:51" category: General Thoughts tags: char -slug: congratulations-to-me +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Today marks the three-year anniversary for Char and i. I just wanted to tell everyone out there that. Damn, i'm a lucky guy. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/conned-out.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/conned-out.md index bf763fe6..8b8fa20f 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/conned-out.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/conned-out.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Conned Out -date: 2006-03-23 15:12 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: eclipse, sick +--- +title: Conned Out slug: conned-out +date: "2006-03-23 15:12" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - eclipse + - sick +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Wow. I'd never have believed it, given the fairly-sedentary nature of a software Con, but this is bloody tiring. I'm bone-tired, mentally-exhausted, and nicely sated with knowledge and networking. It's been a great time. The wind-down, today, results in a shorter day (ends at 5 PM, instead of at 10:00) although that just means that I'm likely to end up dodging out to dinner with some of the people from the Foundation and from IBM that I've met. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/contact.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/contact.md index c5842aa9..de134975 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/contact.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/contact.md @@ -1,19 +1,23 @@ -Title: Contact -date: 2005-07-17 10:56 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: friends, moving, party +--- +title: Contact slug: contact +date: "2005-07-17 10:56" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - moving + - party +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Hey, all you craaaazy\... Okay, that is definitely not _my_ tone, there. -Seriously, though, what are all of you up to? I know [Matt]() is done for the summer, but of course is swamped with lesson planning for the heavy [workload]() of next year. Another sometime reader has just [gotten]() [engaged](), which is cool news, and Mom is settling in at home. The usual suspects, etc\... +Seriously, though, what are all of you up to? I know [Matt](http://www.offlineblog.com/mildillson) is done for the summer, but of course is swamped with lesson planning for the heavy [workload](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workload) of next year. Another sometime reader has just [gotten](http://www.asylus.com/2005/07/engaged.html) [engaged](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engagement), which is cool news, and Mom is settling in at home. The usual suspects, etc\... -But (what with moving) the only one of you I've really seen a lot of this [summer]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt)) is [Simon](), who \-- while cool, and all \-- is only a small part of my circle of valued friends. +But (what with moving) the only one of you I've really seen a lot of this [summer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_tilt) is [Simon](http://vernondalhart.livejournal.com/), who \-- while cool, and all \-- is only a small part of my circle of valued friends. -We're almost set here to host some sort of get-together, and I intend to invite everyone that reads this (and a few that don't, those technologically-[backward]( "Those wacky loom-wreckers!") people who for some reason think I'm a decent sort). Dates will be forthcoming. Apparently [Char]() is drooling over the idea of hosting a [cocktail party]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party)) :) +We're almost set here to host some sort of get-together, and I intend to invite everyone that reads this (and a few that don't, those technologically-[backward](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite "Those wacky loom-wreckers!") people who for some reason think I'm a decent sort). Dates will be forthcoming. Apparently [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) is drooling over the idea of hosting a [cocktail party](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_party) :) This post's extraneous (but topical!) links brought to you by WikiPedia. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/corporalte-punishment.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/corporalte-punishment.md index a85213e2..004cd72b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/corporalte-punishment.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/corporalte-punishment.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Corpora(l|te) punishment. -date: 2005-10-13 13:27 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: freedom, intellectual property, privacy, rants +--- +title: Corpora(l|te) punishment. slug: corporalte-punishment +date: "2005-10-13 13:27" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - freedom + - intellectual property + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- "I believe in the rights of the individual." Beware of people claiming this, as it is often followed by a statement supporting the restriction of those rights. This time is no different. @@ -14,7 +19,7 @@ I believe in the rights of the individual. But I am starting to wonder about the domains in which those rights are exercised. Is it supportive of individual rights to permit corporate entities the same rights as actual people? -This comes about from reading a book on privacy issues \-- _Database Nation_ \-- which enumerates a lot of abuses of the increasingly-connected and documented world we have created for ourselves. Now, I know I'm not the first person to read a book like that and say "Oh noes! How can I hide my [porn]() habit now?!" but I do see some truth in his statements about how the right to privacy might be protected. +This comes about from reading a book on privacy issues \-- _Database Nation_ \-- which enumerates a lot of abuses of the increasingly-connected and documented world we have created for ourselves. Now, I know I'm not the first person to read a book like that and say "Oh noes! How can I hide my [porn](http://www.literotica.com/stories/) habit now?!" but I do see some truth in his statements about how the right to privacy might be protected. The problem is, I don't necessarily accept that there _is_ a right to privacy, per se. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/countdown-to-the-weekend.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/countdown-to-the-weekend.md index 15a96e98..4ac031ac 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/countdown-to-the-weekend.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/countdown-to-the-weekend.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Countdown to the weekend -date: 2004-05-20 21:41 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Countdown to the weekend +slug: countdown-to-the-weekend +date: "2004-05-20 21:41" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: countdown-to-the-weekend +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- From when I sit now, it's only 22 hours before I can get my sorry ass back to town and into the welcoming arms of my lovely ladyfriend. From when I sit now, it's only 42 hours until I start seeing friends I haven't gotten to socialize with in ages, or so it seems. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/cranky.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/cranky.md index 247e5903..f61d5fd2 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/cranky.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/cranky.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Title: Cranky -date: 2008-03-03 19:17 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts +--- +title: Cranky slug: cranky +date: "2008-03-03 19:17" +category: General Thoughts +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- My turn, I guess. For some reason, today, I'm just\... irritable and tired. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/crunch-again.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/crunch-again.md index 5994c0a4..81b2ed9a 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/crunch-again.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/crunch-again.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Crunch, Again -date: 2007-03-17 12:09 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: deadlines, school, stress, work +--- +title: Crunch, Again slug: crunch-again +date: "2007-03-17 12:09" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - deadlines + - school + - stress + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This is starting to be a March theme, I think. I get swamped, I get a bit behind, and now all of a sudden, despite my best intentions, I am staring at deadlines I might not meet, with workloads I can barely handle. Only one month to go. Perhaps I'll get to see a couple of episodes of Die Nasty this year, yet. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/cs-labs.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/cs-labs.md index ca697a8d..6a18b534 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/cs-labs.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/cs-labs.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: CS labs -date: 2002-11-08 10:31 -author: offby1 +--- +title: CS labs +slug: cs-labs +date: "2002-11-08 10:31" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: cs-labs +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Churning through my CS labs, as usual. I think i'm annoying the prof, but that's okay. At least in the labs my questions are relevant, which is more than i can say about the lecture sessions\... Since i don't actually know java, i have to ask stuff that, if it were in Delphi, i would already know. What's really "entertaining" is the game we're building\... Oooh, Checkers! You know, for the life of me, i can't remember ever having played Checkers. This game is pointless. We should have built Go or something. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/cspa-12206.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/cspa-12206.md index a46df6ce..74cc908c 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/cspa-12206.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/cspa-12206.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: CSPA # 12206 -Date: 2006-09-05 16:37 -Author: offby1 -Category: Life -Tags: skydiving -Slug: cspa-12206 -Status: published - +--- +title: CSPA +slug: cspa-12206 +date: "2006-09-05 16:37" +category: Life +tags: skydiving +author: offby1 +status: published +--- # CSPA # 12206 That's my membership number. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/dangerous-terms.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/dangerous-terms.md index 34330dde..8db8126b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/dangerous-terms.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/dangerous-terms.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Dangerous Terms -date: 2005-03-05 07:58 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet -tags: intellectual property, internet, privacy +--- +title: Dangerous Terms slug: dangerous-terms +date: "2005-03-05 07:58" +category: General Thoughts, Internet +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - privacy +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I just had my attention brought to the EFF(Electronic Freedoms Foundation)'s [User's Guide to EULA(End-User License Agreement)s](http://www.eff.org/wp/eula.php), which is a nice, human-(read: non-lawyer)-readable introduction to the wooly wonders of licensing for software. Trust me, read one of those some time. They're bloody creepy, and they're getting worse, not better. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/dear-lord.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/dear-lord.md index 26da8e77..d70580f9 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/dear-lord.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/dear-lord.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Dear lord... -date: 2003-10-04 07:08 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: geeky, lord of the rings +--- +title: Dear lord... slug: dear-lord +date: "2003-10-04 07:08" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - geeky + - lord of the rings +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- My god\... Apparently the powers that be at new line cinema have decided to grant my fondest wish about LOTR: [Theatrical, all-day marathon](http://www.lordoftherings.net/trilogy/index.html) of the *extended versions* of the first two movies, followed immediately by the first screening of The Return of the King. Only downside? No theatres in Edmonton on that list yet\... Who wants to start lobbying with me? I'm **so** all over that! diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/debt-of-horror.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/debt-of-horror.md index 59831e91..b0be0ad3 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/debt-of-horror.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/debt-of-horror.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Debt of Horror -date: 2003-02-12 06:48 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Debt of Horror +slug: debt-of-horror +date: "2003-02-12 06:48" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: debt-of-horror +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There's an [article](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=127&e=7&u=/030211/7/38rtp.html) currently making the rounds of the [discussion](http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/2/11/174223/554) [sites](http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/23490) that touches pretty close to the heart with me, for what i think should be self-evident reasons. I'm staring a staggering debt load in the face much like the people who are responding to the article, and the writer of the same. And, i'm not even in the US - Canadian universities are supposed to be less expensive to the average student. I'm looking, though, at about \$30,000 CDN debt by the time i finish my undergrad degree, and the more i learn, the more i become interested in a Masters - which would add, oh, another \$15,000 or so, as i understand it. Now, bear in mind that these values are nothing more than estimates on my part, but also bear in mind that tuitions haven't gone down in as long as i can remember. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/delta.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/delta.md index c3ae7248..3f6df720 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/delta.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/delta.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Delta -date: 2008-12-08 04:32 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: baby, culture, distance, thoughts, travel +--- +title: Delta slug: delta +date: "2008-12-08 04:32" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - baby + - culture + - distance + - thoughts + - travel +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- *Delta(n):* A change, eg the difference from one period to the next. Time: As far as we measure it, five hours different. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/disaffection-and-aging.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/disaffection-and-aging.md index 1f54d46a..46bb46d1 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/disaffection-and-aging.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/disaffection-and-aging.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Disaffection and Aging -date: 2003-01-17 23:02 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: char, introspection, media, memory lane +--- +title: Disaffection and Aging slug: disaffection-and-aging +date: "2003-01-17 23:02" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - char + - introspection + - media + - memory lane +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm getting old. Either that or growing up. Sometimes the difference between the two isn't all that clear, is it? This isn't a new thought, admittedly. I've gone over this through a couple of other times in my life, but this evening is one of the first times i ever really thought the idea through. It's funny that a fairly empty retro-comedy would be the spur for this, though\... diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/disappointment.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/disappointment.md index d7e1c8a2..5e87d107 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/disappointment.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/disappointment.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Disappointment -date: 2004-02-20 08:58 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: disappointment, memory lane, primitive superstition, religion +--- +title: Disappointment slug: disappointment +date: "2004-02-20 08:58" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - disappointment + - memory lane + - primitive superstition + - religion +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I had a peculiarly disappointing day yesterday. Not the whole day, but a part of it really shook my faith in the ability of people to grow in a positive direction. I took a bit of time to look up one of my old classmates, call him D for the sake of anonymity. D was one of the people that i attended school with from the beginning through to grad, and I remember always having a fair amount of respect for his native intelligence. We were never great friends, but he wasn't one of my principal tormentors either. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/dissent-in-academia.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/dissent-in-academia.md index 1ab00b73..a2597652 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/dissent-in-academia.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/dissent-in-academia.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Dissent in Academia -date: 2004-11-28 11:28 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants -tags: academia, free speech, internet, rants +--- +title: Dissent in Academia slug: dissent-in-academia +date: "2004-11-28 11:28" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants +tags: + - academia + - free speech + - internet + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As seen on "Instapundit":http://www.instapundit.com/ today, a [New York Post editorial](http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/35147.htm) on the topic of academic uniformity that I can really see being a problem. Essentially the gist of it is that there's an overwhelming bias towards liberalism in the humanities at a few major universities, and (although the article is not clear on the source of the statistics) probably at a majority of them. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/doomed.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/doomed.md index bc6e7e76..7624cfc8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/doomed.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/doomed.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Doomed -date: 2004-08-04 20:38 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: doom, games, look at you hacker a pathetic creature of meat and bone +--- +title: Doomed slug: doomed +date: "2004-08-04 20:38" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - doom + - games + - look at you hacker a pathetic creature of meat and bone +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As can also be gleaned over [here](http://www.offlineblog.com/mildillson/index.php?p=260), "Doom 3":http://www.doom3.com/ has been released, and I have acquired a copy for myself as well. I'm holding off purchasing it until payday (or the one after -- but I *am* going to buy it) Jebus, this game is gorgeous. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/double-plus-ungood.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/double-plus-ungood.md index 10a4bf0d..e9cd8c00 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/double-plus-ungood.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/double-plus-ungood.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Double-plus ungood -date: 2005-03-07 23:29 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants -tags: intellectual property, internet, privacy, rants +--- +title: Double-plus ungood slug: double-plus-ungood +date: "2005-03-07 23:29" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As seen [here](http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1110150624459&call_pageid=970599119419), it appears that our illustrious, and apparently irremovable leaders have decided that trivialities like private communication are no longer required for the day-to-day perpetuation of our government. So. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/double-wides-and-late-night-shopping.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/double-wides-and-late-night-shopping.md index 803ab7ef..78d8a575 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/double-wides-and-late-night-shopping.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/double-wides-and-late-night-shopping.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Double-wides and Late Night Shopping -date: 2006-12-24 11:01 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: bah-humbug, crowds, walmart +--- +title: Double-wides and Late Night Shopping slug: double-wides-and-late-night-shopping +date: "2006-12-24 11:01" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - bah-humbug + - crowds + - walmart +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Jebus. So, [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com/) and I needed to do some last-minute stocking-stuffer shopping last night, and in what I figured was a bit of inspired wisdom we figured to beat the worst of the daytime crowds and hit the big-box beast at 1 AM. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/downtime.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/downtime.md index 07ac93de..3e24e5d5 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/downtime.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/downtime.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Downtime -date: 2004-02-19 12:39 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: family, memory lane +--- +title: Downtime slug: downtime +date: "2004-02-19 12:39" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - family + - memory lane +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As has been posted to [char's weblog](http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar/) in the near past, I'm back in GP for the week. It's kind of interesting - i've been going out of my way to be a bit more sociable than i usually am on these visits, and oddly enough, I'm liking it. Which is, given my antipathy to the place, fairly peculiar in and of itself. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/drain.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/drain.md index ec70ca34..3223cd25 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/drain.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/drain.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Drain -date: 2007-03-18 14:26 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: school, stress +--- +title: Drain slug: drain +date: "2007-03-18 14:26" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - school + - stress +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- My god, I'm tired. I want this school year to be over. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/due-to-due-dates.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/due-to-due-dates.md index f9ad233a..19efc9a5 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/due-to-due-dates.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/due-to-due-dates.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Due to Due Dates -date: 2005-02-11 13:20 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Due to Due Dates +slug: due-to-due-dates +date: "2005-02-11 13:20" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: due-to-due-dates +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- School is hitting me hard today. Lots due, lots of work. Hope you're all having as much fun as I am! :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/dust-gathers.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/dust-gathers.md index 37b7bd69..273bf4bb 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/dust-gathers.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/dust-gathers.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Dust gathers... -date: 2006-10-25 14:39 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Meta -tags: apology, dislocation +--- +title: Dust gathers... slug: dust-gathers +date: "2006-10-25 14:39" +category: General Thoughts, Meta +tags: + - apology + - dislocation +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Expect a slowdown in posting until I can type again. Sorry, all. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/dyed-in-the-wool.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/dyed-in-the-wool.md index a74540ad..d6b67d76 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/dyed-in-the-wool.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/dyed-in-the-wool.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Dyed in the Wool? -date: 2006-07-02 11:51 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Dyed in the Wool? +slug: dyed-in-the-wool +date: "2006-07-02 11:51" category: General Thoughts, Rants tags: rants -slug: dyed-in-the-wool +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Despite the fact that I am, as the title suggests, a dyed-in-the-wool conservative in a great may respects, I like to think that I'm not particularly reactionary in most respects. That being said, there is an interesting conservative reaction I have regarding a few modern conveniences. The first one is cell phones. As discussed [on the waiter rant](http://waiterrant.net/?p=328) a few days ago, and spotted via MetaFilter (where else?) people have a bizarre love-hate relationship with cell phones, and more generally with their users. On the one hand, it's leading to a change in social norms, as people start having conversations that could, at best, be viewed as debatably appropriate for public consumption in subways, busses, restaurants, and other places. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/east.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/east.md index 3bdf714a..cc7c5f35 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/east.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/east.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: East -date: 2004-06-20 06:16 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: char, weather +--- +title: East slug: east +date: "2004-06-20 06:16" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - char + - weather +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Having arrived easterly now in grand ole Winnipeg, I now settle into the serious business of relaxing for a few days. Had a lovely dinner last night w/ Char's mom and her husband at a nifty little hole in the wall chinese food restaurant. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/eclipsecon-2006.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/eclipsecon-2006.md index 5cefc118..ee836806 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/eclipsecon-2006.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/eclipsecon-2006.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: EclipseCon 2006 -date: 2006-01-10 15:24 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: eclipse, work +--- +title: EclipseCon 2006 slug: eclipsecon-2006 +date: "2006-01-10 15:24" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - eclipse + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So\... Work, in their infinite generosity, has deigned to send me \-- all expenses paid, no less \-- to [Eclipse Con 2006](http://www.eclipsecon.org/) down in Santa Clara, California. I'm flying out March 19th and back March 24th, and expect to have an amazing time \-- very educational, very enjoyable stuff. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/eeeyowtch.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/eeeyowtch.md index 710ba766..6e624bf1 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/eeeyowtch.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/eeeyowtch.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Eeeyowtch! -Date: 2006-10-22 19:04 -Author: offby1 -Category: Life -Tags: dislocation, skydiving -Slug: eeeyowtch -Status: published - +--- +title: Eeeyowtch! +slug: eeeyowtch +date: "2006-10-22 19:04" +category: Life +tags: + - dislocation + - skydiving +author: offby1 +status: published +--- # Eeeyowtch! Christ, dislocating my shoulder **hurt**. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/employ-my-abilities.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/employ-my-abilities.md index 8f1fc202..2c73349c 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/employ-my-abilities.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/employ-my-abilities.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Employ MY Abilities -date: 2005-02-03 14:00 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: school, work +--- +title: Employ MY Abilities slug: employ-my-abilities +date: "2005-02-03 14:00" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, given that there were only two interviews for [IIP](http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/iip) positions located in Edmonton, at least as far as those in Edmonton, I'm pleased to say that I was either number 1 and number 2 in the rankings for the positions. The one for which I was #1 was here on campus, and it was interesting, but not as interesting as the one I will be taking with ACI Worldwide, starting in May. I hope that I'll be able to handle the work, but in the end I'm pretty sure I can. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/emschoolem-week-in-review.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/emschoolem-week-in-review.md index 882d2d1c..fc56ce2d 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/emschoolem-week-in-review.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/emschoolem-week-in-review.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: School week in review -date: 2003-01-24 20:46 -author: offby1 +--- +title: School week in review +slug: emschoolem-week-in-review +date: "2003-01-24 20:46" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: emschoolem-week-in-review +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Things i learned this week: One: People who get engaged in debates in ENGL-101 are bound to be shouted down if their opinion is unpopular. Okay, that's excessive. But, as in all things social, differing from the common view gets short shrift there. Other than that, though, it was deeply satisfying to get to unsheath my claws a bit in English. I haven't ever had that much fun in the class before. Thumbs up! diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/endings-and-beginnings-and-changes.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/endings-and-beginnings-and-changes.md index 1b9def60..dd78a2a3 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/endings-and-beginnings-and-changes.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/endings-and-beginnings-and-changes.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Endings and Beginnings and Changes -date: 2003-06-09 08:42 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: friends, love, memory lane, wedding +--- +title: Endings and Beginnings and Changes slug: endings-and-beginnings-and-changes +date: "2003-06-09 08:42" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - love + - memory lane + - wedding +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I attended the wedding of one of my best friends this weekend\... I hadn't posted on it sooner, simply because i wasn't quite sure what i should say on the subject. Amanda was - and *is* - one of the best people i've ever had the privilege of knowing. She brought more happiness into my life in the one year that we were together than most people have ever managed - and the exceptions are notable in their scarcity, and i'm sure that they know who they are. Our time together is still a source of happy memories and occasional nostalgic regrets. So, it was with no small amount of trepidation that i went to attend her wedding to Greg (i suppose i should learn his last name, huh?) at five-mile hall in Grande Prairie this weekend. I didn't really know what i would feel, nor was i really sure that i belonged there. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/epiphany-on-wheels.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/epiphany-on-wheels.md index 7474fb34..41f5362a 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/epiphany-on-wheels.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/epiphany-on-wheels.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Epiphany on Wheels -date: 2007-05-17 07:36 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: bike, traffic +--- +title: Epiphany on Wheels slug: epiphany-on-wheels +date: "2007-05-17 07:36" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - bike + - traffic +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I had an epiphany yesterday: I _don't want to drive to work_. Me. The lazy one. My _gods_ was traffic stressful, after the relative pleasure of cycling. People were asshats, the car was too hot, and the whole experience conspired to make me look forward to winter, and a need to drive, with no small amount of apprehension. Really, I'm happier biking. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/exams.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/exams.md index 41dfdcd7..f7d41718 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/exams.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/exams.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Exams -date: 2006-04-20 07:05 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Exams +slug: exams +date: "2006-04-20 07:05" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: exams +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, exa*m*, anyway. I just polished off the final exam for Cmput 313, a low-level networking course. (aside: I mistyped "course" as "curse." Is there such a thing as a slip of the fingers? Very freudian, that, on two levels.) It was a bit of a challenge, but I think the hardest part was maintaining my interest in the face of my disappointment about the content of the course. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/extended-happiness.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/extended-happiness.md index 2a0111d6..efa607d8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/extended-happiness.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/extended-happiness.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Extended Happiness -date: 2002-11-13 11:14 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Extended Happiness +slug: extended-happiness +date: "2002-11-13 11:14" category: General Thoughts tags: lord of the rings -slug: extended-happiness +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Greetings, again. i have returned from Middle Earth, in a manner of speaking, and i must say, it's a hell of a trip. The extended edition of the DVD is everything it was billed to be, and more. There were scenes placed back into the movie that, when i first saw it in the theatre, i *knew* belonged in the movie. There was a generally more calmly-paced feel to the movie. And, by the end, i was just so damn happy to see more of it. I think more than half of the DVD chapter segments have footage added to them. In addition, there are a few extra scenes, and two, at least, that are completely changed by the new footage. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/failed-failurescurses.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/failed-failurescurses.md index e08d783a..453f05ee 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/failed-failurescurses.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/failed-failurescurses.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Failed failures(curses!) -date: 2003-09-03 10:04 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Failed failures(curses!) +slug: failed-failurescurses +date: "2003-09-03 10:04" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: failed-failurescurses +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, back to the classes. I've now attended each and every one of my classes for this semester, and one thing strikes me: It's disappointing how few people have failed the first year. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/fanfare.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/fanfare.md index ba454ff0..526f336f 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/fanfare.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/fanfare.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Fanfare -date: 2003-11-17 18:46 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Fanfare +slug: fanfare +date: "2003-11-17 18:46" category: General Thoughts tags: lord of the rings -slug: fanfare +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- ### Wooo!!! Got tickets to see the trilogy just today, thanks to the good offices of my dear Char and Simon. So, those two, i, and two other friends will be attending this 12-hr geekfest on 16 December. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/fated.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/fated.md index fb122386..11a5c057 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/fated.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/fated.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Fated -date: 2004-01-25 16:48 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Fated +slug: fated +date: "2004-01-25 16:48" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: fated +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, i'm doomed. Yep. Doomed. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/feel-the-power.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/feel-the-power.md index c585159e..fd5f1f93 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/feel-the-power.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/feel-the-power.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Feel The Power -date: 2004-10-14 18:09 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: computer, lamer +--- +title: Feel The Power slug: feel-the-power +date: "2004-10-14 18:09" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - computer + - lamer +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Purring underneath the sleek black exterior of my new toy is 3GHz of intellerific goodness, doing double dancer duty as a development device. Yes, that was nonsense. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/ferfuchsake.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/ferfuchsake.md index 8bec17ee..924b5565 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/ferfuchsake.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/ferfuchsake.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Ferfuchsake -date: 2004-01-26 10:44 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: intellectual property, privacy, rants +--- +title: Ferfuchsake slug: ferfuchsake +date: "2004-01-26 10:44" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There's a trend in several segments of society\... Screw that, _all_ segments of society that i've seen so far. And it pisses me right off. It exists in politics, currently exemplified by the knee-jerk "Bush\|America\|Islam\|(Demo\|Republi)crats is Evil". This, despite any evidence supporting the assertions, or in the cases where there is any evidence, instead ignoring the alternate equally-likely benign or indifferent interpretations thereof. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/finals.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/finals.md index 28b2ca8f..a5cef352 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/finals.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/finals.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Finals -date: 2004-04-30 13:09 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Finals +slug: finals +date: "2004-04-30 13:09" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: finals +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Although it's obviously no longer the focus of this little piece of the web, I _do_ have my final grades in for my courses for this semester: | * Psych 258: B- (the lowest grade) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/first-day.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/first-day.md index 980b5c81..2903ee58 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/first-day.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/first-day.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: First Day -date: 2004-09-07 08:44 -author: offby1 +--- +title: First Day +slug: first-day +date: "2004-09-07 08:44" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: first-day +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- \... and butterflies like fscking _elephants_. The assignments look really damned hard. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/flat-out-scared.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/flat-out-scared.md index 0ecfdc2f..b08c9350 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/flat-out-scared.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/flat-out-scared.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Flat-out scared -date: 2004-04-16 09:14 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Flat-out scared +slug: flat-out-scared +date: "2004-04-16 09:14" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: flat-out-scared +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I talked to the [U of A Registrar](http://www.registrar.ualberta.ca/) today about my application for admission -- the one that has been accepted for pretty much every other student in my class. You know, the ones whose cumulative marks fall short of mine? They seem to have "lost" the file. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/flying-low.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/flying-low.md index 1c13bf9d..9b46f222 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/flying-low.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/flying-low.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Flying... low -Date: 2003-07-26 22:27 -Author: offby1 -Category: Life -Tags: new experience, skydiving -Slug: flying-low -Status: published - +--- +title: Flying... low +slug: flying-low +date: "2003-07-26 22:27" +category: Life +tags: + - new experience + - skydiving +author: offby1 +status: published +--- # Flying... low Holy. shit. what. a. rush. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/forced-ethics.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/forced-ethics.md index 374b1e48..4c2f6d65 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/forced-ethics.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/forced-ethics.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Forced ethics -date: 2006-01-25 09:32 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: intellectual property, internet, media, privacy, rants +--- +title: Forced ethics slug: forced-ethics +date: "2006-01-25 09:32" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - media + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, I've been thinking. I'm watching the software piracy world being shaken up repeatedly by increasingly successful interventions in both distribution and production by the authorities of various nations, usually acting in the name of private, for-profit industry groups. @@ -18,6 +24,6 @@ It's getting so that I'm going to have to start paying for everything. And, to be honest, I'm pretty okay with that. Well, except for the traffic shaping shit from Shaw. -The thing of it is, I'm about to be in a position from which I can afford to pay for my software. Across the board. It's kind of nice, actually. As discussed previously on this blog, [I approve of software developers' rights](/backlog/2004/01/04/aaaarghhh/) to charge for their creations, and have always had ethical issues with the means by which I have acquired them. Soon, that'll be in the past. It's already begun, in the sense that I'm starting to pay for the little shareware utilities that I use, and I foresee doing so in greater quantities as time passes. Couple that with increased reliance on Free/Open Source software, and I have realized that \-- at the moment \-- my computer at home is almost completely clean of illegitimate software. It's a nice feeling. +The thing of it is, I'm about to be in a position from which I can afford to pay for my software. Across the board. It's kind of nice, actually. As discussed previously on this blog, [I approve of software developers' rights](http://www.offlineblog.com/backlog/2004/01/04/aaaarghhh/) to charge for their creations, and have always had ethical issues with the means by which I have acquired them. Soon, that'll be in the past. It's already begun, in the sense that I'm starting to pay for the little shareware utilities that I use, and I foresee doing so in greater quantities as time passes. Couple that with increased reliance on Free/Open Source software, and I have realized that \-- at the moment \-- my computer at home is almost completely clean of illegitimate software. It's a nice feeling. The title of this post is a bit misleading \-- I'm not really being forced into ethical behaviour, here. It just so happens that concurrent with my own push to be more upstanding, the sources of my content are leaving me no other choice. It's a valid statement, that ethical behaviour is meaningless without the option of behaving unethically. But I made my choice before it became impossible, and I feel that it makes me a better person. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/freaky.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/freaky.md index 16376cd6..592b0778 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/freaky.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/freaky.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Freaky -date: 2006-06-18 20:43 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: accident, asshole, driving +--- +title: Freaky slug: freaky +date: "2006-06-18 20:43" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - accident + - asshole + - driving +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, I just had a close call, driving home from Beau's place. For Edmontonians or frequent visitors, the locations described below will make sense. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/free-huh.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/free-huh.md index b9a17a62..88cd7b61 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/free-huh.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/free-huh.md @@ -1,16 +1,25 @@ -Title: Free, huh? -date: 2005-04-04 07:43 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: free speech, intellectual property, internet, media, politics, privacy, rants, school +--- +title: Free, huh? slug: free-huh +date: "2005-04-04 07:43" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - free speech + - intellectual property + - internet + - media + - politics + - privacy + - rants + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm still damned busy, but [some things](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004225.php) I just can't help myself from posting. -This is a small site, with no real impact, and no political pretensions \-- I don't provide a service to people who want info on the government, although I criticize sometimes. However, the fact that linking to [this]() is cause for subpoenas from my own government\... Well, let's just say that suppression of free speech is abhorrent under all circumstances. Especially when it involves the very people in positions to suppress it. +This is a small site, with no real impact, and no political pretensions \-- I don't provide a service to people who want info on the government, although I criticize sometimes. However, the fact that linking to [this](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004220.php) is cause for subpoenas from my own government\... Well, let's just say that suppression of free speech is abhorrent under all circumstances. Especially when it involves the very people in positions to suppress it. -This USian blogger is [pumping]() [out]() [information]() about the Adscam trials, although I'm not sure what his angle on it is, and as far as I'm concerned is providing a valuable service. +This USian blogger is [pumping](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004222.php) [out](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004224.php) [information](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004229.php) about the Adscam trials, although I'm not sure what his angle on it is, and as far as I'm concerned is providing a valuable service. Just remember -- if you're co-national with me, it might soon be illegal for you to read those links. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/generosity.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/generosity.md index cf2a8cc8..0b743c50 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/generosity.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/generosity.md @@ -1,16 +1,20 @@ -Title: Generosity -date: 2004-11-08 12:16 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: computer, generosity, idiocy +--- +title: Generosity slug: generosity +date: "2004-11-08 12:16" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - computer + - generosity + - idiocy +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, since my foolishness caused our laptop keyboard to acheive b0rkedness (spill dole juice on your keyboard. Observe follies) I've been immobile. Til now. -A guy in [UACS]() was kind enough to loan me a roll-up keyboard. I shit you not, this thing looks like it could take immersion in _acid_. The tactile element is a bit out, but I'm getting used to it \-- it's a bit springy, and takes a bit of force to press keys, but other than that it works a lot better than the one that doesn't work that is attached to the laptop. +A guy in [UACS](http://www.uacs.ca) was kind enough to loan me a roll-up keyboard. I shit you not, this thing looks like it could take immersion in _acid_. The tactile element is a bit out, but I'm getting used to it \-- it's a bit springy, and takes a bit of force to press keys, but other than that it works a lot better than the one that doesn't work that is attached to the laptop. It's slated for replacement, though. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/get-off-my-lawn.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/get-off-my-lawn.md index 8cf26aa1..a2043ef1 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/get-off-my-lawn.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/get-off-my-lawn.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Get off my lawn! -date: 2008-01-20 09:38 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: dislocation, news, old +--- +title: Get off my lawn! slug: get-off-my-lawn +date: "2008-01-20 09:38" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - dislocation + - news + - old +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Christ, do I feel like an old man this morning. My shoulder is sore and my hip hurts. I'm sitting on the couch because, damn it, I _deserve_ some relaxation at this point. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/gmorning-im-bored-already.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/gmorning-im-bored-already.md index e29d901e..c74af4de 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/gmorning-im-bored-already.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/gmorning-im-bored-already.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: G'morning. I'm bored, already! -date: 2004-07-11 07:29 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Projects -tags: projects, work +--- +title: G'morning. I'm bored, already! slug: gmorning-im-bored-already +date: "2004-07-11 07:29" +category: General Thoughts, Projects +tags: + - projects + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Oddly enough, I've found that having eight days off over the last two weeks is too much. Oh, I'll admit, if I had _known_ that they would be free in advance, it would be a whole different story -- I could have planned some, made some progress on projects, etc. But, since it's a completely day-to-day issue, I find myself more or less at loose ends for the duration. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/going-back-again.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/going-back-again.md index 0ab41f95..3f5500d7 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/going-back-again.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/going-back-again.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Going back again -date: 2003-06-06 13:33 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: memory lane, wedding +--- +title: Going back again slug: going-back-again +date: "2003-06-06 13:33" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - memory lane + - wedding +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm writing this entry from the house i pretty much grew up in, up in Grande Prairie. It still looks nearly 100% the same, cosmetic differences aside. I mean, furniture is arranged a bit differently, and the damned dog's piss has killed half the back yard, but little has changed. So, i'm back. Yeah, only for a weekend, and i've been back before, but this time is a bit different. I'm back to see an ending and a beginning, and a good thing in all, in the wedding of one of my best friends, and one of the most special people that've ever been part of my life. So, i'm doing a lot of reflecting. And then, talking to Terra, whose name i probably just misspelled, about the years that have passed since i last lived here\... Just one of those nostalgic weekends. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/goodbye-velvet-acid-christ.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/goodbye-velvet-acid-christ.md index 54decbdc..16807723 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/goodbye-velvet-acid-christ.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/goodbye-velvet-acid-christ.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Goodbye, Velvet Acid Christ -date: 2004-09-08 07:38 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: intellectual property, internet, media, privacy, rants +--- +title: Goodbye, Velvet Acid Christ slug: goodbye-velvet-acid-christ +date: "2004-09-08 07:38" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - media + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- According to a few news soruces ("here":http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10704524%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html "and":http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/state/article/0,1406,KNS_348_3166469,00.html "there":http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=2269116 ) the US 6th cicruit court reached a decision that any and all sampling of music is illegal unless the work is specifically licensed. As you can imagine, [the usual suspects](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/08/1355237&tid=141&tid=17) are going to have a field day with this one. From where I sit, I think that's just stupid. There are abuses, to be sure, but sampling is a valuable addition to the toolsets of some "artists":http://www.arztpfusch.com/, even though "others":http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/ use it as a replacement for creativity. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/grab-bag.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/grab-bag.md index 3a1b0e38..3aa585d2 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/grab-bag.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/grab-bag.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Grab bag -date: 2004-04-23 17:34 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: academia, free speech, philosophy, school, truth +--- +title: Grab bag slug: grab-bag +date: "2004-04-23 17:34" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - academia + - free speech + - philosophy + - school + - truth +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I am obliged, upon actually tasting it in a quiet setting, to reverse my long-held distaste for Big Rock Traditional Ale. It is, in fact, quite tasty. Also, [this](http://techcentralstation.com/042304C.html) essay on academia and truth may be of interest to A) anyone who teaches amongst my readership (all of one person, as far as i know) and B) anyone that learns (Many, many more) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/growing-pain.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/growing-pain.md index 8ba272dc..b2ad9af9 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/growing-pain.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/growing-pain.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Growing pain -date: 2003-01-30 06:31 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: computer, health +--- +title: Growing pain slug: growing-pain +date: "2003-01-30 06:31" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - computer + - health +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As some of you probably know, for the last couple of years my right wrist has been getting more and more sore and strained. This isn't really a surprise to me, since [carpal tunnel syndrome](http://www.ctsplace.com/) is basically a known side effect of spending as much time as i do at the computer. The thing is, now that i'm actually taking steps down a path towards a *career* in computing, i have to do something about it, because the condition is only getting worse as time goes by, not better. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/grrumble.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/grrumble.md index 071c309d..b35b7eb2 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/grrumble.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/grrumble.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Grr(umble)... -date: 2006-06-10 10:10 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Grr(umble)... +slug: grrumble +date: "2006-06-10 10:10" category: General Thoughts tags: sick -slug: grrumble +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Which is the sound my currently-tortured stomach is making. I feel like utter ass today, which means no skydiving for me, unless I feel notably better by noon or two or so. Bah. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/gruelling.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/gruelling.md index 60694c2f..5ca98b46 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/gruelling.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/gruelling.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Gruelling -date: 2003-11-18 22:54 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Gruelling +slug: gruelling +date: "2003-11-18 22:54" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: gruelling +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Wow. That was a pain. About a week and a half ago, we were given what seemed to be a relatively straightforward assignment in CMPT229. Nothing fancy, just implement a [doubly linked list](http://www.instantweb.com/D/dictionary/foldoc.cgi?doubly+linked+list) in assembler. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/gut-level-disgust.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/gut-level-disgust.md index 382f6f1c..1bc5ca22 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/gut-level-disgust.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/gut-level-disgust.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: Gut-level disgust -date: 2003-02-28 06:54 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: asshole, free speech, hypocrisy, idiocy, privacy, rants +--- +title: Gut-level disgust slug: gut-level-disgust +date: "2003-02-28 06:54" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - asshole + - free speech + - hypocrisy + - idiocy + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- From [The Crimson](http://www.thecrimson.com> "The Harvard Crimson Online"), with selected quotes and commentary from [this article](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=274155> "Ruined Snow Penis Stimulates Debate"): About two weeks ago, some students at Harvard, members of the Harvard Crew team, led by Michael J. Skey, erected (pun intended, and not original) a 9-foot snow phallus. Hours later, the sculpture was torn down by Amy E. Keel, a self-proclaimed feminist. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/hacking-the-vote.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/hacking-the-vote.md index 3a1a131b..62a1c9c5 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/hacking-the-vote.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/hacking-the-vote.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Hacking the Vote -date: 2003-09-30 11:56 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: intellectual property, privacy, rants +--- +title: Hacking the Vote slug: hacking-the-vote +date: "2003-09-30 11:56" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [This](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/28604) is a link-packed post on the subject of the US voting systems and their electronic replacements. Many of these posts suggest that there may be some serious problems in the coming elections down south, with a private company - whose CEO has indicated strong support on behalf of his *company* (!!) for the Republican party - providing the software that runs the machines. The thing that gets me is the response, both in the media and from the Diebold (the company that makes the machines and provides their software), to this information. One the one hand, from the little US media i've seen, there seems to be little or no coverage of the revelations about these voting machines. It seems to me that the means by which the leaders of the nation are chosen should be closely scrutinized and vigorously reported upon, but there is nearly nothing being said. If anyone knows differently, please let me know. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/happy-bloody-new-year.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/happy-bloody-new-year.md index adf822e4..13648f97 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/happy-bloody-new-year.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/happy-bloody-new-year.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Happy bloody new year! -date: 2004-01-01 10:15 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: asshole, police, speeding +--- +title: Happy bloody new year! slug: happy-bloody-new-year +date: "2004-01-01 10:15" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - asshole + - police + - speeding +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, that was bullshit. All in all, a great new year's eve - a glass of port, a lot of talking with Char, Mel, and Simon, and a leisurely drive home. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/hard-drive-and-hard-drinking.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/hard-drive-and-hard-drinking.md index 2456efbd..d8494997 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/hard-drive-and-hard-drinking.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/hard-drive-and-hard-drinking.md @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ -Title: Hard drive and hard drinking -date: 2004-08-25 13:20 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: computer, failure, party +--- +title: Hard drive and hard drinking slug: hard-drive-and-hard-drinking +date: "2004-08-25 13:20" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - computer + - failure + - party +author: offby1 status: draft - -Woke up this morning having recovered nearly 100% from the partying last night. Sure, it was out of character for me, but every once in a while it pays to be a bit less moderate. Missed some people that should have been there, but all told a [good time]() was had. +--- +Woke up this morning having recovered nearly 100% from the partying last night. Sure, it was out of character for me, but every once in a while it pays to be a bit less moderate. Missed some people that should have been there, but all told a [good time](http://www.livejournal.com/users/vernondalhart/112341.html) was had. The time was not so good this morning, however. I woke up to a clicking noise coming from my new hard drive (the one that [Char](http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar) bought me for my music) and essentially a dead drive with little to no hope of recovery. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/head-in-ass-syndrome.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/head-in-ass-syndrome.md index 3cc7ed32..b66e3bb0 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/head-in-ass-syndrome.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/head-in-ass-syndrome.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Head in ass syndrome -date: 2003-03-19 20:31 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Head in ass syndrome +slug: head-in-ass-syndrome +date: "2003-03-19 20:31" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: head-in-ass-syndrome +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, got my midterm for Math 115 back today. Uh, shit. Yeah, it was that bad. I think i just got used to coasting, and did so with this exam too. To my detriment. Anyway, it's not the end of the world, but i'm not impressed with my 72% mark on the test. At least i'm not the only one. The class average was, apparently, abysmal. My only saving point was that, after one student who got 96%, i'm failry sure i'm the second-highest mark in the class. So, here's to not fscking this one up next time. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/heisenbugs.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/heisenbugs.md index f9980b3b..e31a849a 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/heisenbugs.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/heisenbugs.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Heisenbugs -date: 2007-10-26 12:44 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: bugs, gripe, work +--- +title: Heisenbugs slug: heisenbugs +date: "2007-10-26 12:44" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - bugs + - gripe + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- _Def_: A bug that vanishes when you look at it. Also: The bane of my existence, today. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/hell-is-moving-2.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/hell-is-moving-2.md index eb8e6cfa..8f78d00b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/hell-is-moving-2.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/hell-is-moving-2.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Hell is ... Moving -date: 2005-07-05 18:47 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Hell is ... Moving +slug: hell-is-moving-2 +date: "2005-07-05 18:47" category: General Thoughts tags: moving -slug: hell-is-moving-2 +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com), [Matt](http://www.offlineblog.com/mildillson/), [Amy](http://lashingtail.blogspot.com/), and I just finished moving the contents of a seemingly-pared down life over four hours of hellish heat and cramped quarters. I've found an open wireless relay that, at least, works from the balcony of the suite, which means that, while netless, I'm not boned. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/hey-hey-hey-good-bye.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/hey-hey-hey-good-bye.md index b3ea1e5d..6dccfa3b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/hey-hey-hey-good-bye.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/hey-hey-hey-good-bye.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Hey hey hey, good bye -date: 2005-11-23 13:17 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Hey hey hey, good bye +slug: hey-hey-hey-good-bye +date: "2005-11-23 13:17" category: General Thoughts tags: fuck telus -slug: hey-hey-hey-good-bye +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As of today, sometime around noon, I finally got to bid Telus fare-thee-well from my finances forever. Or, so I hope. Vonage is the carrier of our phone service from here on out, which means that, well, we're early adopters. So I appreciate any and all consideration of the limitations of our current service when you get calls from us that have glitches and fuzziness. But on the whole, I expect it to be good. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/hey-nonny.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/hey-nonny.md index e6b574ae..2dcf897f 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/hey-nonny.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/hey-nonny.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Hey, nonny... -date: 2005-08-31 07:15 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Hey, nonny... +slug: hey-nonny +date: "2005-08-31 07:15" category: General Thoughts, Meta tags: meta -slug: hey-nonny +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Life is pretty good, these days. As seen over on :simon:'s site, I just finished helping him haul his whole life over to Vancouver for school. While there, we visited the grandparents, who are well, and at their urging got to go skydiving out by the ocean. It's pretty sweet, seeing water on three sides of you while you fly. Not something you get here in the flatlands of Alberta, I guarantee. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/hola-all.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/hola-all.md index 93151a23..807c60ae 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/hola-all.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/hola-all.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: Hola, all -date: 2008-04-24 22:10 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: integration, projects, travel, unicode, utf-8, work +--- +title: Hola, all slug: hola-all +date: "2008-04-24 22:10" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - integration + - projects + - travel + - unicode + - utf-8 + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, shit. Another week, another dry spell on the blog. Actually, two weeks. My, how time flies\... diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/home-at-last.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/home-at-last.md index 6956fd1e..aa89d3b6 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/home-at-last.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/home-at-last.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: Home at last -date: 2009-01-23 10:53 -author: offby1 -category: life -tags: cats, char, thoughts, homeownership, moving, stress +--- +title: Home at last slug: home-at-last +date: "2009-01-23 10:53" +category: life +tags: + - cats + - char + - thoughts + - homeownership + - moving + - stress +author: offby1 status: published - +--- It's quite a sight, the spew of boxes collected into three large stacks and two small ones. An entire life\... scratch that, _two_ entire lives piled up and ready to uproot. Char and I are entering into the second most significant collective choice we'll ever make; it comes a reasonably distant second to having a child, but it's still a link between us that we are never likely to sever. It commits us to the financial side of the relationship in a way that \-- in the all-too-human myopia that comes with large changes \--seems to overshadow the real basis for the relationship for a time. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/home-off-the-holidays.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/home-off-the-holidays.md index 71d4a3d0..66bd53c2 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/home-off-the-holidays.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/home-off-the-holidays.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Home off the holidays -date: 2004-06-26 11:04 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Home off the holidays +slug: home-off-the-holidays +date: "2004-06-26 11:04" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: home-off-the-holidays +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm back in town for a bit of work now. For at least the next couple of days I'll be working locally, which means home at night and relatively short trips to work (for me. You don't want to ask Miranda how _she_ feels about it, let me tell you!) So, the plus of this is that I'll actually have a bit of a life. The minus is, I'll not be pulling in LOA, which means \$60/day less in income. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/honestly-academic.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/honestly-academic.md index 4bc797de..1ecfde2b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/honestly-academic.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/honestly-academic.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Honestly Academic -date: 2003-11-14 00:59 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Honestly Academic +slug: honestly-academic +date: "2003-11-14 00:59" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: honestly-academic +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There comes a time, i think, in everyone's experience where one has to make a choice between confilicting ethical judgements. For example, try this one on: It's come to my attention, by various means, that there are people in one of my classes this year who've decided that they don't really need to follow the "one person, one assignment" rule that typically defines *solo* projects. But no. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/how-will-you-react.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/how-will-you-react.md index 5bde91b6..a16438b2 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/how-will-you-react.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/how-will-you-react.md @@ -1,14 +1,21 @@ -Title: How Will You React? -date: 2007-04-18 18:54 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: blame, finger-pointing, media, rants, society, voyeurism +--- +title: How Will You React? slug: how-will-you-react +date: "2007-04-18 18:54" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - blame + - finger-pointing + - media + - rants + - society + - voyeurism +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- What's next? -We've all heard about the [shootings at Virginia Tech]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre)), and now more information is going to come out, leading to a wave of media speculation, blog postings (my bad), and calls for emotionally-driven action. +We've all heard about the [shootings at Virginia Tech](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre), and now more information is going to come out, leading to a wave of media speculation, blog postings (my bad), and calls for emotionally-driven action. So, how will you react? diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/hubris.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/hubris.md index fbe74f5a..714b3760 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/hubris.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/hubris.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Hubris -date: 2004-09-28 06:05 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: AI, school +--- +title: Hubris slug: hubris +date: "2004-09-28 06:05" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - AI + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I attended the first meeting of the school year for the U of A's Machine Learning Reading Group yesterday, and I was struck by how staggeringly out of my depth I was. The round table was surrounded by professors, graduate students, postdocs, department heads, and one other undergrad student \-- the organizer of the session. And me. I'm starting to wonder if perhaps I'm taking on too much. Not the classes, per se, but the extracurricular stuff. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/i-live.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/i-live.md index 000e90ad..c2caf8a1 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/i-live.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/i-live.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: I live! -date: 2008-01-12 18:18 -author: offby1 +--- +title: I live! +slug: i-live +date: "2008-01-12 18:18" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: i-live +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Sorta. I spent the last week tearing into a fairly complex piece of old code, digging out some poor design decisions and cleaning up the legacy of student programmers past. It was\... terrifying. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/i-want-to-see-mountains.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/i-want-to-see-mountains.md index f4d6114d..b0e25071 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/i-want-to-see-mountains.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/i-want-to-see-mountains.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: I want to see mountains... -date: 2009-03-15 16:25 -author: offby1 -category: life -tags: jasper, travel, vacation +--- +title: I want to see mountains... slug: i-want-to-see-mountains +date: "2009-03-15 16:25" +category: life +tags: + - jasper + - travel + - vacation +author: offby1 status: published - +--- Char and I just spent the weekend in Jasper, one of the few vacations we've taken both in north america and on short notice. It was really, really nice. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/idle-hands.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/idle-hands.md index f3624541..77b9077b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/idle-hands.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/idle-hands.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Idle hands -date: 2006-10-14 20:50 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Projects -tags: projects, school +--- +title: Idle hands slug: idle-hands +date: "2006-10-14 20:50" +category: General Thoughts, Projects +tags: + - projects + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Sitting here, alternating between idle web browsing, reading Amber novels, and dozing on the couch\... My life is pretty easy this weekend, despite the lingering aftereffects of a nasty cold that I've had all week that has left me with headaches, poor sleep, and a sense that the world is passing me by in a grey haze. I got some housework done, although not too much. I'm lazy, after all. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/idle-thoughts.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/idle-thoughts.md index 160aa406..1b9fdc8f 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/idle-thoughts.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/idle-thoughts.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Idle thoughts -date: 2005-09-09 16:46 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: art, edmonton, graffitti +--- +title: Idle thoughts slug: idle-thoughts +date: "2005-09-09 16:46" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - art + - edmonton + - graffitti +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- While my hands have not been overly idle -- I've been worked like a dog, really -- I've had a bit of time walking to and from the office to do some thinking. Just this past week I've been reflecting on urban art. Graffitti, to strip the politically-correct faux-couture veneer from it, and be more precise. What I was thinking was.. Edmonton has some damned fine graffiti artists. Oh, they're in the minority, don't get me wrong, but they're out there and they do some really nice things with a can of spray paint and a loose grasp on property rights. The best ones I've seen, in general, have been the stencil-painted works showing up on bus benches, power \... thingies, and the like. One particularly arresting one is a stencil of Hunter S. Thompson that was sprayed so thickly that the paint ran down like streams of blood around his face and name and "RIP." Oddly mournful, but very nice. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/ill-be-out-of-touch.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/ill-be-out-of-touch.md index eccfa119..29d1e6bb 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/ill-be-out-of-touch.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/ill-be-out-of-touch.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: I'll be out of touch. -date: 2005-07-03 18:24 -author: offby1 +--- +title: I'll be out of touch. +slug: ill-be-out-of-touch +date: "2005-07-03 18:24" category: General Thoughts tags: moving -slug: ill-be-out-of-touch +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- For the next couple of days, I'll be \... difficult to reach. The usual e-mail will get to me, but not necessarily as fast, and in the evenings\... Nothing. I'll be internet-less until the 11th, which sucks the big one, but at least I can get my mail at work. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/ill-bet-santorum-likes-underdogs.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/ill-bet-santorum-likes-underdogs.md index 3a3f9d4e..f79547aa 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/ill-bet-santorum-likes-underdogs.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/ill-bet-santorum-likes-underdogs.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: I'll bet Santorum likes underdogs -date: 2008-03-10 08:26 -author: offby1 +--- +title: I'll bet Santorum likes underdogs +slug: ill-bet-santorum-likes-underdogs +date: "2008-03-10 08:26" category: General Thoughts, Media tags: underdog -slug: ill-bet-santorum-likes-underdogs +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Okay, that title bears little, if any, relation to the content of this post. This post consists mainly of a pointer to this wonderful [critique of the underdog narrative in science journalism](http://www.scientificblogging.com/adaptive_complexity/bad_science_journalism_and_the_myth_of_the_oppressed_underdog), found by way of Slashdot. I've never given it the attention it deserves, obviously, but science reporting in the popular media \-- from the news outlets to the movies \--is pretty bad. Cinema is especially guilty of portraying the scientific establishment as a repressive overmind bent on quashing any threat to some imagined orthodoxy, and popular science writing isn't a lot better. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/im-in-love-with-a-hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiac.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/im-in-love-with-a-hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiac.md index 43110a6d..94330333 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/im-in-love-with-a-hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiac.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/im-in-love-with-a-hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiac.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: I'm in love with a Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiac. -date: 2006-12-28 16:06 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: bbc, facts, humour, science, snark, trivia +--- +title: I'm in love with a Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiac. slug: im-in-love-with-a-hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiac +date: "2006-12-28 16:06" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - bbc + - facts + - humour + - science + - snark + - trivia +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- In the spirit of the silly, here's a set of [100 things we didn't know last year](http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/index.html#a007948), courtesy of the BBC. Amongst these facts is this: [200 million blogs are no longer updated](http://www.offlineblog.com/mildillson). Go figure! diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/immaterialism.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/immaterialism.md index 38f1a109..fdc7d3c8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/immaterialism.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/immaterialism.md @@ -1,18 +1,24 @@ -Title: Immaterialism -date: 2004-07-23 16:53 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: coffee, doodads, gifts, ipod, music +--- +title: Immaterialism slug: immaterialism +date: "2004-07-23 16:53" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - coffee + - doodads + - gifts + - ipod + - music +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's a peculiar thing for me, given my generally materialistic bent, to be in a position where I simply don't want anything material -- not actively, at any rate. Over the course of the last year, I've been given two gifts that, between them, have transformed my life from one of material desire to one where I now have a hard time thinking of what I could ask that anyone ever give me as a gift. -One was the [iPod]() that dad bought me for christmas, and this is a big one. Since getting it, I have listened to more music (in 8 months) than the five years previous all together. It's brought me back to a mental place where I can appreciate music at my leisure, and a place where I both seek new bands and appreciate old ones that I had let fall by the wayside. For example, right now I'm listening to Rammstein. Hard to go wrong with silly-ass techno-influenced german heavy metal :) +One was the [iPod](http://www.apple.com/ipod/) that dad bought me for christmas, and this is a big one. Since getting it, I have listened to more music (in 8 months) than the five years previous all together. It's brought me back to a mental place where I can appreciate music at my leisure, and a place where I both seek new bands and appreciate old ones that I had let fall by the wayside. For example, right now I'm listening to Rammstein. Hard to go wrong with silly-ass techno-influenced german heavy metal :) -The other, though, is a bit smaller and would seem to be a really simple, small thing: This [coffee maker]([http://www.cuisinart.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi/en/item.cgi?item_id=DGB-600BC](http://www.cuisinart.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi/en/item.cgi?item_id=DGB-600BC)) has become indispensable in the week and a half since it came into our house. Imagine the joy of having fresh-ground, fresh-brewed coffee waiting for you every morning. It's so nice, I don't know what else to say, other than it's just that nice. +The other, though, is a bit smaller and would seem to be a really simple, small thing: This [coffee maker](http://www.cuisinart.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi/en/item.cgi?item_id=DGB-600BC) has become indispensable in the week and a half since it came into our house. Imagine the joy of having fresh-ground, fresh-brewed coffee waiting for you every morning. It's so nice, I don't know what else to say, other than it's just that nice. Yes, I'm gushing over a coffee maker. Deal with it. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/in-other-news-2.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/in-other-news-2.md index 666aace1..f8e80711 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/in-other-news-2.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/in-other-news-2.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: In other news... -date: 2003-04-13 08:47 -author: offby1 +--- +title: In other news... +slug: in-other-news-2 +date: "2003-04-13 08:47" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: in-other-news-2 +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- School is coming up on its end at a furious rate. Finals start tuesday, and after thursday, i don't have to ever deal w/ English again -provided i pass the damned course, at any rate. Here's a roundup: diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/in-three-languages.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/in-three-languages.md index 44d6f8c4..a8f7f396 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/in-three-languages.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/in-three-languages.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: In three languages? -date: 2006-05-25 18:12 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: friends, media, philosophy, school, work +--- +title: In three languages? slug: in-three-languages +date: "2006-05-25 18:12" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - media + - philosophy + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, not so much. But I really do have nothing to say. A quick sum-up: diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/infotainment-glut.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/infotainment-glut.md index 9e183eaf..1a4f1a38 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/infotainment-glut.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/infotainment-glut.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Infotainment Glut -date: 2004-11-09 08:16 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: internet, media, rants +--- +title: Infotainment Glut slug: infotainment-glut +date: "2004-11-09 08:16" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - internet + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- A story on Wired News entitled "\`Stop Trying to Persuade Us \\`\__" should be required reading for advertising execs. The only problem is, this is not a grassroots "we're sick of this shit" story, but rather a reasoned objection to the current state of affairs. I guess it's actually even a bit less than that -- It's pretty much the shell of an argument. Entertainment as information itself. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/insomnia.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/insomnia.md index de8c9ddd..f125ac32 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/insomnia.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/insomnia.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ -Title: Insomnia... -date: 2005-01-11 01:20 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: health, sleep +--- +title: Insomnia... slug: insomnia +date: "2005-01-11 01:20" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - health + - sleep +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- sucks. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/irk.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/irk.md index 41b202ea..219bcbf4 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/irk.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/irk.md @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -Title: Irk -date: 2004-10-13 11:40 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Irk +slug: irk +date: "2004-10-13 11:40" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: irk +author: offby1 status: draft - -I spent almost 8 hours yesterday fighting with what _should_ have been a ridiculously simple algorithm for [heuristic search]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-star_search_algorithm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-star_search_algorithm)) that steadfastly refused to come together. After damn near pitching the laptop through a wall in sheer frustration, I sat down, ripped out the whole of the algorithm and started over, changing some assumptions. +--- +I spent almost 8 hours yesterday fighting with what _should_ have been a ridiculously simple algorithm for [heuristic search](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-star_search_algorithm) that steadfastly refused to come together. After damn near pitching the laptop through a wall in sheer frustration, I sat down, ripped out the whole of the algorithm and started over, changing some assumptions. Contrary to the name of the site, I was *not* off by one in any of my calculations \-- That's an error that is, thankfully, largely behind me. However, I had been approaching the problem with one assumption that didn't hold for the search, and it cost me. Now, though, all is well on the western front and I think I even feel better. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/irony-in-philosophy.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/irony-in-philosophy.md index a6cd30ab..5029d736 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/irony-in-philosophy.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/irony-in-philosophy.md @@ -1,12 +1,18 @@ -Title: Irony in Philosophy -date: 2004-09-13 10:08 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants -tags: intellectual property, internet, privacy, rants, school +--- +title: Irony in Philosophy slug: irony-in-philosophy +date: "2004-09-13 10:08" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - privacy + - rants + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - -I'm looking at the front matter of one of my professors' [weblog](), which closely associates [Che Guevara]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara)) with the [Free Culture]() movement. +--- +I'm looking at the front matter of one of my professors' [weblog](http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~wcooper/graymatter/index.html), which closely associates [Che Guevara](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara) with the [Free Culture](http://www.freeculture.org/) movement. Does anyone else see anything ironic in that? Rabid communist/socialist as an icon of Free Culture? diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/is-there-really-a-point.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/is-there-really-a-point.md index f0113e53..e34ab845 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/is-there-really-a-point.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/is-there-really-a-point.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Is there really a point? -date: 2005-08-20 07:36 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants -tags: intellectual property, internet, privacy, rants +--- +title: Is there really a point? slug: is-there-really-a-point +date: "2005-08-20 07:36" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, it's more noise, more erosion\... This "travesty of legal action":http://www.canada.com/windsor/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=906ecfe4-1adc-45e2-998d-cb5c96f01fb2 (also referenced "here":http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2005/08/20/1180942-sun.html, "here":http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/soundoff/story.html?id=1f0563cf-c372-4224-a917-5a3f27e0455b, "here":http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=360edf23-b247-4f51-af14-45ced083696a, and "here":http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050819/COTLER17/TPNational/Canada) is\... well, it's pretty nasty. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-been-a-bit.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-been-a-bit.md index 3189a3f9..16c81ad8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-been-a-bit.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-been-a-bit.md @@ -1,18 +1,22 @@ -Title: It's been a bit -date: 2005-10-07 07:14 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Media, Projects -tags: media, projects, work +--- +title: It's been a bit slug: its-been-a-bit +date: "2005-10-07 07:14" +category: General Thoughts, Media, Projects +tags: + - media + - projects + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As usual\... -Seems to be a slow week in the weblogging world, though \--[Simon]() is still the most prolific of us, and even he's slowed down some. [Char]() is posting at her usual rate, which sits somewhere in between glacial, and molasses on same. All told, well, we're busy and boring ;) +Seems to be a slow week in the weblogging world, though \--[Simon](http://vernondalhart.livejournal.com) is still the most prolific of us, and even he's slowed down some. [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) is posting at her usual rate, which sits somewhere in between glacial, and molasses on same. All told, well, we're busy and boring ;) In general, though, there hasn't been a lot to report. I'm busy at work, doing lots of hacking on the deployment tools we use to set our product up for end users. Of course, that last is a bit misleading \-- our "end users" are, in fact, banks and secondary service providers who resell the use of our software to yet a third tier of customers. It's a very different software model from the ones that I'm used to. Technically, the 'users' of our application are, themselves, programmers. It's a bit of a relief, in fact. -At home, I've decided that I want to acquire some skill in another [scripting language](), so I'm going to write an AI sudoku solver. This shouldn't be too hard \-- we're talking pretty basic stuff, in my view. Hopefully, the process of writing the solver will make me better at the game itself. Thankfully, [Gnome]() on [Ubuntu]() comes with a good Sudoku game. +At home, I've decided that I want to acquire some skill in another [scripting language](http://www.perl.com/), so I'm going to write an AI sudoku solver. This shouldn't be too hard \-- we're talking pretty basic stuff, in my view. Hopefully, the process of writing the solver will make me better at the game itself. Thankfully, [Gnome](http://www.gnome.org) on [Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com/) comes with a good Sudoku game. That's it, really. I'm reading the last chronicles of Thomas Covenant, too, although I'll have to be patient, as book two isn't on the shelves yet, but other than that I've just worked, and read slashdot. Oh, and I saw Serenity. Which kicked my ass four ways from sunday. It was great, great, great! diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-coming.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-coming.md index 631f18b7..615a6f94 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-coming.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-coming.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: It's Coming!!!! -date: 2002-11-09 22:33 -author: offby1 +--- +title: It's Coming!!!! +slug: its-coming +date: "2002-11-09 22:33" category: General Thoughts tags: lord of the rings -slug: its-coming +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Amazon.ca just sent me word that there's a little [something](http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000069F5H/qid=1036906199/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_19_1/702-3144863-0812038) has been shipped at long last. Gawd DAMN, i'm looking forward to this one\... It'll be here late next week, and i swear, i'm just about drooling :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-enough-to-make-me-cry.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-enough-to-make-me-cry.md index fb50860a..0dcf31cf 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-enough-to-make-me-cry.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-enough-to-make-me-cry.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: It's enough to make me cry -date: 2004-08-31 22:48 -author: offby1 +--- +title: It's enough to make me cry +slug: its-enough-to-make-me-cry +date: "2004-08-31 22:48" category: General Thoughts, Rants tags: rants -slug: its-enough-to-make-me-cry +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Just half an hour ago, the server upon which I have stored all my e-mail for years back, all my source code for the same, and in which I have placed much trust abruptly decided that no, I did _not_ need any of the above, much less the sundry files of many kinds and sources that I had assiduously collected over the past couple of years. Basically, it ate an entire filesystem entire. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-here.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-here.md index 329b6eab..1ce039f7 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-here.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-here.md @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ -Title: It's here! -date: 2004-10-05 18:26 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: apple, ipod, music +--- +title: It's here! slug: its-here +date: "2004-10-05 18:26" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - apple + - ipod + - music +author: offby1 status: draft - -![iPod](/images/ipod4.jpg) +--- +![iPod]({static}/images/ipod4.jpg) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-official.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-official.md index dfdf1044..ae1d7d97 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-official.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-official.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: It's official. -date: 2006-01-14 10:51 -author: offby1 +--- +title: It's official. +slug: its-official +date: "2006-01-14 10:51" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: its-official +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Shades of [Pepsi Blue](http://mssv.net/wiki.cgi?PepsiBlue), but I'm taking the plunge: After years of pretty consistent Wintel dominance on my desktop, this week I take the final step away from it and, assuming that I get [sent to](http://www.offlineblog.com/backlog/2006/01/10/eclipsecon-2006/) [EclipseCon 2006](http://www.eclipsecon.org/), buy a Mac. A [Macbook](http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/), to be specific. Ye gods, that name sucks. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-strongherestrong.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-strongherestrong.md index 5ba76d7d..e53c09bd 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/its-strongherestrong.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/its-strongherestrong.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: It's here! -date: 2002-11-12 18:12 -author: offby1 +--- +title: It's here! +slug: its-strongherestrong +date: "2002-11-12 18:12" category: General Thoughts tags: lord of the rings -slug: its-strongherestrong +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE!!!!! Yes, this is what you think it is. So, 35 more minutes\... diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/jobs-jobs.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/jobs-jobs.md index ba77ea3c..1c17d477 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/jobs-jobs.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/jobs-jobs.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Jobs, jobs... -date: 2006-01-27 23:36 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Humour, Internet -tags: humour, internet, work +--- +title: Jobs, jobs... slug: jobs-jobs +date: "2006-01-27 23:36" +category: General Thoughts, Humour, Internet +tags: + - humour + - internet + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm in a particularly bad mood, this evening. As a consequence of some poor planning, on my part and that of others, I'm at loose ends for the evening, every plan I had -- in sequence -- having become obsolete in some fashion or other. This is primarily due to work, today and yesterday. This isn't a condemnation of my job, by any means; that's still excellent. Rather, I blame [WebSphere](http://www-306.ibm.com/software/websphere/). More specifically, I blame certain [extension methods for its security](http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/info/ae/ae/tsec_devextsec.html) infrastructure that are rendering me insensible. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/just-chilling.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/just-chilling.md index ac17ec34..75dac82a 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/just-chilling.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/just-chilling.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Just Chilling -date: 2004-07-26 21:03 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: book, cryptography, movie, steadicam +--- +title: Just Chilling slug: just-chilling +date: "2004-07-26 21:03" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - book + - cryptography + - movie + - steadicam +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's a pretty nice evening here. I'm sitting on the couch in the living room, Char just beside me reading her Dark Tower book and Ivan on my lap. I don't have to get up in the morning, and I have plans to get some quality geeking in when I do. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/justify-my-paranoia.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/justify-my-paranoia.md index 01edfd36..d7640861 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/justify-my-paranoia.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/justify-my-paranoia.md @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ -Title: Justify my paranoia? -date: 2005-02-07 07:37 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet -tags: intellectual property, internet, privacy +--- +title: Justify my paranoia? slug: justify-my-paranoia +date: "2005-02-07 07:37" +category: General Thoughts, Internet +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - privacy +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This "just in":http://www.apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/07A1C8CA269E79B5CA256FA1000F9763: Apparently, [Kazaa is logging user downloads](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/07/0646237&tid=158&tid=123&tid=95&tid=187) from their p2p service. I've had plenty to say about Kazaa being a font of nastiness in the past, but this pretty much cements it. If you're using it still, please stop. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/k2-or-everest.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/k2-or-everest.md index 0064f032..42be327f 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/k2-or-everest.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/k2-or-everest.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: K2, or Everest? -date: 2003-01-17 06:49 -author: offby1 +--- +title: K2, or Everest? +slug: k2-or-everest +date: "2003-01-17 06:49" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: k2-or-everest +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I've gone and set myself a monumental task, by any standard, i think. The other day, as i was investigating a new programming language called ["D"](http://www.digitalmars.com/d/) - for those programmers amongst you, you might catch the subtle "C++" reference, and for the rest, it's not really all that funny anyway - and i became aware that the language badly lacked development tools. Specifically, an [IDE](http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?integrated+development+environment). So, being the sort of geek that I am, i decided that i would build one. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/lasers.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/lasers.md index 6ebc1fa8..392a1841 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/lasers.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/lasers.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Lasers! -date: 2008-05-09 08:42 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: family, friends, laser tag, party +--- +title: Lasers! slug: lasers +date: "2008-05-09 08:42" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - family + - friends + - laser tag + - party +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Had a great time with Eric and company at his bachelor party last night. This one won't win any awards for hardcore crazy times, but that's more my speed anyway. The entertainments included political snarkery, literary pretensions, laser tag, and Dragonball on the Wii. All of these things are good fun, and really, what would life be like without them? I did, however, oversleep a bit this morning. I blame the fact that I've not topped 6 hours of sleep in any night for around a month, which is probably not doing my body any good whatsoever. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/let-me-count-the-ways.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/let-me-count-the-ways.md index fb844a4b..635f2184 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/let-me-count-the-ways.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/let-me-count-the-ways.md @@ -1,18 +1,24 @@ -Title: Let me count the ways -date: 2004-08-07 05:43 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: intellectual property, internet, media, politics, rants +--- +title: Let me count the ways slug: let-me-count-the-ways +date: "2004-08-07 05:43" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - media + - politics + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I can't even _start_ to enumerate the ways that this program to [teach schoolchildren copyright](http://www.musicmanifesto.co.uk/) offends my sensibilities. -Along with the american MPAA, who is also doing [something]([http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/04/25/laying_down_the_copyright_law____to_children?pg=full](http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/04/25/laying_down_the_copyright_law____to_children?pg=full)) like it, this program is part of a concerted effort by holders of modern, excessively-long copyrights to indoctrinate young children into toeing the party line. +Along with the american MPAA, who is also doing [something](http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/04/25/laying_down_the_copyright_law____to_children?pg=full) like it, this program is part of a concerted effort by holders of modern, excessively-long copyrights to indoctrinate young children into toeing the party line. -Unlike [some groups]() I don't advocate the idea that 'Information wants to be free', nor do I believe that any entity, be they an artist or a massive conglomerate like the (MP\|RI)AA, is obligated to give away their intellectual property just because the marginal cost of duplication is so small. However, I object to the entry of private industry lobby groups into an education system that is already starting to show signs of commercial decay. +Unlike [some groups](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/25/1629228&tid=146) I don't advocate the idea that 'Information wants to be free', nor do I believe that any entity, be they an artist or a massive conglomerate like the (MP\|RI)AA, is obligated to give away their intellectual property just because the marginal cost of duplication is so small. However, I object to the entry of private industry lobby groups into an education system that is already starting to show signs of commercial decay. -The Register in the UK has [a writeup]([http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/05/uk_school_copyright_lessons/](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/05/uk_school_copyright_lessons/)) on this, and there is an [open letter]() from a British citizen on [kuro5hin]() that indicates a nice, clear set of objections to the policy. +The Register in the UK has [a writeup](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/05/uk_school_copyright_lessons/) on this, and there is an [open letter](http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/8/5/151113/8977) from a British citizen on [kuro5hin](http://www.kuro5hin.org/) that indicates a nice, clear set of objections to the policy. Sometimes I think that, while we're all looking the other way, our rights as human beings -- not as abstract consumers of goods -- are simply going to be cancelled along with the latest crop of post-Seinfeld flops. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/like-flynn.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/like-flynn.md index 05b27f91..7a2311d7 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/like-flynn.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/like-flynn.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Like Flynn -date: 2009-01-26 18:24 -author: offby1 -category: life -tags: friends, home, move, simon +--- +title: Like Flynn slug: like-flynn +date: "2009-01-26 18:24" +category: life +tags: + - friends + - home + - move + - simon +author: offby1 status: published - +--- And we're in. It's a pretty flash place. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/link-confessions-of-an-engineering-washout.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/link-confessions-of-an-engineering-washout.md index 429335e8..122ea60b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/link-confessions-of-an-engineering-washout.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/link-confessions-of-an-engineering-washout.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Link: Confessions of an Engineering Washout -date: 2005-09-28 07:17 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media -tags: internet, media, school +--- +title: "Link: Confessions of an Engineering Washout" slug: link-confessions-of-an-engineering-washout +date: "2005-09-28 07:17" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media +tags: + - internet + - media + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [This article](http://www.techcentralstation.com/092105B.html) (Found on [/.](http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/28/0011245&tid=146&tid=218)) is an interesting comment on a problem I've observed in CS, as well. Basically, although I'll concede that my sympathy is\... limited (is _anyone_ surprised by that?) on the subject, this author makes a good point. The people who make it into the teaching positions in the hard sciences are often not sociable people. I can think of one professor I had last year that acted as though he saw every conversational request for help as a prelude to me trying to make off with his lunch money. And he's not the worst in the school. Fixes? Who knows\... Maybe more teachers like [Moebius Stripper](http://www.talldarkandmysterious.ca/) are needed, or maybe somebody needs to look at these professors' skills and, if they cannot teach, _teach them to_. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/looking-out-for-my-rights.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/looking-out-for-my-rights.md index f0c4126b..276c3b24 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/looking-out-for-my-rights.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/looking-out-for-my-rights.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Looking Out for my Rights -date: 2006-07-30 11:01 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Projects -tags: intellectual property, privacy, projects +--- +title: Looking Out for my Rights slug: looking-out-for-my-rights +date: "2006-07-30 11:01" +category: General Thoughts, Projects +tags: + - intellectual property + - privacy + - projects +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- After reading about some disturbing events in the US detailing the arrest and mistreatment of citizens whose only apparent crime was the recording of police activity (see [here](http://www.nbc10.com/news/9574663/detail.html), with discussion [here](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/30/0557216), and [here](http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/NEWS01/106290121), with discussion [here](http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/29/188221&tid=172)), I'm interested in looking out for my _own_ rights in that respect, as a Canadian citizen. I've realized that much of what I expect to be true in my interactions with the Police is informed by my consumption of US media, where, for example, there _are_ property rights enshrined in the constitution, and the 4th amendment exists. Here in Canada, neither of those things are true. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/losing-things-you-never-knew-you-had.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/losing-things-you-never-knew-you-had.md index d7d342ca..f16a1d56 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/losing-things-you-never-knew-you-had.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/losing-things-you-never-knew-you-had.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Losing things you never knew you had. -date: 2006-08-27 21:06 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet -tags: freedom, intellectual property, internet, privacy +--- +title: Losing things you never knew you had. slug: losing-things-you-never-knew-you-had +date: "2006-08-27 21:06" +category: General Thoughts, Internet +tags: + - freedom + - intellectual property + - internet + - privacy +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Although the likelihood of any of my readers directly using the freedoms that they have at present with regards to circumventing digital content management schemes is low-to-nil, it still occurs to me that you might be interested in bill C-60, which would take these silent, but vital, rights from you. So, well, here's a very well-spoken law professor's take on it, by way of [30 days of DRM](http://www.michaelgeist.ca/daysofdrm) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/marks-to-date.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/marks-to-date.md index 826e8a5f..507d91d0 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/marks-to-date.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/marks-to-date.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Marks to date -date: 2002-11-05 10:10 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Marks to date +slug: marks-to-date +date: "2002-11-05 10:10" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: marks-to-date +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, i can't really quote my math mark, cos it doesn't count, and i don't get the midterm for it back until later today, but my Chem101 marks are in for both midterms, and i'm sitting at a 92.2% average. Not too shabby, all told\... CMPT114 is at 95.5% diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/math-labs.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/math-labs.md index 8c6d3644..194235a0 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/math-labs.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/math-labs.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Math labs -date: 2003-01-28 16:23 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Math labs +slug: math-labs +date: "2003-01-28 16:23" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: math-labs +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Why on earth would there be such a thing as a math lab? I'm not, as you all know, averse to the use of technological tools, but this is a pure-ass waste of my time. I'm sitting here watching our lab prof go over things that we covered in class, what, two weeks ago, just so that we can enter the problems into a software package and see pretty graphs\... Bah. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/maynard.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/maynard.md index 0c1301d3..6848e036 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/maynard.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/maynard.md @@ -1,11 +1,20 @@ -Title: Maynard -date: 2006-12-01 00:01 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: intellectual property, internet, media, obscenity, pornography, privacy, quote, rants +--- +title: Maynard slug: maynard +date: "2006-12-01 00:01" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - media + - obscenity + - pornography + - privacy + - quote + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Nothing on internet censorship (note: If you're on a Canadian ISP and reading this, there are now sites blocked for all Canadians. Right now they're kiddie porn only\... but it's a short step from that to deciding other sites are _objectionable_ and blockable. Your ISP \-- the one you _pay to provide you with internet access_ \-- is doing this. Respond as you will). What I'm actually posting on is an excellent [interview with Maynard James Keenan](http://www.avclub.com/content/node/55757) (of Tool) at the Onion AV Club. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/memory-lane.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/memory-lane.md index 576ca612..dedf7bcd 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/memory-lane.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/memory-lane.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Memory Lane -date: 2007-08-24 21:28 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: memory lane, piranhas, school, stress, vitriol +--- +title: Memory Lane slug: memory-lane +date: "2007-08-24 21:28" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - memory lane + - piranhas + - school + - stress + - vitriol +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's funny how subtle things can bring memories\... or at least fuzzy, vague recollections, trickling back into the foreground. I'm not exaggerating when I say I have few clear memories of my life before leaving Grande Prairie. It's not much of a stretch for me to claim that I only really ever became a whole person once the last vestiges of that place were stripped from me and I stepped out into the world anew. This isn't to say I'm the best at the social interaction thing as it is. I can see from my relationships now that I still carry some of the baggage of what was, easily, the worst way I can imagine anyone having to grow up barring famine or warfare. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/michael-geist-the-search-for-net-neutrality.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/michael-geist-the-search-for-net-neutrality.md index bbecf45e..7c6c403d 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/michael-geist-the-search-for-net-neutrality.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/michael-geist-the-search-for-net-neutrality.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Michael Geist - The Search for Net Neutrality -date: 2005-12-19 15:34 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: intellectual property, internet, media, privacy, rants +--- +title: Michael Geist - The Search for Net Neutrality slug: michael-geist-the-search-for-net-neutrality +date: "2005-12-19 15:34" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - media + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Found on the net: [The Search for Net Neutrality](http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1040) Meaning, of course, that we're still looking for it. It seems, and I've run into this issue myself over the last few months, that our wonderful ISP overlords have decided to quietly engage strict controls on the *nature* of the content that we will be allowed to get over their wires\... You know, the ones you pay to use? diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/missing.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/missing.md index 66ae9488..84e8f438 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/missing.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/missing.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Missing -date: 2004-05-01 04:06 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Missing +slug: missing +date: "2004-05-01 04:06" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: missing +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, to anyone that wants to get hold of me in the near- to mid-term future, be aware that I'm going to be somewhat out of touch. Thanks to the necessity of money and paying for school with it, I am obliged to get my ass out of town and make a bunch of it. The downside to this? Well, let's just say I'll miss my (various) favourite things from home. And my computers. Anyway, I'll be catching up on my e-mail pseudo-weekly, so i hope not to be missing completely. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/mobility-rocks-my-lazy-ass.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/mobility-rocks-my-lazy-ass.md index 5fc0b860..40a81486 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/mobility-rocks-my-lazy-ass.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/mobility-rocks-my-lazy-ass.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Mobility rocks my lazy ass! -date: 2003-04-21 22:50 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: char, computer, geeky, wi-fi +--- +title: Mobility rocks my lazy ass! slug: mobility-rocks-my-lazy-ass +date: "2003-04-21 22:50" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - char + - computer + - geeky + - wi-fi +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I gots a laptop! ;) Okay, colour me fourteen shades of enthused about this. It's not quite the godbox i drool over, but it's mobile, it's powerful, it's colourful, and it's ours! :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/moods.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/moods.md index 5767835e..66a1beeb 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/moods.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/moods.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Moods -date: 2002-12-21 05:40 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: asshole, char, introspection +--- +title: Moods slug: moods +date: "2002-12-21 05:40" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - asshole + - char + - introspection +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This is directed mostly towards anyone that knows me personally, which is, last time i checked, anyone who reads this site - it's not like i have a broad readership. I've been trying to figure out why i'm so short-tempered of late. This isn't a new thing, but i kind of had it brought home to me how serious it was just this morning. I've been snappy, touchy, and generally suspicious of the motivations of someone whom i should be implicitly trustful of, and it's not fair to her. So, now i want to figure out why. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/more-and-further.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/more-and-further.md index 428fa387..8a98172d 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/more-and-further.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/more-and-further.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: More and further... -date: 2004-01-08 10:20 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: intellectual property, privacy, rants +--- +title: More and further... slug: more-and-further +date: "2004-01-08 10:20" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Adam Gessaman has [some more to say](http://idly.org/2004/01/07/locke-property-and-software-piracy) on the subject of piracy, in response to Aaron's [opinions](http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/onPiracy) on the nature of intellectual property. Some of Aaron's statements from the debate [here](http://www.offlineblog.com/backlog/2004/01/04/aaaarghhh/) as well make it into the rebuttal. Essentially, Adam manages to express the reasons that really underly my belief that Nick, amongst others, have a right to the profits from their software. Especially interesting is the quote: diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/more-engl101-follies.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/more-engl101-follies.md index 3286fddd..bcfc20dd 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/more-engl101-follies.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/more-engl101-follies.md @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ -Title: More ENGL101 follies -date: 2002-11-21 11:54 -author: offby1 +--- +title: More ENGL101 follies +slug: more-engl101-follies +date: "2002-11-21 11:54" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: more-engl101-follies +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Just finished going over a short story in ENGL-101 today called "The Lame Shall Enter First" and - whoah - did this story ever leave me feeling, well, strongly. So, the story is basically about - in terms of subject - the failure of a father to pay attention to his son, and the son's response. There's a lot going on here, though, and a lot of it has to do with the author's apparent belief that atheism==evil. Needless to say, i take great exception to that :) -The class discussion on this was a bit more indepth than i've grown used to - there were a few interesting comments made on the nature of evil. At least one classmate initially saw fit to suggest that good intentions can absolve a person of their evils. I got to [Godwin]() the discussion at this point, which is something that i haven't had the pleasure of doing in a live debate in ages :) Mind you, it didn't end the discussion, either. +The class discussion on this was a bit more indepth than i've grown used to - there were a few interesting comments made on the nature of evil. At least one classmate initially saw fit to suggest that good intentions can absolve a person of their evils. I got to [Godwin](http://www.faqs.org/docs/jargon/G/Godwin's-Law.html) the discussion at this point, which is something that i haven't had the pleasure of doing in a live debate in ages :) Mind you, it didn't end the discussion, either. All in all, it was an interesting debate. My prof. seemed to read O'Connor as saying that evil is a choice that we all make, while i saw Rufus' statement that the Devil was in him as an abrogation of his ability or willingness to choose, and thus an attempt to absolve himself of responsibility for his own actions. It's a matter of interpretation, and i think that my stance has a lot to do with my own atheism - so, for all those offended by the last posting, YMMV :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/more-midterms.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/more-midterms.md index e8a5258b..417daf9c 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/more-midterms.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/more-midterms.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: More midterms -date: 2002-11-02 13:46 -author: offby1 +--- +title: More midterms +slug: more-midterms +date: "2002-11-02 13:46" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: more-midterms +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This is getting out of hand, i think\... I know i need to work on my study habits, but for some reason, i can't get off my ass and get at it - which is frustrating as all hell :/ I think i know the reason, though, and it's a cruel irony that what makes school so easy now, and always has, is going to screw me *right* up come next year, or the year after\... Why should i study if i don't seem to need to? This isn't a new problem - it's not like my previous educational experience hasn't taught me how easy school can be. The only time i ever ran into problems was in the last year of college, where i fucked up badly - but i attribute that in no small part to external influences\... (yes, i'm looking at you, Beau ;) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/more-u-foolery.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/more-u-foolery.md index 3b9f0c98..3e70c7ef 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/more-u-foolery.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/more-u-foolery.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: More U foolery -date: 2004-04-26 09:04 -author: offby1 +--- +title: More U foolery +slug: more-u-foolery +date: "2004-04-26 09:04" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: more-u-foolery +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Word back from the U of A has been slow in coming, and now that I've finally _gotten_ some kind of word, that word has turned out to be "Wait." Fuckers. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/morning-thoughts.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/morning-thoughts.md index d6e4e054..1a2341ec 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/morning-thoughts.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/morning-thoughts.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Morning thoughts -date: 2005-09-15 07:22 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: geeky, school, simon, work +--- +title: Morning thoughts slug: morning-thoughts +date: "2005-09-15 07:22" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - geeky + - school + - simon + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- \... Mostly, how I want a cup of coffee. Trivialities, everywhere. I've had a geeky week, so far, consisting of (wait for it\...) re-organizing my \$HOME dir on the school, work, and home systems to, well\... @@ -14,7 +19,7 @@ It's geeky and it involves [subversion](http://subversion.tigris.org), one of th School has started back up, for those who are doing it, and I've made arrangements to take a course come January, and come May. This will have the benefit of allowing me to pursue part time work with the company I'm interning at, and maybe not be living from paycheque to paycheque (or at least not so obviously) while I finish the degree. -I keep reading the stuff [Simon]() posts and thinking\... I should start talking about that on here. The problem is that, like what he writes, my interests are a bit difficult to communicate. Would it mean anything to anyone to hear that I tracked down a bug in some data to XML serializing code that was causing the character set on e-mail messages to be misrepresented? +I keep reading the stuff [Simon](http://vernondalhart.livejournal.com) posts and thinking\... I should start talking about that on here. The problem is that, like what he writes, my interests are a bit difficult to communicate. Would it mean anything to anyone to hear that I tracked down a bug in some data to XML serializing code that was causing the character set on e-mail messages to be misrepresented? I thought not. But it was nifty. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/moving-again.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/moving-again.md index cd2282c9..96e11b11 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/moving-again.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/moving-again.md @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ -Title: Moving again. -date: 2005-06-30 09:53 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Moving again. +slug: moving-again +date: "2005-06-30 09:53" category: General Thoughts tags: moving -slug: moving-again +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As seen over on [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com)'s weblog, we're moving again. This time, though, it's to somewhere where we'll have our own kitchen :) I'm a little freaked by the suddenness of the move \-- we'll (possibly \--it could be as late as a month from now) be moving literally the day after tomorrow, which is\... abrupt. Especially with the dearth of trucks available to us to do the moving. Fortunately, we don't have a lot of large furniture, but there's enough to render it \... awkward. -However, I'm happy to be about it. It'll be nice to get some space, and the [location]([http://www.homebase.ca/home/profiles/view/Edmonton/Rental/9660411/JASPER_111.html](http://www.homebase.ca/home/profiles/view/Edmonton/Rental/9660411/JASPER_111.html)) is pretty nice, too. It's expensive, but it is downtown, which is\... convenient. Don't be fooled by the picture \-- there's no stairs in our suite, we're strictly flat :) Kickass balcony, though. +However, I'm happy to be about it. It'll be nice to get some space, and the [location](http://www.homebase.ca/home/profiles/view/Edmonton/Rental/9660411/JASPER_111.html) is pretty nice, too. It's expensive, but it is downtown, which is\... convenient. Don't be fooled by the picture \-- there's no stairs in our suite, we're strictly flat :) Kickass balcony, though. So, we'll be moving. It means no phone for a few days, if the move happens this weekend, so we'll be hard to reach. Email, as usual, though. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/moving-day.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/moving-day.md index e078e930..c691fb02 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/moving-day.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/moving-day.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Moving day -date: 2002-12-06 08:42 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: computer, geeky, moving +--- +title: Moving day slug: moving-day +date: "2002-12-06 08:42" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - computer + - geeky + - moving +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Not out of the house, but from one room to another. Ever moved three computers, two desks, a table, a shelving unit, and about 300lbs of assorted junk? And it was the computers that were the worst, by far. Both Char and i underestimated the time requirements here - it took waaaay longer than we planned for. Think of it this way. Three computers, approximately 5-7 cables each, all tangled. Buried under/over desk legs, table legs, wrapped around each other, lying in slithering pools on the floor.. Well, not actually *slithering*, but you get the idea, i'm sure. It wasn't a lot of fun. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/musings-on-the-modern-modus-operandi.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/musings-on-the-modern-modus-operandi.md index ef869c9d..599cabe4 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/musings-on-the-modern-modus-operandi.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/musings-on-the-modern-modus-operandi.md @@ -1,15 +1,23 @@ -Title: Musings on the Modern Modus Operandi -date: 2008-03-29 11:53 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media -tags: censorship, culture, gaming, internet, islam, parenting, religion +--- +title: Musings on the Modern Modus Operandi slug: musings-on-the-modern-modus-operandi +date: "2008-03-29 11:53" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media +tags: + - censorship + - culture + - gaming + - internet + - islam + - parenting + - religion +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This is a bit of a catch-all posting; I've been entertained by a few of the things I've seen recently, enraged by others, and figured I would pass on a few tidbits. Seen on thursday evening in a restaurant: A little boy, probably a bit over one year old, starts to do that high-pitched attention-getter crying bit, and after a token effort at calming him by his father, the mother pulls out a _portable DVD player_ and sets it up on the table so that he can watch a TV show and shut the hell up. Overheard this morning in a Starbucks: A couple having coffee together, both looking modern, professional, and stereotypically 'starbucky'\... Talking about playing online RPGs, power-leveling, and gold farming. -In the news: A film, [Fitna](), that is \-- as do so many things these days \-- enraging the religious of the eastern world to the point of sputtering threats. Please note, "The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." +In the news: A film, [Fitna](http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=3369102968312745410), that is \-- as do so many things these days \-- enraging the religious of the eastern world to the point of sputtering threats. Please note, "The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/never-again.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/never-again.md index 4470ed32..c0ba9020 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/never-again.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/never-again.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Never Again -date: 2006-11-10 20:43 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: history, Remembrance Day +--- +title: Never Again slug: never-again +date: "2006-11-10 20:43" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - history + - Remembrance Day +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As is *de-rigeur* for this weblog, it's that time of year again, or it will be tomorrow. I'm reasonably certain that there's some kind of nationwide moment of silence, but I intend to have my own. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/new-forms.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/new-forms.md index 4de870ee..85b78ff3 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/new-forms.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/new-forms.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: New forms -date: 2004-01-12 09:39 -author: offby1 +--- +title: New forms +slug: new-forms +date: "2004-01-12 09:39" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: new-forms +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I just stumbled on an interesting [essay on cheating](http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/InDefenseOfCheating.html) by the author of the [Design of Everyday Things](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0465067107/qid%3D1073925345/schoolblog-20/002-2782151-0670423), Don Norman. Essentialy it's a (valid) argument that grading would work better if it weren't there at all, and instead peoples' schoolwork would be better categorized by their abilities - be they "Leader", "Scholar", "Seeker of information" etc\... diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/no.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/no.md index 9af0f128..4b09dfd9 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/no.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/no.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: No -date: 2003-09-14 23:10 -author: offby1 +--- +title: "No" +slug: "no" +date: "2003-09-14 23:10" category: General Thoughts tags: unhappy -slug: no +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- No, i'm not having a good day. Or week. And no, i'm not going to talk about it. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/not-again.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/not-again.md index 41a85a6e..4a37bff5 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/not-again.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/not-again.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Not again! -date: 2004-07-17 23:32 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: sleep, work +--- +title: Not again! slug: not-again +date: "2004-07-17 23:32" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - sleep + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm sitting here in my basement writing this as all around me falls what looks to be another biblical downpour. I'm listening to both Metallica and the sound of rain falling outside -- since I can hear the latter even over the former. I'm beginning to think that I won't be working tomorrow :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/not-so-cool-but-working.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/not-so-cool-but-working.md index 7721c3f7..ed8bcc11 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/not-so-cool-but-working.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/not-so-cool-but-working.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Not so cool, but working. -date: 2005-06-01 12:22 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Not so cool, but working. +slug: not-so-cool-but-working +date: "2005-06-01 12:22" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: not-so-cool-but-working +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com)'s and my refrigerator, purchased for the massive total of \$50 when we moved into the current domicile, has bit the dust. As slangs for dying go, "reached room temperature" seems to be the best one for this situation. Work is getting interesting. I can't be sure, because they may be humouring me, but I get the feeling I'm actually useful. Which is nice. \$COMPANY itself doesn't seem to be a bad place to work, but the people here are really standout. I'm surrounded by knowledge \-- which I can get at school \-- and experience, which I cannot. I predict a good time here, moreso the more I get into it. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/not-sure-why-this-comes-to-mind.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/not-sure-why-this-comes-to-mind.md index 0c38c036..ab22ec62 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/not-sure-why-this-comes-to-mind.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/not-sure-why-this-comes-to-mind.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Not sure why this comes to mind -date: 2004-07-14 06:31 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants -tags: internet, rants +--- +title: Not sure why this comes to mind slug: not-sure-why-this-comes-to-mind +date: "2004-07-14 06:31" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants +tags: + - internet + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- In a posting on slashdot about "tired.com":http://www.tired.com (via [Slate](http://slate.msn.com/id/2103823/)) and the confessional aspects thereof, I stumbled across "this gem":http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=114414&cid=9694920 of a comment, with regards to the work/life balance. It's funny that \-- despite the advances in labour-saving technologies \--the amount of time and effort we put into maintaining ourselves in a lifestyle of any kind has increased steadily. There was a time, and it's not too terribly long ago, that \-- for example \-- six children could be raised with only one full time income (although I'd be willing to bet that Grandma was doing some kind of work on the side. Care to elaborate, Dad?). diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/nothing-to-talk-about.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/nothing-to-talk-about.md index 94729701..9ded8d0d 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/nothing-to-talk-about.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/nothing-to-talk-about.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Nothing to talk about -date: 2004-11-01 17:39 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Nothing to talk about +slug: nothing-to-talk-about +date: "2004-11-01 17:39" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: nothing-to-talk-about +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Faugh. My life has consisted of marking papers, bashing out code, and being frustrated with a whole shitpile of things. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/obligatory.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/obligatory.md index ffcfd9c7..1c64bd6b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/obligatory.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/obligatory.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Obligatory -date: 2003-12-26 10:36 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: beer, family, food +--- +title: Obligatory slug: obligatory +date: "2003-12-26 10:36" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - beer + - family + - food +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- The Christmas season is past, now begins the age of _Boxing Week_. Scary thought, this, although Char is going out today with my mother to brave the hells that are malls and big-box stores in order to\... You know what, i'm not even sure _what_ they're after. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/oddly-appropriate.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/oddly-appropriate.md index cd5c384a..ccbf5335 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/oddly-appropriate.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/oddly-appropriate.md @@ -1,17 +1,18 @@ -Title: Oddly Appropriate -date: 2007-06-23 08:13 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Oddly Appropriate +slug: oddly-appropriate +date: "2007-06-23 08:13" category: General Thoughts, Internet, Meta tags: autism -slug: oddly-appropriate +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- /me blows the dust off Wow. That's gotta be a record. I couldn't say why I've been so blasé about the whole 'blog' thing the last while. I've just had little to say, and less inclination to spew random junk onto the web. -So, in a sense trying to get back into the swing of things, here's something fascinating I found on Metafilter today: [Coping with Autism](). It's a bullet-pointed self-help guide for people with autism that offers an interesting insight into what differs in their approach to the world. Autism is one of those things that fascinates me, as something that is not _quite_ a disability, but is often viewed as one. +So, in a sense trying to get back into the swing of things, here's something fascinating I found on Metafilter today: [Coping with Autism](http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~alistair/survival/). It's a bullet-pointed self-help guide for people with autism that offers an interesting insight into what differs in their approach to the world. Autism is one of those things that fascinates me, as something that is not _quite_ a disability, but is often viewed as one. Anyway, hope you all find this interesting. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/off-the-road-again.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/off-the-road-again.md index a28934d3..f640555f 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/off-the-road-again.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/off-the-road-again.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Off the road again -date: 2004-06-18 06:32 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Off the road again +slug: off-the-road-again +date: "2004-06-18 06:32" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: off-the-road-again +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm back from my brief stint out working again, and this time it's for more than a week. Or sorta. My vacation is set in stone nearly from beginning to end, but at least it's set in _relaxing_ stone, as opposed to the irritating, stuck in your shoes variety. So I'm looking forward to most of it. I'm hoping that the time away from work will afford me the opportunity to see a few of the friends that have been too long absent from my life (I'm looking at _you_, all you people that skipped my party last month!) and maybe just to unwind a bit. It's gonna be tough to go back. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/off.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/off.md index 720f3c12..d2420968 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/off.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/off.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Off -date: 2005-02-20 09:35 -author: offby1 +--- +title: "Off" +slug: "off" +date: "2005-02-20 09:35" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: off +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, the [lady](http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar) and I are off to Mexico for a week of sunning, eating, drinking, and the making of merry. Blogging will be minimal, obviously, although I'll still be slaving away at [homework](http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~c340/labs/labAssign2/) while I am away. Cheer for me! diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/old-times-new-places.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/old-times-new-places.md index fa9e43ad..4a1d0afc 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/old-times-new-places.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/old-times-new-places.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Old times, new places -date: 2003-06-14 13:43 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: bar, music, work +--- +title: Old times, new places slug: old-times-new-places +date: "2003-06-14 13:43" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - bar + - music + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Went out to the bar last night, for the first time in ages. Okay, that's a bit misleading - i was working at the bar. Jenny(i?), who i suspect most of my readers don't know, has put together a fairly decent replacement for the now-completely-defunct spooky kid night that used to be the soft, gooey centre of the local goth/rivet scene. And, being that i've worked with her before, she asked me to do door/bouncer duties. Hell, it's cash :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-a-different-note.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-a-different-note.md index fdaf400a..34a2bff4 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-a-different-note.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-a-different-note.md @@ -1,12 +1,18 @@ -Title: On a different note -date: 2004-05-30 08:16 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: edmonton, friends, memory lane, moving, school +--- +title: On a different note slug: on-a-different-note +date: "2004-05-30 08:16" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - edmonton + - friends + - memory lane + - moving + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - -I was going to write about my evening last night with a few really good friends, involving mainly hockey, insanely hot wings, bowling, pool, and beer. But upon browsing my daily blog collection, I figured I'd meta-comment on [this]() instead. +--- +I was going to write about my evening last night with a few really good friends, involving mainly hockey, insanely hot wings, bowling, pool, and beer. But upon browsing my daily blog collection, I figured I'd meta-comment on [this](http://www.livejournal.com/users/vernondalhart/106659.html) instead. Although the timeframe is a bit extended, I think that I can really identlfy with the theme of the post, if not the specific details of it. I can remember spending much of my earlier life striving with all I had to be whatever it took to get people to like me. I would do anything asked of me, if I thought it had any hope whatsoever of making people appreciate me. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-inspiration.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-inspiration.md index 93b255be..9b4ed0c8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-inspiration.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-inspiration.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: On Inspiration -date: 2004-08-08 23:32 -author: offby1 +--- +title: On Inspiration +slug: on-inspiration +date: "2004-08-08 23:32" category: General Thoughts, Projects tags: projects -slug: on-inspiration +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- \... and its polar opposite, of course. Because, if I were inspired at the moment, I'd be out _creating something_, as opposed to sitting here polishing up my mail server and posting this. I'm looking at at least three programming projects that actively interest me right now. And yet, I can't bring myself to work on any of them. Nothing seems to make sense with any of them, they're just lines on a screen these days. I know that there's more there, but every single little snag seems insurmountable in this mood, and programming is all about overcoming the little snags, one at a time. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-solitude.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-solitude.md index 7a02b2c3..f9f5b459 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-solitude.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-solitude.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: On Solitude -date: 2004-09-15 16:25 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: char, love, monogamy +--- +title: On Solitude slug: on-solitude +date: "2004-09-15 16:25" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - char + - love + - monogamy +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Having made a fairly big deal out of my [loner tendencies](http://offlineblog.com/backlog/2004/07/30/required-reading/) a couple of months back, it's weird to be feeling as I do. I had a conversation recently with a really good friend where they asked me what the point was to a serious monogamous relationship, if sometimes you still crave variety or are not always perfectly happy with what you have. At the time, I didn't really know how to answer, so all I could say then was that it was a guarantee of safety. Knowing that when I got home, my life wouldn't have turned to shit while I was out. This is a personal history thing, and obviously it doesn't apply to everyone, but I was at a bit of a loss as to what else I could say. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-the-bandwagon-with-me.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-the-bandwagon-with-me.md index 852075b4..d326cd00 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-the-bandwagon-with-me.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-the-bandwagon-with-me.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: On the bandwagon with me -date: 2004-06-21 07:34 -author: offby1 +--- +title: On the bandwagon with me +slug: on-the-bandwagon-with-me +date: "2004-06-21 07:34" category: General Thoughts tags: family -slug: on-the-bandwagon-with-me +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- For further info, and better writing about my dad, see [here](http://www.livejournal.com/users/vernondalhart/108232.html) For specifics, well, I think that the best sum-up of my relationship with my father is the thing he said to me about living with Char and I for half a year: It's nice that we get to experience living together as adults and equals, and thus get to know each other better than otherwise we would. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-the-line-again.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-the-line-again.md index d78c3617..c16aca65 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-the-line-again.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-the-line-again.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: On the line again -date: 2004-05-12 22:14 -author: offby1 +--- +title: On the line again +slug: on-the-line-again +date: "2004-05-12 22:14" category: General Thoughts tags: internet -slug: on-the-line-again +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, as this might attest, to those who keep track of my comings and goings, i have acheived a state of connectedness here in Mayerthorpe. Not a great one, and i feel nastily constrained by my return to dialup, but a connection nonetheless. So here i am. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-wheels.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-wheels.md index 0a923544..8cb5c316 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-wheels.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-wheels.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: On Wheels -date: 2007-04-25 06:27 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: bike, birthday, commuting, work +--- +title: On Wheels slug: on-wheels +date: "2007-04-25 06:27" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - bike + - birthday + - commuting + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- For my birthday I got me one of [these](http://www2.trekbikes.com/bikes/bike.php?bikeid=1034060&f=21), and I'm using it to bike to work. That's quite a workout, I kid ye not. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-why-i-choose-to-fly.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-why-i-choose-to-fly.md index 56638142..81523137 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/on-why-i-choose-to-fly.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/on-why-i-choose-to-fly.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: On why I choose to fly -Date: 2008-12-13 15:47 -Author: offby1 -Category: Life -Tags: dislocation, health, risk, skydiving -Slug: on-why-i-choose-to-fly -Status: published - +--- +title: On why I choose to fly +slug: on-why-i-choose-to-fly +date: "2008-12-13 15:47" +category: Life +tags: + - dislocation + - health + - risk + - skydiving +author: offby1 +status: published +--- # On why I choose to fly Anyone that partakes in a sport that is outside the norm will have some diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/one-down.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/one-down.md index 1239726b..5c4f817b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/one-down.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/one-down.md @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -Title: One down... -date: 2004-09-09 08:26 -author: offby1 +--- +title: One down... +slug: one-down +date: "2004-09-09 08:26" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: one-down +author: offby1 status: draft - -Well, much like [mel]([http://www.livejournal.com/users/fossil_human/1383.html](http://www.livejournal.com/users/fossil_human/1383.html)) posted, day one is done. +--- +Well, much like [mel](http://www.livejournal.com/users/fossil_human/1383.html) posted, day one is done. Day two, interestingly enough, doesn't start until 2 PM :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/one-sided-conversations.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/one-sided-conversations.md index 8d49f00b..aa29ed52 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/one-sided-conversations.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/one-sided-conversations.md @@ -1,16 +1,21 @@ -Title: One-sided conversations -date: 2003-04-04 15:35 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: apology, asshole, events, friends +--- +title: One-sided conversations slug: one-sided-conversations +date: "2003-04-04 15:35" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - apology + - asshole + - events + - friends +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Current events have, as i'm sure all of you know, gotten very interesting on the political and world-issues front. From the scrap over in Iraq, to the shrinking civil liberties in the US, to the intense anti-americanism that penetrates our national government, to my favourite people - anti-war protestors, of course! - there's no end to the number of interesting things going on in the world around me. The problem is, i don't feel like talking about them. At least, not the way i usually do. Why? Because i'm missing my universal foil. Somehow, it's just not the same to yak about these things with even the more interesting and well-spoken/thought people in my life (To whomever is reading this: If you have ever talked with me about this, you're on the list). -So, i did something that i do pretty rarely the other day.. It may not have been all that much, but i attempted an apology/reconciliation with Jamie. At least, i tried one insofar as i feel i owe an apology, which only goes so far. (What's this about? [This](/backlog/2002/12/01/dot-dot-dot/) +So, i did something that i do pretty rarely the other day.. It may not have been all that much, but i attempted an apology/reconciliation with Jamie. At least, i tried one insofar as i feel i owe an apology, which only goes so far. (What's this about? [This](http://www.offlineblog.com/backlog/2002/12/01/dot-dot-dot/)) Anyway, i sent off an e-mail that consisted, essentially, of "Well, i think you were a prick, but i was an asshole too, so here i am, apologizing for the ways in which i was an asshole" diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/ordered.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/ordered.md index c8435a17..71dfc63f 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/ordered.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/ordered.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ -Title: Ordered -date: 2007-12-16 15:32 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: arrogance, assholes, blinders, geeky, ideology, programming +--- +title: Ordered slug: ordered +date: "2007-12-16 15:32" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - arrogance + - assholes + - blinders + - geeky + - ideology + - programming +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's fitting that the quote on my homepage's title bar, as I started to post this, was "Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain". People who know me know well that I'm a geek, and as such I have many of the canonical traits that define 'geek'. I'm oriented towards strict, quantitative judgments and I prefer things that fit neatly into categories. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/ouch.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/ouch.md index 9bfb9f3f..31913217 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/ouch.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/ouch.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Ouch -date: 2007-07-20 16:49 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: bike, pain, undue risk +--- +title: Ouch slug: ouch +date: "2007-07-20 16:49" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - bike + - pain + - undue risk +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | First blood: Bike. | Second blood: Me. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/over-here.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/over-here.md index d30b0384..ab736eca 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/over-here.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/over-here.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ -Title: Over here! -date: 2007-02-14 17:24 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: morruz, travel +--- +title: Over here! slug: over-here +date: "2007-02-14 17:24" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - morruz + - travel +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Check out [Morruz](http://www.offlineblog.com/morruz) for the next few weeks; I'll be posting there in preference to here, whilst traveling. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/over-under-but-never-just-right.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/over-under-but-never-just-right.md index a54dbd6b..0eb0ee00 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/over-under-but-never-just-right.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/over-under-but-never-just-right.md @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ -Title: Over, Under, but never Just Right -date: 2007-05-18 08:37 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: idiocy, risk, security +--- +title: Over, Under, but never Just Right slug: over-under-but-never-just-right +date: "2007-05-18 08:37" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - idiocy + - risk + - security +author: offby1 status: draft - -Here's something interesting\... Bruce Schneier writing about [people's overreactions to risk]([http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/05/rare_risk_and_o.html](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/05/rare_risk_and_o.html)), a topic near and dear to my heart. +--- +Here's something interesting\... Bruce Schneier writing about [people's overreactions to risk](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/05/rare_risk_and_o.html), a topic near and dear to my heart. Security theatre is no new thing to any of us; we all see instances of it in the invasive checks while boarding planes (shoe bombs? Did anyone actually think that'd work?) and the preemtive measures taken to prevent hollywood threats that are neither plausible, nor likely (I'm thinking laptop bombs, et al). diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/ow.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/ow.md index 11f3a013..85805531 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/ow.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/ow.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Ow -date: 2002-11-09 15:03 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: beer, birthday, hangover +--- +title: Ow slug: ow +date: "2002-11-09 15:03" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - beer + - birthday + - hangover +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Happy birthday, to both Jamie and Beau - i hope it was worth the intense pain i feel today :) Bastards. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/pain-and-suffering.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/pain-and-suffering.md index 6b0acfaf..aa5c1328 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/pain-and-suffering.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/pain-and-suffering.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Pain and Suffering -date: 2004-10-10 17:24 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Pain and Suffering +slug: pain-and-suffering +date: "2004-10-10 17:24" category: General Thoughts, Meta tags: meta -slug: pain-and-suffering +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- What's new in my life? See the above title, if you're really curious. Thanks to the wonders of the blind watchmaker, I'm enjoying the pleasant sensation of an evolutionary leftover sliding its way into my back molars. The uptick of this has been a fun little infection, and an upcoming bout with an overly expensive loss of mental acuity. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/percolating-desire.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/percolating-desire.md index 4694a0fc..5d103983 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/percolating-desire.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/percolating-desire.md @@ -1,21 +1,26 @@ -Title: Percolating desire -date: 2005-01-28 08:21 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: apple, computer, geeky, linux +--- +title: Percolating desire slug: percolating-desire +date: "2005-01-28 08:21" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - apple + - computer + - geeky + - linux +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's been trickling its way through my consciousness for a while now that I want an Apple computer. Yes, yes\... New toys, etc\... *(Warning! Geek talk ahead!)* -The fact of the matter is, especially as I use [Linux]() on my laptop more and more, I'm feeling more comfortable with the Unix/Linux OS setup for day to day use. I've even been wondering how well it would work on my desktop, which is \-- for those that don't know my preferences as well \-- a revolutionary event. Still, I'm finding fewer and fewer issues with it that I am unable to handle, and those that are concerns are becoming less important. +The fact of the matter is, especially as I use [Linux](http://www.ubuntulinux.org/) on my laptop more and more, I'm feeling more comfortable with the Unix/Linux OS setup for day to day use. I've even been wondering how well it would work on my desktop, which is \-- for those that don't know my preferences as well \-- a revolutionary event. Still, I'm finding fewer and fewer issues with it that I am unable to handle, and those that are concerns are becoming less important. Still, with regards to my main desktop, due to its ubiquity there's certainly good reason to keep a Windows box running around the house. Also, I just spent a stupid amount of money on it, so it'd be awfully foolish to just up and toss it. -However, when it comes to mobility, I haven't been running windows since December, and frankly I don't miss it. Char does, but I think I may have worked around the last major objection she had to the Linux by getting [MS Office working]() on the box. It's amazing what some people can code up if they try. The thing is, though, that I'd like to give Char this laptop full time \-- put Windows back on it, tune it and make it hum, and then just leave it completely. The problem with that is that having a laptop makes school phenomenally easier. The school lab systems are alright, but they're\... dirty, a lot of the time, and they're often occupied. I'm not a fan. Having a laptop makes it possible, if not always easy, to work at school. +However, when it comes to mobility, I haven't been running windows since December, and frankly I don't miss it. Char does, but I think I may have worked around the last major objection she had to the Linux by getting [MS Office working](http://www.codeweavers.com/) on the box. It's amazing what some people can code up if they try. The thing is, though, that I'd like to give Char this laptop full time \-- put Windows back on it, tune it and make it hum, and then just leave it completely. The problem with that is that having a laptop makes school phenomenally easier. The school lab systems are alright, but they're\... dirty, a lot of the time, and they're often occupied. I'm not a fan. Having a laptop makes it possible, if not always easy, to work at school. -So, in that vein, I intend to save up for an [Apple Powerbook](). Not the ultra-high-end one, because I just don't need that in a laptop. But the 15" powerbook is reasonably-powered and, if not cheap, plausibly attainable with some scrimping. In a year or so, anyway. I don't expect this to happen overnight. And I have commitments to honour with regards to saving up a down payment on a house. But I'm putting this on the table as a savings goal so that I can prod myself with it every once in a while. +So, in that vein, I intend to save up for an [Apple Powerbook](http://www.apple.com/ca/powerbook/). Not the ultra-high-end one, because I just don't need that in a laptop. But the 15" powerbook is reasonably-powered and, if not cheap, plausibly attainable with some scrimping. In a year or so, anyway. I don't expect this to happen overnight. And I have commitments to honour with regards to saving up a down payment on a house. But I'm putting this on the table as a savings goal so that I can prod myself with it every once in a while. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/permanent-damage.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/permanent-damage.md index a896b27c..9a102946 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/permanent-damage.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/permanent-damage.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Permanent Damage -Date: 2007-01-05 07:42 -Author: offby1 -Category: Life -Tags: bad news, dislocation, health, skydiving -Slug: permanent-damage -Status: published - +--- +title: Permanent Damage +slug: permanent-damage +date: "2007-01-05 07:42" +category: Life +tags: + - bad news + - dislocation + - health + - skydiving +author: offby1 +status: published +--- # Permanent Damage I got a phone call from my physician on Wednesday in which he told me diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/planning-on-a-night-out.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/planning-on-a-night-out.md index be6b6878..d344220b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/planning-on-a-night-out.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/planning-on-a-night-out.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Planning on a night out -date: 2006-07-08 21:37 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: bar, beer +--- +title: Planning on a night out slug: planning-on-a-night-out +date: "2006-07-08 21:37" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - bar + - beer +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Beau is over (and cooking) and we're planning on a night of, well\... I'm not reallly sure. But, it'll be out of the house, and it'll involve a few beers and maybe some club time. I predict\... tiredness. ;) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/pointy.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/pointy.md index 57e755f0..862d46f9 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/pointy.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/pointy.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Title: Pointy -date: 2008-05-31 07:17 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts +--- +title: Pointy slug: pointy +date: "2008-05-31 07:17" +category: General Thoughts +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Convocation is coming up in a very short time, and I'm pretty pumped about it. It marks the end of a long, long road, one that should have been shorter than it was. Better late than never is my motto at this point. Mindless Self-Indulgence (a more fitting band name I cannot imagine) is playing this tuesday, and I'm gonna go see them with a whole horde of friends. I expect bruising, which will be fun. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/poke-and-prod.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/poke-and-prod.md index 9bffa987..11f51d57 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/poke-and-prod.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/poke-and-prod.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Poke and Prod -date: 2005-02-09 22:26 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Media -tags: media, school, work +--- +title: Poke and Prod slug: poke-and-prod +date: "2005-02-09 22:26" +category: General Thoughts, Media +tags: + - media + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I read something the other day suggesting that I should post daily so that you, my loyal three readers, have something to do. I got my hiring package from ACI Worldwide today, it's pretty nice. Decent money, although there are some provisions in the intellectual property paperwork that are giving me pause. I'll be asking about that tomorrow, hopefully, so that I can clear it up. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/politicos.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/politicos.md index d612eb66..f53a28d2 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/politicos.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/politicos.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Politicos -date: 2003-01-13 16:26 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Politicos +slug: politicos +date: "2003-01-13 16:26" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: politicos +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- For those of you who don't know what it is, CMPT-272 is a course formally entitled _Formal Systems and Logic for Computer Science_. Basically, at the earlier stages, it consists of simple \`p implies q\` sorts of statements that basically make it, well, dull. Or it would be, if it weren't for one of the more entertaining profs i've ever had for this sort of course. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/posting-while-working.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/posting-while-working.md index 64da3b1c..314d7c2c 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/posting-while-working.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/posting-while-working.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Posting while working -date: 2003-07-16 19:08 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Meta -tags: meta, work +--- +title: Posting while working slug: posting-while-working +date: "2003-07-16 19:08" +category: General Thoughts, Meta +tags: + - meta + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, i'm working as i type, here. Talking to a paranoid, but linguistically-skilled gal, who seems to be able to identify people she's typing to by their typing styles. Different screen name, notwithstanding, she actually twigged to it being me without even trying\... Scary. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/presenting.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/presenting.md index ef0411bd..1f5e562a 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/presenting.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/presenting.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Presenting -date: 2006-12-05 21:18 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: deadlines, exams, presentation, websphere +--- +title: Presenting slug: presenting +date: "2006-12-05 21:18" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - deadlines + - exams + - presentation + - websphere +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Two times in the last week I've had to do class presentation, and although I can't speak for the actual _skill_ that I have, I do seem to have a knack for talking. Which, come to think of it, might come as no surprise :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/privacy-what-privacy.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/privacy-what-privacy.md index a54e4f9c..e0bd3c2b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/privacy-what-privacy.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/privacy-what-privacy.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Privacy? What privacy? -date: 2006-09-09 16:39 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: asshole, craigslist, entrapment, internet, privacy +--- +title: Privacy? What privacy? slug: privacy-what-privacy +date: "2006-09-09 16:39" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - asshole + - craigslist + - entrapment + - internet + - privacy +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- One might be led to wonder whether there is any real expectation of privacy, out in the wilds of the internet. Certainly, it's clear that people typically act in such a way as to minimize this. An example, and one with more than a few facets to be examined, is the [incident provoked (and prodded\... and \...)](http://rfjason.livejournal.com/410835.html) by a blogger by the name of Jason Fortuny. Fortuny, looking at [Craigslist](https://www.craigslist.org), observed this, and made a decision that is \-- at best \-- unethical, and at worst actively sociopathic. He posted an explicit ad to a casual encounters section of a Craigslist site (a section devoted to hooking up for no-strings-attached sex) and waited for responses. Those, he got in spades. Having accumulated a fair number of responses from all walks of life, containing personal information such as phone numbers, names, e-mail addresses, and photos \-- many of which consisted of nude or semi-nude shots \-- he proceeded to post this information to the web. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/product-placement.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/product-placement.md index a25b25c6..378b35eb 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/product-placement.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/product-placement.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Product placement -date: 2003-11-23 10:57 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: book, gift-giving +--- +title: Product placement slug: product-placement +date: "2003-11-23 10:57" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - book + - gift-giving +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Since this is a personal weblog, i suppose i'm allowed to do this blatant gift-whoring :) | Here's a list of the harder-to-find things that i want for christmas\... It's by no means complete, etc.. But if, by some chance, you're looking for something to get me and have no idea what to get (ie: you've decided that computer hardware is out of the question) then perhaps some of the things below may be of interest: diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/proof-that-capitalism-is-the-greatest.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/proof-that-capitalism-is-the-greatest.md index 9f5c4ba5..bce280a0 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/proof-that-capitalism-is-the-greatest.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/proof-that-capitalism-is-the-greatest.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Proof that capitalism is the greatest -date: 2006-12-27 21:54 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: food, humour, nietzsche, will-to-power +--- +title: Proof that capitalism is the greatest slug: proof-that-capitalism-is-the-greatest +date: "2006-12-27 21:54" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - food + - humour + - nietzsche + - will-to-power +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I have here incontrovertible proof that our economic system, which allows a nearly-infinite variety of consumer goods, many of which are pointless to the extreme, is the greatest one in the world: ![Will to Power Bar](http://offby1.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/will_to_power.jpg) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/quietus.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/quietus.md index 1bf58845..cf704ea4 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/quietus.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/quietus.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Quietus -date: 2004-01-20 15:21 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Quietus +slug: quietus +date: "2004-01-20 15:21" category: General Thoughts tags: ping -slug: quietus +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I haven't posted because i haven't felt like saying anything. Still don't, in fact, but i figured i should output something or someone might think i'm dead. So no, i'm not dead. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/rainy-days.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/rainy-days.md index c1bd407b..b1eac57b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/rainy-days.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/rainy-days.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Rainy Days -date: 2004-06-06 04:44 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Rainy Days +slug: rainy-days +date: "2004-06-06 04:44" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: rainy-days +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Thanks to the vagaries of this summer's seemingly super-humid weather, I have the day off today. W00t! diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/raw.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/raw.md index e32954b2..e21ef223 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/raw.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/raw.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Raw -date: 2004-02-01 20:34 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: fear, impending doom, primitive superstition +--- +title: Raw slug: raw +date: "2004-02-01 20:34" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - fear + - impending doom + - primitive superstition +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I don't know why, but for the last few days -- say, a week or so -- i've been feeling just\... raw. Scraped thin. I don't think it's tired, per se, although that's not helping, but i feel like\... I feel like i always do before things go bad, that's how i feel. It's a feeling of impending doom, hanging over my head, and i don't have anything i can see telling me what's coming. Life isn't perfect, but I can't see any signs that the really important things in it \-- School, Char, friends \-- are going anywhere\... diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/re-synchronization.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/re-synchronization.md index 8630fc13..d356c033 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/re-synchronization.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/re-synchronization.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Re-synchronization -date: 2006-01-06 07:42 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Re-synchronization +slug: re-synchronization +date: "2006-01-06 07:42" category: General Thoughts, Media tags: media -slug: re-synchronization +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- What am I up to? Not much -- I'm very very bored, these days. I suppose I could work on work stuff\... Or I could work on some kind of personal coding project. But I just don't feel like it. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/reach-for-the-sky.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/reach-for-the-sky.md index 4dc8d01e..e5d32ce5 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/reach-for-the-sky.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/reach-for-the-sky.md @@ -1,19 +1,22 @@ -Title: Reach for the sky -date: 2004-02-28 09:34 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Media -tags: media, space +--- +title: Reach for the sky slug: reach-for-the-sky +date: "2004-02-28 09:34" +category: General Thoughts, Media +tags: + - media + - space +author: offby1 status: draft - -CBC News is running [a piece](http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/space/spaceelevator.html) on the possibility of a Space Elevator in their News Indepth segment. Dad referred me to this one a couple of days ago, but i couldn't spot a link to it on CBC's site at the time. However, it eventually got [discussed]() on /. and undoubtedly, when i get around to checking it, Mefi as well. +--- +CBC News is running [a piece](http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/space/spaceelevator.html) on the possibility of a Space Elevator in their News Indepth segment. Dad referred me to this one a couple of days ago, but i couldn't spot a link to it on CBC's site at the time. However, it eventually got [discussed](http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/27/198205&mode=thread) on /. and undoubtedly, when i get around to checking it, Mefi as well. Even more than a return to the moon, this project is one of my fondest imaginings. The idea that we might be able to make space travel work for even people like me? How could someone _not_ appreciate that? -Of course, in this wonderful world we inhabit, there's weaknesses to this too; for eample the terrorist threat, which is briefly addressed in this article. Even leaving aside the present-day terrorist threats, this in and of itself could spawn a [new kind of fear]() in the luddites that lead these sorts of things. +Of course, in this wonderful world we inhabit, there's weaknesses to this too; for eample the terrorist threat, which is briefly addressed in this article. Even leaving aside the present-day terrorist threats, this in and of itself could spawn a [new kind of fear](http://www.miscmayhemprods.com/locke/) in the luddites that lead these sorts of things. I guess we'll see how it pans out \-- which is, more often than not, how i sign off on news items like this. I'll admit, for all of my hopes for a better future, I too am a cynic here. It's worth noting, though, that the comic i link to above has one of the more evenhanded visions of the (near) future i've seen in a while. h6. Update: -Dave Barry also said [a funny thing or two]([http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/7217432.htm](http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/7217432.htm)) on the subject. +Dave Barry also said [a funny thing or two](http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/7217432.htm) on the subject. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/rebelv.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/rebelv.md index 9fef400b..cf85b4c4 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/rebelv.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/rebelv.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Rebel(v) -date: 2004-12-12 11:30 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: internet, media, rants +--- +title: Rebel(v) slug: rebelv +date: "2004-12-12 11:30" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - internet + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- **a** **:** to act in or show opposition or disobedience \<*rebelled* against the conventions of polite society\> **b** **:** to feel or exhibit anger or revulsion \<*rebelled* at the injustice of life\> A very interesting article over at "This Magazine":http://www.thismagazine.ca which does an excellent job of summing up and slapping down the anticonsumerist movement that is so prevalent today. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/rejection-and-the-studying-man.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/rejection-and-the-studying-man.md index 18721ce0..28275ef8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/rejection-and-the-studying-man.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/rejection-and-the-studying-man.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Rejection and the Studying man -date: 2003-09-19 09:26 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: fuck telus, rants, school, work +--- +title: Rejection and the Studying man slug: rejection-and-the-studying-man +date: "2003-09-19 09:26" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - fuck telus + - rants + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Just finished my last shift at \$(COMPANY) yesterday, and i've taken away some valuable lessons about work in the lower echelons of the big companies. It seems, for reasons i don't fully understand, that \$(COMPANY) is not really interested in investing in its future employees. Now, in the non-technical end of the organization, where i was employed, that doesn't surprise me. I can not fault them for short-sightedness, given the rapid turnover of their current employees -when someone's only there for a year, don't waste the investment effort. Where i can fault them, though, is in the short-sightedness of the internet unit. While the helpdesk is not a technical job in any real way, it is related. And despite this, they focus their hiring exclusively on non-students. Once again, i've been rejected for employment specifically because i am trying to better myself. It's frustrating to me. \$(COMPANY) is a big part of the technology field in Alberta, and i'd like to keep it in mind for my future employment. But i get the powerful feeling that i'm not going to even look at it when i job hunt, because i know all too well that their priorities do not match mine. I value education, and \$(COMPANY) does not. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/relief-at-the-end.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/relief-at-the-end.md index 734fcf70..81e4dbc0 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/relief-at-the-end.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/relief-at-the-end.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Relief at the end -date: 2003-04-29 15:44 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Relief at the end +slug: relief-at-the-end +date: "2003-04-29 15:44" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: relief-at-the-end +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Got my last few marks (unofficially, as it happens) today, and i was VERY pleasantly surprised. Despite some lackluster performance on the second midterm, apparently my studying (and the sweet pickup line it led to) left me with one of the top marks in the MATH115 final exam. As such, from the jaws of a B, i pull not an A-, but a full-on A. W00t! diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/required-reading.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/required-reading.md index 1e23f832..754ed9f8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/required-reading.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/required-reading.md @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ -Title: Required Reading -date: 2004-07-30 20:31 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: book, solitude +--- +title: Required Reading slug: required-reading +date: "2004-07-30 20:31" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - book + - solitude +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I've known for a long time that, while I'm not a total hermit, I both need less human contact than other people, and tire of it sooner. The fact of the matter is, I find forcing myself to conform to others' expectations of me is exhausting, both physically and mentally, and it leads to some of the more antisocial behaviour that I've engaged in in the past. -I'm thinking, though, that [this book]([http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1569245134/qid=1091244370/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/702-2225080-2583201](http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1569245134/qid=1091244370/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/702-2225080-2583201)) ought to be required reading for anyone that wants to understand me a bit better, and also for anyone that has a friend that they find to be a bit distant at times, for reasons they don't really understand. +I'm thinking, though, that [this book](http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1569245134/qid=1091244370/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/702-2225080-2583201) ought to be required reading for anyone that wants to understand me a bit better, and also for anyone that has a friend that they find to be a bit distant at times, for reasons they don't really understand. _Party of One_ has put to words many of the things I see in myself. Although it's not a word-for-word expression of who I am and how I feel about things, it *is* more accurate than not. I *am* a loner, to a large extent. And although the people in my life enrich it and make it a better place, there are frequent times that I can't handle any of them, and I just need to be away from it all. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/round-one-done.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/round-one-done.md index f7e4fb6d..b7ec2b4e 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/round-one-done.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/round-one-done.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Round one done -date: 2003-02-26 16:27 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Round one done +slug: round-one-done +date: "2003-02-26 16:27" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: round-one-done +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Midterms - the first pass of them, at any rate - are done. Woo! Just polished off the CMPT272 midterm this afternoon, in a manner of speaking. This marks the first time that i can remember that i failed to finish an exam. It's kind of a weird feeling, but since i'm far from the only one, ie: the whole class, not to finish, i don't feel quite so bad. I get the impression that there wasn't really a great expectation that the exam *could* be finished in the time allotted, and i expect we'll be marked accordingly. I hope :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/santa-clara-here-i-come.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/santa-clara-here-i-come.md index 963e8f9e..b2f7cbcc 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/santa-clara-here-i-come.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/santa-clara-here-i-come.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Santa Clara, here I come! -date: 2006-01-18 20:46 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: school, work +--- +title: Santa Clara, here I come! slug: santa-clara-here-i-come +date: "2006-01-18 20:46" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, the other thing is official now -- I just got approval today for the expense of sending my ass down to California for my education in [the ways of Eclipse](http://www.eclipsecon.org). In other news, I started my homework today. About damned time, if you ask me. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/science-religion.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/science-religion.md index 8800145b..ee40c0f9 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/science-religion.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/science-religion.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Science != Religion -date: 2004-11-22 21:02 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: rants, school +--- +title: Science != Religion slug: science-religion +date: "2004-11-22 21:02" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - rants + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Argh. I'm writing this from my comparative literature class where we're discussing _Calculating God_ as this weeks book. Right now i'm in the process of trying to explain why science is not a religion. I'm getting a bit of resistance from the class. The argument to that effect is that science is equivalent to religion in the sense that both are nothing more than roughly equivalent worldviews that simply draw different conclusions in the pursuit of knowledge. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/seeing-is-believing.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/seeing-is-believing.md index a437ba22..d87f1773 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/seeing-is-believing.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/seeing-is-believing.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Seeing is Believing -date: 2004-07-27 08:26 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: intellectual property, privacy, rants +--- +title: Seeing is Believing slug: seeing-is-believing +date: "2004-07-27 08:26" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Spurred by a random comment from a co-worker of mine last night during a post-work wings & beer gathering, I decided today to look into the information on the back of my new [Alberta Driver's Licence](http://www3.gov.ab.ca/gs/driverslicence/). For those of you who haven't seen one yet (I saw many of them when working as a bouncer, and I just recently got my own) they have a strip on the back that consists of some form of binary encoded information. My question was, of course, _what_ information. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/sigh.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/sigh.md index 37b88583..6a8f9463 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/sigh.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/sigh.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Sigh -date: 2004-09-11 22:04 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: apple, char, ipod +--- +title: Sigh slug: sigh +date: "2004-09-11 22:04" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - apple + - char + - ipod +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [I](http://ipod.apple.com/) [miss](http://www.ipodlounge.com/) [my](http://www.google.com/search?q=ipod&sourceid=firefox&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) [iPod](http://www.ipodhacks.com/) :( (I miss Char, too) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/signatures-galore.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/signatures-galore.md index 654f38b1..baef3434 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/signatures-galore.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/signatures-galore.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Signatures Galore -date: 2003-01-04 19:35 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Signatures Galore +slug: signatures-galore +date: "2003-01-04 19:35" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: signatures-galore +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm beginning a complete re-write of the e-mail signature plugin that i was working on around a year ago. For those of you who haven't noticed, at the bottom of my e-mails there's usually a tagline that indicates what song i have currently playing in WinAMP as i write the message. I'm hoping to fix up the plugin so that it's both more flexible and easier to maintain. If anyone is interested in the thing, let me know and i'll hook you up once it's done. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/signed-sealed-and-delivered.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/signed-sealed-and-delivered.md index dccb9444..45c7fc1a 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/signed-sealed-and-delivered.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/signed-sealed-and-delivered.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Signed, Sealed and Delivered -date: 2005-02-15 15:37 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: school, work +--- +title: Signed, Sealed and Delivered slug: signed-sealed-and-delivered +date: "2005-02-15 15:37" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As of today, I have signed my soul away to the corporate machine. It feels _good_. I put together the paperwork today, along with such minor items as my few software creations and my signature in the appropriate places, and now I just have to wait. May 2. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/silence-on-school.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/silence-on-school.md index d2da6ada..a74f7530 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/silence-on-school.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/silence-on-school.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Silence on School -date: 2004-09-18 16:15 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Silence on School +slug: silence-on-school +date: "2004-09-18 16:15" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: silence-on-school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I was reminded yesterday that this blog was -- at least originally --about school. And I haven't been keeping up with that all that well. So, here's a play-by-play. Well, I guess the first thing is, the course (Cmput 415: Compiler Design) that had me most worried is a bit less worrying now. I've gotten a bit of a hang of it, and I think I can hack it. Mind you, the project for it is a bear, and it might still kick my ass and take my name. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/site-death-and-shitty-hardware.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/site-death-and-shitty-hardware.md index 11679fd4..b72973b7 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/site-death-and-shitty-hardware.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/site-death-and-shitty-hardware.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Site death and shitty hardware -date: 2002-12-28 13:54 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: computer, failure +--- +title: Site death and shitty hardware slug: site-death-and-shitty-hardware +date: "2002-12-28 13:54" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - computer + - failure +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Damn computers\... Well, not really. But the machines DO piss me off sometimes. For instance, take my firewall - the wonderful piece of machinery that lets my computers talk to the world outside my walls, and allows the three of you that read this site to get in and peek into my personal life. It croaked. Or, rather, *part* of it croaked yesterday. It's thanks to the good graces of my dear brother that i have anything operating at the moment, and i am deeply grateful for it. Hopefully, there will be no such failures in the next while. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/siteside-again.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/siteside-again.md index d45628b1..e3b03642 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/siteside-again.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/siteside-again.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Siteside again -date: 2004-12-19 09:52 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Meta -tags: meta, school +--- +title: Siteside again slug: siteside-again +date: "2004-12-19 09:52" +category: General Thoughts, Meta +tags: + - meta + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- First, apologies for the lack of real updates. Tomorrow I finish exams, and then I'll be back to posting. In the meantime, I have added a new comment spam trapper (because it was getting out of hand) to the site, which may or may not generate weirdness for you who comment on the site. As such, please let me know via e-mail if you have troubles commenting. I'm trying to cut down on admin time for the site, so that I can focus on posting more :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/sitrep.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/sitrep.md index 8ce6984e..b43ec8f8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/sitrep.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/sitrep.md @@ -1,11 +1,25 @@ -Title: Sitrep -Date: 2007-05-10 12:40 -Author: offby1 -Category: General Thoughts -Tags: alive, bike, char, commuting, dislocation, fear, health, meta, politics, primitive superstition, skydiving, undue risk, work -Slug: sitrep -Status: draft - +--- +title: Sitrep +slug: sitrep +date: "2007-05-10 12:40" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - alive + - bike + - char + - commuting + - dislocation + - fear + - health + - meta + - politics + - primitive superstition + - skydiving + - undue risk + - work +author: offby1 +status: draft +--- # Sitrep Well, it's been a bit; I'm not sure why, but I've been undermotivated to diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/slaving-away-from-home.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/slaving-away-from-home.md index 286613c3..4ec17e23 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/slaving-away-from-home.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/slaving-away-from-home.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Slaving away from home -date: 2005-05-02 21:59 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Slaving away from home +slug: slaving-away-from-home +date: "2005-05-02 21:59" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: slaving-away-from-home +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As the post title (and categorization) suggest, I started work today. I think I'm going to like this job. I'm not saying it'll be perfect, but this is going to be an interesting experience. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/solving-problems.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/solving-problems.md index 553911f5..90780c2b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/solving-problems.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/solving-problems.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Solving Problems -date: 2006-09-01 20:09 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Solving Problems +slug: solving-problems +date: "2006-09-01 20:09" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: solving-problems +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This won't mean much to any of you, but with a bit of finagling I've managed to come up with a reasonably well thought out solution to a problem that has vexed me at work, having to do with porting a logging toolkit from C, where it has been working well for years, to Java where our new development is being done. It's not perfect, but it's a big step up. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/sometimes-i-worry.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/sometimes-i-worry.md index 4f894075..afd20f7b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/sometimes-i-worry.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/sometimes-i-worry.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Sometimes I worry -date: 2005-12-05 23:45 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: musings, temper +--- +title: Sometimes I worry slug: sometimes-i-worry +date: "2005-12-05 23:45" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - musings + - temper +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Why am I so easy to anger, these days? I mean\... I know what _makes_ me angry, but I don't know why I get so mad at it. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/southward.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/southward.md index d502fa79..011efcc7 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/southward.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/southward.md @@ -1,16 +1,21 @@ -Title: Southward -date: 2008-01-29 08:39 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Media -tags: election, ethics, free speech, politics +--- +title: Southward slug: southward +date: "2008-01-29 08:39" +category: General Thoughts, Media +tags: + - election + - ethics + - free speech + - politics +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I've been keeping an eye on the southern neighbor these days; the election coming up down there will have regrettably far-reaching consequences for not only the US but for us, too. I've seen more than a few things that bother me, not least of which is the fact that there is literally not one candidate for any party that strikes me as anything other than an opportunistic, grasping, _myopic_ shell of a human being. I wouldn't move to the US right now if someone paid me. Okay, well, maybe if they paid me a _lot_. -It's the last epithet that concerns me, though; I expect grasping, and opportunistic is synonymous with 'career politician'. The persistent failure of vision, however, is scary; they can't see past their clawing to the top to acknowledge the wounds they're inflicting on themselves in the process. And [Bob]() forfend that we suggest that the process is flawed, that's frankly unamerican. +It's the last epithet that concerns me, though; I expect grasping, and opportunistic is synonymous with 'career politician'. The persistent failure of vision, however, is scary; they can't see past their clawing to the top to acknowledge the wounds they're inflicting on themselves in the process. And [Bob](http://www.subgenius.com/) forfend that we suggest that the process is flawed, that's frankly unamerican. I know, I know, I devote too much thought to this for someone who doesn't even live within the borders, let alone have a right to vote there, but the US elections are merely a logical endpoint (not the _only_ logical endpoint, mind) of the particular form of representative democracy that is so widely believed to be the one, true way. I know I'm going a bit off-message for myself here, but I blame a combination of my usual bugbear (the unending manipulable and moronic voting public) and a new beast: Corporate finance. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/studying-too-hard.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/studying-too-hard.md index 8589d4ca..5a777aab 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/studying-too-hard.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/studying-too-hard.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Studying too hard -date: 2003-04-15 06:48 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: geeky, humour, school, sex +--- +title: Studying too hard slug: studying-too-hard +date: "2003-04-15 06:48" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - geeky + - humour + - school + - sex +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Char informs me that i have an interesting habit. When, as often happens, i fall asleep before she does, apparently when she finally turns off the lights, i tend to roll over and hug her in my sleep, occasionally mumbling something semi-coherent. Last night, she tells me that i rolled over, wrapped my arms around her, and in a tone that she describes as "seductive", i said: "I want to remove your exponents and solve your equation." diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/surprise-surprise.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/surprise-surprise.md index 35fa603c..76651c5e 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/surprise-surprise.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/surprise-surprise.md @@ -1,16 +1,22 @@ -Title: Surprise, Surprise... -date: 2004-04-17 23:40 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: book, doodads, gift-giving, gifts, projects +--- +title: Surprise, Surprise... slug: surprise-surprise +date: "2004-04-17 23:40" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - book + - doodads + - gift-giving + - gifts + - projects +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Although it will no doubt come as a surprise to some (all?) of my readers, I haven't been giving too much thought to my upcoming birthday, and all that goes with that. Meaning, of course, the greedy part of it -- gifts. Yes, yes, i know\... Putting a post about it up on the blog certainly doesn't strengthen my claim, does it? -Well, bugger that. It so happens that, this year, I am more or less at a loss as to what I even want for a gift. The fact of the matter is, ever since Dad got me one of [these]() for Christmas, well, i literally haven't _wanted_ any gadgetry. Oh, sure, I want to upgrade my computer, but the day _that_ stops, it's time to bury me. But, other than that I haven't wanted toys. It's kind of weird. And, as a result, I've been less focused on my materialistic side as I've simply reveled in the pleasure of carrying 1900 songs with me wherever I go. +Well, bugger that. It so happens that, this year, I am more or less at a loss as to what I even want for a gift. The fact of the matter is, ever since Dad got me one of [these](http://www.apple.com/ipod/) for Christmas, well, i literally haven't _wanted_ any gadgetry. Oh, sure, I want to upgrade my computer, but the day _that_ stops, it's time to bury me. But, other than that I haven't wanted toys. It's kind of weird. And, as a result, I've been less focused on my materialistic side as I've simply reveled in the pleasure of carrying 1900 songs with me wherever I go. But, since I've been pounding away at a few things here as programming projects of my own, I've come to realize that there are a few, slightly oddball (as in, they get buried in the Amazon wishlist) items i'd like. And, as usual, they're all books. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/taking-the-plunge-again.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/taking-the-plunge-again.md index 0844d397..9bdf1b17 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/taking-the-plunge-again.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/taking-the-plunge-again.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Taking the plunge, again -date: 2006-04-28 12:41 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Taking the plunge, again +slug: taking-the-plunge-again +date: "2006-04-28 12:41" category: General Thoughts tags: skydiving -slug: taking-the-plunge-again +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, tomorrow I'm heading out, early in the morning, to get back in the saddle at [Eden North](http://www.edennorth.com/). Anyone want in? diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/testing-123-not-4.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/testing-123-not-4.md index afc46b5b..b7f3b0cd 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/testing-123-not-4.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/testing-123-not-4.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Testing 1,2,3... (not 4) -date: 2002-12-12 15:22 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Testing 1,2,3... (not 4) +slug: testing-123-not-4 +date: "2002-12-12 15:22" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: testing-123-not-4 +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Three down, one to go. Plus lab exams, of course. Progress, progress. Here's my quickie reviews: Math114: Well, i did pretty damn well at it, so i can't really bitch too much, can i? I mowed that exam down :) I was pleased to see that it focused on the elements of calculus that i understood, and because it was a cross-section test, it didn't really hit the peculiar things that Solomonovich taugh, such as higher-order corrections and such. Either way, i'll get it better next year :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/tetherless-in-mexico.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/tetherless-in-mexico.md index aa401bba..8a52cb88 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/tetherless-in-mexico.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/tetherless-in-mexico.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Tetherless in Mexico -date: 2005-02-22 21:03 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: school, security, travel, wi-fi +--- +title: Tetherless in Mexico slug: tetherless-in-mexico +date: "2005-02-22 21:03" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - school + - security + - travel + - wi-fi +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, it so happens that if I sit out on our balcony in the resort, I actually piggyback the wireless connection (poorly-secured) of someone in the neighborhood. They're not very security-conscious (their router has the default password, a bad idea in general) but I'm grateful for it. It's hot here, but friendly. The crowd is almost 100% older than [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com/) and I -- mostly yuppies and retirees -- but I'm an old man at heart, so I fit right in :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/thanks-mir.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/thanks-mir.md index 0c4ce234..f16f5803 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/thanks-mir.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/thanks-mir.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Thanks, Mir -date: 2006-06-12 14:49 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: family, hockey +--- +title: Thanks, Mir slug: thanks-mir +date: "2006-06-12 14:49" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - family + - hockey +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'd like to thank Miranda for a \$200 dent in my finances. And for whatever the gap is between that \$200 and what it really cost. And a long-held wish to see the Oilers play a Stanley Cup finals game. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/that-ol-impending-doom-feeling.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/that-ol-impending-doom-feeling.md index 4552eaaf..d8cb1301 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/that-ol-impending-doom-feeling.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/that-ol-impending-doom-feeling.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: That ol' "impending doom" feeling... -date: 2004-02-04 23:25 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: family, fear, health +--- +title: That ol' "impending doom" feeling... slug: that-ol-impending-doom-feeling +date: "2004-02-04 23:25" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - family + - fear + - health +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, to all those that wished me well and good fortune with regards to my last post, I thank you, but I'll admit, I wish you had wished harder. About 2:30 this morning, my dad had a heart attack. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-further-travels-of.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-further-travels-of.md index 874b91ad..b2ef2a7e 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-further-travels-of.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-further-travels-of.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: The further travels of... -date: 2003-09-29 12:40 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: travel, wedding, wi-fi +--- +title: The further travels of... slug: the-further-travels-of +date: "2003-09-29 12:40" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - travel + - wedding + - wi-fi +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Wedding is now done\... Wow. Okay, it wasn't exactly rocket science, but there was a fair amount of work and responsibility involved in getting that wedding to go off smoothly for Beau and Sarah. At some point, when i have them in a digital form, i'll have to post some pics\... (Since you asked so nicely, John\...) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-great-adventure.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-great-adventure.md index b9e13987..21885fea 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-great-adventure.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-great-adventure.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: The great adventure... -date: 2005-09-23 06:55 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: computer, linux +--- +title: The great adventure... slug: the-great-adventure +date: "2005-09-23 06:55" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - computer + - linux +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- begins today. Well, yesterday. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-ip-debate.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-ip-debate.md index 747348bd..6a742265 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-ip-debate.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-ip-debate.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: The I/P debate... -date: 2002-11-15 06:59 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: rants, school +--- +title: The I/P debate... slug: the-ip-debate +date: "2002-11-15 06:59" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - rants + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Yesterday, in Calculus I class no less, i got into an unexpected debate about the Israel/Palestine situation. One of my classmates is, apparently, quite interested in the situation, and felt the need to hold forth on the subject\... So, naturally, I rose to the occasion (since, as most of you know, i *love* a rousing debate. It was fun, but something about it rubbed me a bit wrong. Is it me, or is it a bad sign when the person you're arguing with refers to all Arabs as terrorists, or animals who should be exterminated? diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-project-apollo-image-gallery.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-project-apollo-image-gallery.md index db152418..9086f6b3 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-project-apollo-image-gallery.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-project-apollo-image-gallery.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: The Project Apollo Image Gallery -date: 2004-07-22 08:23 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet -tags: internet, space +--- +title: The Project Apollo Image Gallery slug: the-project-apollo-image-gallery +date: "2004-07-22 08:23" +category: General Thoughts, Internet +tags: + - internet + - space +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- NASA has just updated [the Project Apollo Image Gallery](http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html) with photos from the Apollo 11 mission. Although at present the site is still [slashdotted](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdotted) into submission, preventing me from actually viewing the images, I wanted to make sure that you all saw them. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-usual-gripe-again.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-usual-gripe-again.md index 6c9ec688..9c7a445b 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-usual-gripe-again.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-usual-gripe-again.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: The usual gripe again... -date: 2003-02-20 09:30 -author: offby1 +--- +title: The usual gripe again... +slug: the-usual-gripe-again +date: "2003-02-20 09:30" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: the-usual-gripe-again +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, five days to go on my essay\... Bah. I know, i know, i've gone over this before. I hate these fscking things with a flaming passion. They make the educational experience - something i otherwise very much enjoy - into a fairly unpleasant thing for the duration of the assignment. Fortunately, they're soon to be over, a deep and lasting relief from the discomfort they bring me. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-weekender.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-weekender.md index 8e7ed3c0..6fbead5c 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-weekender.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-weekender.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: The Weekender -date: 2003-10-13 18:12 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: family, health, memory lane +--- +title: The Weekender slug: the-weekender +date: "2003-10-13 18:12" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - family + - health + - memory lane +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Schlepped up to see the parental units this weekend, bringing Char and Simon along with me, with every intention of adding several pounds to my frame. Thanksgiving is the shit :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-working-mans-blues.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-working-mans-blues.md index ede2a06f..041d3817 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-working-mans-blues.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-working-mans-blues.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: The working man's blues -date: 2003-02-06 06:48 -author: offby1 +--- +title: The working man's blues +slug: the-working-mans-blues +date: "2003-02-06 06:48" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: the-working-mans-blues +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Thanks again to the inexorable crunch of school and life expenses, i find myself once more employed. [company name deleted because i'm paranoid ;)], with the kind heart typically found in massive corporations, has kindly taken me back into its bosom in order that i might continue to feed myself :) Oooo, fun. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-world-of-visions.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-world-of-visions.md index d00d95b5..45fbe410 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/the-world-of-visions.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/the-world-of-visions.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: The world of visions -date: 2004-09-26 14:16 -author: offby1 +--- +title: The world of visions +slug: the-world-of-visions +date: "2004-09-26 14:16" category: General Thoughts, Media tags: media -slug: the-world-of-visions +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So I saw _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow_ yesterday evening with [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) out in a suburb of the city -- cheaper theatre, less crowded. It's a good reason to travel. The movie was, as I expected, fundamentally empty. There was little to like about its characterizations, although the plot was interesting enough. I don't really see a need to go into it, so I'm not going to. What I _em_ going to go into is the visuals\... More to the point, I'm going to go into the way those visuals affected me. @@ -14,6 +15,6 @@ SCatWoT is one of the prettiest movies I've ever seen. Perhaps not _the_ prettie What really moved me was the choice of images. I must be nostalgic in some fashion, because the images of the zeppelins and airbases, the cities of pure straight towers, the towering angel, even the museum\... These are all things that I wish were in our world. They are impractical, slow, and archaic, but at the same time they inspire such a swell of pride at even the very _idea_ that they might have existed\... -This is the sentiment that this movie taps in me, much like the game [Crimson Skies]() does. It leaves me thinking sometimes that maybe, just maybe, if the world had gone differently \-- if we, as a species, hadn't had to expend our lifeblood and energy fighting the cancer that ate Europe in WWII \-- we might have achieved such things for ourselves. Who can say? +This is the sentiment that this movie taps in me, much like the game [Crimson Skies](http://www.microsoft.com/games/crimsonskies/) does. It leaves me thinking sometimes that maybe, just maybe, if the world had gone differently \-- if we, as a species, hadn't had to expend our lifeblood and energy fighting the cancer that ate Europe in WWII \-- we might have achieved such things for ourselves. Who can say? Alternate histories leave me thinking things like this when they're done well -- which this one is. The plot was iffy, but the story was grand and the world was majestic, and it took me away from this one for a couple of hours. It was good, I think. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/things-that-i-wish.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/things-that-i-wish.md index 1c61a391..7146594d 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/things-that-i-wish.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/things-that-i-wish.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Things that I wish -date: 2004-09-29 09:07 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Things that I wish +slug: things-that-i-wish +date: "2004-09-29 09:07" category: General Thoughts, Rants tags: rants -slug: things-that-i-wish +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Okay, _thing_ that I wish. I wish that my iPod was not a dead lump of metal, plastic, and silicon sitting on my desk taunting me with the space that it could be using for music that is now unavailable to me because it slipped from my hand yesterday afternoon and fell to the ground, damaging the hard drive irreparably. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/this-stinks.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/this-stinks.md index 6910fff9..f7f39eb5 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/this-stinks.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/this-stinks.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: This stinks! -date: 2004-07-16 06:58 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: cleaning, smell +--- +title: This stinks! slug: this-stinks +date: "2004-07-16 06:58" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - cleaning + - smell +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As all you reader-like folks recall, we've had some nasty weather of late, culminating in the flooding of our lovely home's basement. Well, the upshot of that is that at present our house smells of mildew from top to bottom. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/ticking-ticking.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/ticking-ticking.md index 891dc683..a33292cb 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/ticking-ticking.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/ticking-ticking.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Ticking, ticking... -date: 2005-07-02 15:33 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: friends, moving +--- +title: Ticking, ticking... slug: ticking-ticking +date: "2005-07-02 15:33" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - friends + - moving +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I've been getting prepped for the move. Only a few days left, then we're in! (This posting brought to you by [complaints](http://www.spaz.ca/blog/) that I don't post enough) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/ticking.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/ticking.md index 27eab489..29ceba8e 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/ticking.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/ticking.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Ticking... -date: 2006-02-08 21:05 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Ticking... +slug: ticking +date: "2006-02-08 21:05" category: General Thoughts tags: news -slug: ticking +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's been a long week, so I apologize for the lack of content. Nasty shit going on in the world, for those who read the news. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/time-for-a-change.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/time-for-a-change.md index 75ba390f..501fa302 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/time-for-a-change.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/time-for-a-change.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Time for a change -date: 2003-07-20 10:48 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: cats, moving, school +--- +title: Time for a change slug: time-for-a-change +date: "2003-07-20 10:48" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - cats + - moving + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, it's official. In between a month and six weeks, Char and i are moving. We're going to be packing up the life we have in this house and hauling it all (including a hissing and spitting Chitty) a short distance away to a newly-renovated home just off of 61st Avenue. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/time-of-day.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/time-of-day.md index 946d3696..5ec8ce24 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/time-of-day.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/time-of-day.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Time of Day -date: 2004-09-22 06:55 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: art, beauty +--- +title: Time of Day slug: time-of-day +date: "2004-09-22 06:55" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - art + - beauty +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Much has been written and painted of the awe-inspiring beauty of sunsets over the years, mostly by people with greater ability than I. What is, I think, wildly underrepresented in the history of art is the sun_rise\_. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/times-a-wasting.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/times-a-wasting.md index edddaa70..a3661933 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/times-a-wasting.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/times-a-wasting.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Time's a-wasting -date: 2003-09-09 11:28 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Time's a-wasting +slug: times-a-wasting +date: "2003-09-09 11:28" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: times-a-wasting +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I know that this is going to change over the course of the year, at least to some extent, but **damn** this course is pointless. What course? The one you'd expect: PSYC104. Thus far, all we've done is define "Hypothesis" and "Theory", and received a bit of a refresher on the scientific method. This, in 2.5 classes of 90 minutes. Can't imagine where we'll get to by the end of the course, at this rate\... Not too far, i imagine. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/tired.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/tired.md index 766a0a6f..3724b001 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/tired.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/tired.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Tired -date: 2002-12-18 06:57 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: char, lord of the rings +--- +title: Tired slug: tired +date: "2002-12-18 06:57" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - char + - lord of the rings +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm tired\... But happy - mostly. Went out last night and saw The Two Towers at \~12:05 AM, which would have been a wiser thing to do if i had only, say, **not** had to work at 8 this morning, and thus gotten only one hour of sleep. The movie was fscking amazing. I will be the first to admit that it didn't have the visceral thrill to it that FOTR did, simply because FOTR was unburdened by raised expectations. I fully expect, for myself, that subsequent viewings will, as was the case with the first installment, smooth out the rough spots that i noticed. And, of course, i can't wait for the extended DVD :) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/to-brin-i-direct-this-writing.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/to-brin-i-direct-this-writing.md index 38df21f6..7fbc6194 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/to-brin-i-direct-this-writing.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/to-brin-i-direct-this-writing.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: To Brin, I Direct this Writing -date: 2006-05-20 10:21 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: intellectual property, privacy, rants +--- +title: To Brin, I Direct this Writing slug: to-brin-i-direct-this-writing +date: "2006-05-20 10:21" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- David Brin, author of (amongst other things) "Glory Season" and, more relevant, "Earth," is what one might call a *surveillance utopianist*, if such a term might be coined. He argues (and argues well, I might add) that a world where our expectations of privacy have eroded to the point of total worldwide information transparency, to a degree where secrecy is one of the few true crimes left in the world, would be a good thing. "Earth" is founded, vaguely, on this idea, and although its protagonist seeks secrecy for just reasons, Brin himself gives every indication that he believes privacy to be an anachronism, a legacy of humanity's brutal rise into civilization, and one best left behind. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/tooting-my-own-horn.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/tooting-my-own-horn.md index 63417628..d6c9e0f2 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/tooting-my-own-horn.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/tooting-my-own-horn.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Tooting my own horn -date: 2004-06-12 19:10 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Tooting my own horn +slug: tooting-my-own-horn +date: "2004-06-12 19:10" category: General Thoughts tags: sex -slug: tooting-my-own-horn +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I would like to take this opportunity to brag that I am going to enjoy an evening in front of a flickering fire with a really sexy woman who will be making me a _very_ happy man. Damn, it's good to be me! diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/topic-changes.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/topic-changes.md index f8486806..554120b6 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/topic-changes.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/topic-changes.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Topic changes? -date: 2006-06-14 20:20 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Media -tags: media, school +--- +title: Topic changes? slug: topic-changes +date: "2006-06-14 20:20" +category: General Thoughts, Media +tags: + - media + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, short-term at least, this blog has talked more about hockey than anything. Not to say I've been verbose, or anything like that. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/touch-down.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/touch-down.md index 209e8741..801b3290 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/touch-down.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/touch-down.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Touch, down -date: 2006-03-25 12:35 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: eclipse, work +--- +title: Touch, down slug: touch-down +date: "2006-03-25 12:35" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - eclipse + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Aternately:  A touch down. Not really, I guess, but it's interesting decompressing and realizing how much stuff I need to get done.  I freely admit, I'm procrastinating something fierce right now, trying to avoid actually workingon anything productive.  Bah.  How \... normal. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/tough-decisions-part-1.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/tough-decisions-part-1.md index 7c753fae..43d864a9 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/tough-decisions-part-1.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/tough-decisions-part-1.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Tough decisions (Part 1) -date: 2005-02-02 08:33 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: cats, health +--- +title: Tough decisions (Part 1) slug: tough-decisions-part-1 +date: "2005-02-02 08:33" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - cats + - health +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Something I have never looked forward to is knowing that inevitably I will be looking for [advice](http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/14654) on when and how to put down a pet. There's definitely a part of me that just hopes that mine won't need it, that they'll be the freak mutation cats that live as long as I do. Of course the rational side of me knows better. Still, the link above was full of good advice, advice that I intend to heed when the time comes (which is not now, in case anyone was panicking! All of our cats are as healthy as ever, if completely insane). diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/trains-planes-and.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/trains-planes-and.md index 8c458325..93d72f21 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/trains-planes-and.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/trains-planes-and.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Trains, Planes, and... -date: 2003-09-24 17:21 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: planes, trains, wedding +--- +title: Trains, Planes, and... slug: trains-planes-and +date: "2003-09-24 17:21" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - planes + - trains + - wedding +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Char and i have now arrived in Victoria, and are getting settled preparatory to the wedding on saturday. Plans seem, fortunately, to be more or less set already, which is good, because that means that i have very little work to put in to the party. Yay! Char made an interesting comment on the ferry across to the island, she said that between leaving Edmonton and returning on Monday, we will have traveled by train, plane, car, bus, boat, foot, and possibly bicycle throughout the trip. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/travels-and-such.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/travels-and-such.md index cbd79f14..845d0db9 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/travels-and-such.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/travels-and-such.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Travels and such -date: 2006-07-17 08:35 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: concert, disc golf, road trip, speeding +--- +title: Travels and such slug: travels-and-such +date: "2006-07-17 08:35" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - concert + - disc golf + - road trip + - speeding +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- So, I've returned, both to the province and to writing things on this much-ignored online scratchpad. All for you, I swear! If only people would talk back ;) Anyway, the week has been pretty eventful. Beau and I took off tuesday for a six-day disc golf tour of southern British Columbia. This is something we've had planned for a fair while, with a general plan of heading to Pender Island, a course which Beau really enjoyed when he still lived on Vancouver Island. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/travels.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/travels.md index a1c21b4f..f4fe5722 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/travels.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/travels.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ -Title: Travels -date: 2006-01-22 14:20 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: morruz, travel +--- +title: Travels slug: travels +date: "2006-01-22 14:20" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - morruz + - travel +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- My father and sister are traveling to Chile and Peru for a good, long time. Because I think this is kind of cool, I've set up a blog for them over at [Morruz](http://offlineblog.com/morruz). diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/trepidation.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/trepidation.md index b9941140..9fa6873c 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/trepidation.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/trepidation.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Trepidation -date: 2006-02-26 13:53 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Trepidation +slug: trepidation +date: "2006-02-26 13:53" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: trepidation +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm looking at my performance in CS 313 and thinking that I might have to withdraw from the course, and plan something a bit more lightweight for the summer. I need to focus on the course, and I'm just not finding it in myself to do so. Yeek. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/two.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/two.md index d4788a0b..6ecd7489 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/two.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/two.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Two... -date: 2008-04-09 08:22 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: lifestyle, navelgazing, school +--- +title: Two... slug: two +date: "2008-04-09 08:22" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - lifestyle + - navelgazing + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- \... days left in my degree. This fills me with both apprehension and joy; the latter is for obvious reasons, the former is because the desire to get into school and the drive to finish it have been a major part of my life for the last decade. Who and/or what will I be, now that this goal has been achieved? diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/ugly-ugly.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/ugly-ugly.md index 0a7c1296..18744741 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/ugly-ugly.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/ugly-ugly.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Ugly, ugly -date: 2005-04-21 12:41 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Ugly, ugly +slug: ugly-ugly +date: "2005-04-21 12:41" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: ugly-ugly +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, that's coming back to bite me on the ass. I just managed to have one of the most horrible exams ever. Every question was a total blank for me on first read. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/unbridled-optimism.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/unbridled-optimism.md index a1da2f37..99c5b060 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/unbridled-optimism.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/unbridled-optimism.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Unbridled Optimism -date: 2008-02-05 18:36 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: cybernetics, good design, good news, medicine, technology +--- +title: Unbridled Optimism slug: unbridled-optimism +date: "2008-02-05 18:36" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - cybernetics + - good design + - good news + - medicine + - technology +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's rare that I see something that makes me feel like we technonerds are doing unqualifiedly good things for the world. -So, I'd like to thank [Dean Kamen]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen)) for just\... [doing good things](http://spectrum.ieee.org/video?id=221). +So, I'd like to thank [Dean Kamen](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen) for just\... [doing good things](http://spectrum.ieee.org/video?id=221). diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/unpleasant-newses.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/unpleasant-newses.md index da721ff4..23531f87 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/unpleasant-newses.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/unpleasant-newses.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Unpleasant Newses -date: 2004-04-16 23:29 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: family, health +--- +title: Unpleasant Newses slug: unpleasant-newses +date: "2004-04-16 23:29" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - family + - health +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I have a cousin. She's one of my favourite cousins. And, although we don't know for sure yet, her husband -- whom I also like quite a bit --has been diagnosed with cancer somewhere in the area of his right shoulder. I want to take this space to wish both Angie and Darryl well. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/up-up.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/up-up.md index d372781a..f0ca4ab8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/up-up.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/up-up.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Up, up -date: 2004-10-27 07:33 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants -tags: internet, rants, space +--- +title: Up, up slug: up-up +date: "2004-10-27 07:33" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants +tags: + - internet + - rants + - space +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Every once in a while it strikes me (harder) that more needs to be put into realistic alternatives to the dependence that we've fostered on fossil fuels. This isn't a new thing to many of my readers, most of whom swing more to the left than I do, with commesurate (Matt, want to confirm my spelling on that?) views on environmental issues. It's not really new to me, either, although I lack the knee-jerk anti-corporate reaction to massive oil companies. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/upcoming.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/upcoming.md index b049c22f..5d0f10e9 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/upcoming.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/upcoming.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Upcoming -date: 2004-04-06 07:53 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Upcoming +slug: upcoming +date: "2004-04-06 07:53" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: upcoming +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, final exams are coming at a rapid clip, and I'm more or less prepared for them. More, hopefully, rather than less. Which is a bit of a lead-in to something i've been considering for a while: Is it me, or is this weblog perhaps a bit inaccurately-named? I've looked over the last many posts and i don't really see a lot of postings about school. I started this out as a way to get some of my own insecurities ironed out about going back to school so much older than I ever wanted to. Instead, i found that after a while, it just stopped bothering me. So, i started talking about other things. I guess it's progress ;-) diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/upgrades.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/upgrades.md index 0bfbe4ab..15b7e25e 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/upgrades.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/upgrades.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Upgrades! -date: 2005-05-12 15:19 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Upgrades! +slug: upgrades +date: "2005-05-12 15:19" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: upgrades +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, I just got handed a new\... well, _newer_, system. It's equivalent to Char's laptop, which is more than 5 times faster than the old system. It's nice. And I can take it home, if I want to. Which is pretty cool, if you ask me. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/uprooting.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/uprooting.md index 433dd835..4607ba98 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/uprooting.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/uprooting.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Uprooting -date: 2005-06-16 06:45 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Uprooting +slug: uprooting +date: "2005-06-16 06:45" category: General Thoughts tags: moving -slug: uprooting +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, it seems that Char and I will be moving again, sooner than we'd hoped, but not really too surprised about it. It seems our benefactors wish to have the basement free to house wedding guests \-- the wisdom of which, vis a vis hotel accomodations, we shall not discuss here \-- and as such we've been asked to move by Sept 1. Which is, in fact _really_ inconvenient. The more I've learned about how homebuying works, the more I've gotten the hang of just how long it can take, and unfortunately, our expectations have had to be downgraded significantly by the fact that we cannot hope to both come up with a reasonable down payment and find a house whose possession date is 'immediately' in the time we have. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/urgh.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/urgh.md index 361653b3..13b740a0 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/urgh.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/urgh.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Urgh. -date: 2005-11-06 14:00 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Urgh. +slug: urgh +date: "2005-11-06 14:00" category: General Thoughts, Internet tags: internet -slug: urgh +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- For the last couple of weeks, this whole "internet" thing has been an unending series of disconnections and hassles. I'm right ticked. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/vacation-time-and-overruling.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/vacation-time-and-overruling.md index f7f5b741..c2ea61f8 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/vacation-time-and-overruling.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/vacation-time-and-overruling.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Vacation time and overruling -date: 2004-05-16 21:38 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Vacation time and overruling +slug: vacation-time-and-overruling +date: "2004-05-16 21:38" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: vacation-time-and-overruling +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, the vacation thing I mentioned is this: Two days ago, there was a general announcement that the coming long weekend would be three days off for the whole crew -- lock, stock and barrel we were shutting down to get some required time off. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/vulnerable-to-error.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/vulnerable-to-error.md index ae5f7400..4893ac63 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/vulnerable-to-error.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/vulnerable-to-error.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Vulnerable to Error -date: 2003-11-04 09:50 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Vulnerable to Error +slug: vulnerable-to-error +date: "2003-11-04 09:50" category: General Thoughts tags: school -slug: vulnerable-to-error +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's pretty galling to see the simple mistakes that can creep up on one in otherwise basic maths. It's not that i don't know how to do things, rather, i forget little details and it costs me dearly in terms of marks. I'm getting back my Math 125 midterm as i write this, and i'm betting that my mark is not going to be as good as i had hoped. There's at least two basic problems that i can already tell that i messed up. And i messed up in a simple, simple way on both of them. It's called *reading the damned question!* diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/week-man-just-week.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/week-man-just-week.md index 70ed5470..a4240931 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/week-man-just-week.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/week-man-just-week.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Week, man. Just week. -date: 2006-02-16 22:44 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Projects -tags: internet, projects, school, work +--- +title: Week, man. Just week. slug: week-man-just-week +date: "2006-02-16 22:44" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Projects +tags: + - internet + - projects + - school + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Kind of a sum-up, here. I've been busy at work, putting together some interesting bits of design on configuration and deployment of one part of our application. I've been pulled in about three different directions, lately, so it's been a bit hard to decide what needs doing. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/week-so-far-in-review.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/week-so-far-in-review.md index 37e67661..6b9c6c33 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/week-so-far-in-review.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/week-so-far-in-review.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Week (so far) in review -date: 2003-01-23 13:48 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: failure, health +--- +title: Week (so far) in review slug: week-so-far-in-review +date: "2003-01-23 13:48" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - failure + - health +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, it's been a hell of a week so far. Let's see what the tally is at: One(1) busted clutch master cylinder. \$232 later\... diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/weekend-update.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/weekend-update.md index 8b09896b..026c85ab 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/weekend-update.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/weekend-update.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Weekend Update -date: 2004-06-12 10:49 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Weekend Update +slug: weekend-update +date: "2004-06-12 10:49" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: weekend-update +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Another week, another few dollars in the bank. Posting from home today, as the incommunicado situation in Mayerthorpe has apparently become permanent. I'm still not sure why, but I *am* sure of that. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/weve-set-them-free.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/weve-set-them-free.md index 0cc4dff7..2334e933 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/weve-set-them-free.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/weve-set-them-free.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: We've set them free... -date: 2006-01-21 00:05 -author: offby1 +--- +title: We've set them free... +slug: weve-set-them-free +date: "2006-01-21 00:05" category: General Thoughts, Meta tags: meta -slug: weve-set-them-free +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Does that mean we *want* them to come back? If you're not sure what I mean, I'm referring to the [travels of my father and sister](http://www.offlineblog.com/morruz/), whom I have entreated to provide a web-based journal of their experiences. ([Matt](http://www.offlineblog.com/mildillson/), can you vet. that last sentence for structural correctness? I got fancy, and it seems subtly wrong, somehow). diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/whats-this.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/whats-this.md index 0102ed5e..75b0d7c3 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/whats-this.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/whats-this.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: What's this? -date: 2005-05-06 21:05 -author: offby1 +--- +title: What's this? +slug: whats-this +date: "2005-05-06 21:05" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: whats-this +author: offby1 status: draft - -Yesterday, just as [Char]() (who recently updated her site \-- go read!) was getting set to go to work, I realized something. Tomorrow, for the first time in a _long_ time (three years) that wasn't a specific holiday, planned and scheduled, _I have a weekend off_! +--- +Yesterday, just as [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) (who recently updated her site \-- go read!) was getting set to go to work, I realized something. Tomorrow, for the first time in a _long_ time (three years) that wasn't a specific holiday, planned and scheduled, _I have a weekend off_! Whatever will I do? diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/whatta-day.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/whatta-day.md index 5bc4ae0a..73d99b11 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/whatta-day.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/whatta-day.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Whatta Day -date: 2004-05-15 21:17 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Whatta Day +slug: whatta-day +date: "2004-05-15 21:17" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: whatta-day +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Wow. Today really could not have gone worse than it did -- all told, at any rate. The whole day wasn't shitty, but there were sufficient -- and sufficiently bad -- incidents to mark it as a mistake from moment one. The capstone, barring any other issues with the overall day, was my singularly stupid breakage of a \$200 component of our _\$30,000_ main tool. Being dead tired (your fault, love ;) ) today at work, I mishung a battery, which \-- falling \-- pulled apart the power connecter ( a FUB, apparently, according to the makers of the Geodimeter) and toasted our total station. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/why-im-a-capitalist.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/why-im-a-capitalist.md index 116081d8..e2f05ae4 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/why-im-a-capitalist.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/why-im-a-capitalist.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Why I'm a Capitalist -date: 2007-05-22 08:25 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: capitalism, dependency, isms, musings, strike +--- +title: Why I'm a Capitalist slug: why-im-a-capitalist +date: "2007-05-22 08:25" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - capitalism + - dependency + - isms + - musings + - strike +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Dependency. More specifically, I'm unconvinced that it's for the best to depend on others for the necessities and desires of life any more than is absolutely necessary. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/why-not.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/why-not.md index 4e568355..126d2b11 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/why-not.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/why-not.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Why not? -date: 2003-10-24 07:58 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants -tags: intellectual property, internet, privacy, rants +--- +title: Why not? slug: why-not +date: "2003-10-24 07:58" +category: General Thoughts, Internet, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - internet + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There's a small, nearly invisible war going on down south of us, with implications that touch on the cornerstone of any working democracy -the counting of votes. I know, i know\... I've ranted about this before, and really, there's not a lot that's new. But here's what's kind of interesting: There's an anti-war advocacy site, called "\`Why War? \\`\__" that is hosting an archive of the memos that are widely considered to be incriminating evidence against the voting machine company Diebold. It's interesting how some situations make for strange bedfellows. Other than this convergence of ideals, i couldn't disagree more than i do with most of Why War?'s ideals and positons. But down in the states, they're fighting a good fight. They face the distinct possiblity of *going to jail* on the strength of their belief that this information must be made public, and i can't help but respect that. What does concern me, though, is the ongoing lack of play that this is still getting in the major media in the US. It's shaking my faith in the essential fairness of the system - by fairness, of course, i mean that both sides' dishonesty will tend to cancel out. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/wiive-already-got-one.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/wiive-already-got-one.md index 3fc085e8..bf124d2c 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/wiive-already-got-one.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/wiive-already-got-one.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Wii've Already Got One -date: 2007-05-27 01:13 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: browncoat, firefly, gadgets, serenity, wii +--- +title: Wii've Already Got One slug: wiive-already-got-one +date: "2007-05-27 01:13" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - browncoat + - firefly + - gadgets + - serenity + - wii +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Heh. Yay, Python. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/windows-xp-is-getting-the-shaft.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/windows-xp-is-getting-the-shaft.md index 3eaf6660..80184b62 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/windows-xp-is-getting-the-shaft.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/windows-xp-is-getting-the-shaft.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Windows XP is getting the shaft -date: 2003-01-09 07:05 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts, Rants -tags: intellectual property, privacy, rants +--- +title: Windows XP is getting the shaft slug: windows-xp-is-getting-the-shaft +date: "2003-01-09 07:05" +category: General Thoughts, Rants +tags: + - intellectual property + - privacy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There's currently some [discussion](http://help.lockergnome.com/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=1646&s=8b2486d31144b724a342c19e167b3db4) on the [LockerGnome](http://www.lockergnome.com/) forums about some changes to Windows Update. As an *ex*-WinXP user, i still pay attention to the direction that Microsoft's latest OS takes, simply because eventually i'll be using the iteration after it. Basically, the gist of the changes is this: As of some time in the near future, Windows Update \-- as a manual service \-- will cease to work for WinXP, since XP has an automatic update feature built into it, and therefore nobody could ever need the manual service. Now, call me paranoid, but the first thing i disable on a new XP install is the automatic updates. I'm not comfortable with an outside company deciding what "upgrades" i need, even taking into account that i'm not an anti-MS zealot. How do i know that the folks over in Redmond have my best interests in mind? I prefer to handle this sort of thing myself. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/words-that-i-hate-1-fud.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/words-that-i-hate-1-fud.md index 54814c9a..572e700c 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/words-that-i-hate-1-fud.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/words-that-i-hate-1-fud.md @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ -Title: Words that I hate 1: FUD -date: 2004-07-20 06:14 -author: offby1 +--- +title: "Words that I hate 1: FUD" +slug: words-that-i-hate-1-fud +date: "2004-07-20 06:14" category: General Thoughts tags: words that I hate -slug: words-that-i-hate-1-fud +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [FUD(Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt)](http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Afud&sourceid=firefox&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) has to be one of the most irritatingly over- and inappropriately-used words in the ever-raging debate over Free Software. Originally an acronym for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt, FUD was used originally (depending, of course, on whom you ask) to describe Microsoft's agitating about the widespread adoption of open source solutions. This is not the usage that inspires loathing in me. -In the present day, FUD is used as a catch-all term for anything that disagrees with the poster's strongly-held views on Free Software. Usually used by rigid proponents of the [FSF]() view \-- that all software should be free of restrictions, except the restriction that you're not allowed to add restrictions. Yep, wacky. Just imagine the debates on this one \-- there are whole scads of licenses for software that just get stupid-picky. +In the present day, FUD is used as a catch-all term for anything that disagrees with the poster's strongly-held views on Free Software. Usually used by rigid proponents of the [FSF](http://www.gnu.org/) view \-- that all software should be free of restrictions, except the restriction that you're not allowed to add restrictions. Yep, wacky. Just imagine the debates on this one \-- there are whole scads of licenses for software that just get stupid-picky. So, we have an acronym that definitely served a valid purpose once upon a time. Now, though, it's over-used and under-comprehended. It's a mistake of the 'net, one that we would be well served to let slip into the dustbin of history, except for the fact that there are thousands of pale, bloated, pimply-faced open source zealots out there ready to spout "That's FUD" at the top of their whiny-ass virtual voices at the slightest sign that someone is impugning the software license that they choose to worship. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/words-that-i-hate-pwned.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/words-that-i-hate-pwned.md index 4d3ab2e8..086d33c4 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/words-that-i-hate-pwned.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/words-that-i-hate-pwned.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Words that I hate: Pwned -date: 2006-06-04 15:39 -author: offby1 +--- +title: "Words that I hate: Pwned" +slug: words-that-i-hate-pwned +date: "2006-06-04 15:39" category: General Thoughts tags: words that I hate -slug: words-that-i-hate-pwned +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Oh, *god* how I hate the verbal abortion that is gamer-speak. All aspects, facets, wrinkles, and sides. Every form and nuance -- to the extent that *nuance* is a valid adjective -- fills me with anger and disgust. I would like to find the person who first moved this term from the relatively-obscure backwoods of the internet and into spoken language, and assault them with a degree of force precisely matched to the force of their assault upon what was, if not perfect, a perfectly serviceable language. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/working-long-hours.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/working-long-hours.md index d8072186..974e6cf1 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/working-long-hours.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/working-long-hours.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Working long hours -date: 2005-11-30 07:25 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Working long hours +slug: working-long-hours +date: "2005-11-30 07:25" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: working-long-hours +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Holy crap. I was in at 7:45 yesterday, and out at 11:30 (thereby *completely* missing Char, all day long). And today, well, I'm already in at work :) We've got a big demo this morning for the business folks at a large American financial company, and I've been hacking at the demo all week and a chunk of last week, trying to get it into shape to show off. And, as long as my days have been, they've been as nothing to those of our web designer and web programmer, who have made amazing things happen in a short, short time. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/workload-2.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/workload-2.md index adfc99e3..eb032518 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/workload-2.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/workload-2.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Workload? -date: 2005-07-14 20:24 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Workload? +slug: workload-2 +date: "2005-07-14 20:24" category: General Thoughts tags: work -slug: workload-2 +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, not compared to the heavy stretches of last semester\... But I have been at work late every day I could this week, unless something else kept me away. I've been making a lot of progress, and right now I'm mucking around in the guts of one of the more complex components we use. Something that is, apparently, not production-ready at all, but is rather getting its maiden voyage (or close to it \-- I'm a bit fuzzy on the particulars) in the code that I'm working on. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/yep-im-to-be-certified.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/yep-im-to-be-certified.md index 71f160ae..0b7f8b15 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/yep-im-to-be-certified.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/yep-im-to-be-certified.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Yep, I'm to be Certified -Date: 2006-06-25 09:13 -Author: offby1 -Category: Life -Tags: skydiving -Slug: yep-im-to-be-certified -Status: published - +--- +title: Yep, I'm to be Certified +slug: yep-im-to-be-certified +date: "2006-06-25 09:13" +category: Life +tags: skydiving +author: offby1 +status: published +--- # Yep, I'm to be Certified For those of you that weren't actually *at* the drop zone yesterday, I diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/yes-im-still-alive.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/yes-im-still-alive.md index 4c33bdb2..9a86662e 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/yes-im-still-alive.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/yes-im-still-alive.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Yes, i'm still alive -date: 2003-02-05 06:45 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: ping, school, space, tragedy +--- +title: Yes, i'm still alive slug: yes-im-still-alive +date: "2003-02-05 06:45" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - ping + - school + - space + - tragedy +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It's just that i haven't had anything to say. The whole Columbia thing is still a bit depressing. I've been roaming about in a bit of a fog, which isn't a good thing, given that i have a midterm on Friday. A fairly hard one, as well. diff --git a/content/old/general-thoughts/your-rights-offline.md b/content/old/general-thoughts/your-rights-offline.md index 2903ca30..da9779a5 100644 --- a/content/old/general-thoughts/your-rights-offline.md +++ b/content/old/general-thoughts/your-rights-offline.md @@ -1,15 +1,19 @@ -Title: Your rights, offline -date: 2005-06-11 11:10 -author: offby1 -category: General Thoughts -tags: intellectual property, privacy, work +--- +title: Your rights, offline slug: your-rights-offline +date: "2005-06-11 11:10" +category: General Thoughts +tags: + - intellectual property + - privacy + - work +author: offby1 status: draft - -Although we already pay a levy on our blank media under the assumption that we will illegally copy media, thereby \-- under the law of the land \-- rendering such copying legal, it seems that some segments of our lawmaking bodies wish to [strip this right from us]([http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1118271756635_30/?hub=CTVNewsAt11](http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1118271756635_30/?hub=CTVNewsAt11)). +--- +Although we already pay a levy on our blank media under the assumption that we will illegally copy media, thereby \-- under the law of the land \-- rendering such copying legal, it seems that some segments of our lawmaking bodies wish to [strip this right from us](http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1118271756635_30/?hub=CTVNewsAt11). Which is, regrettably, not surprising in the least. Feh. Just thought I'd pass that on, as well as a link to [Digital Copyright Canada](http://www.digital-copyright.ca/), a blog focusing on those kinds of issues. Worth keeping an eye on, if only for the occasional sense of outrage. -In other news, this week I completed the first runs of the application controller that I've been working on. My boss is in the process of adding new functionality all over the place, but at least he has time to help me out whenever I make my thrice-plus-daily visits to his office. All in all, it's been a satisfying week, although I'm alone for the weekend, as [Char]() is out camping with some friends for the next two days. +In other news, this week I completed the first runs of the application controller that I've been working on. My boss is in the process of adding new functionality all over the place, but at least he has time to help me out whenever I make my thrice-plus-daily visits to his office. All in all, it's been a satisfying week, although I'm alone for the weekend, as [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) is out camping with some friends for the next two days. diff --git a/content/old/humour/a-bit-of-nethumour.md b/content/old/humour/a-bit-of-nethumour.md index 72e80ba6..affee61e 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/a-bit-of-nethumour.md +++ b/content/old/humour/a-bit-of-nethumour.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: A bit of net.humour -date: 2006-07-23 10:23 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet -tags: humour, internet +--- +title: A bit of net.humour slug: a-bit-of-nethumour +date: "2006-07-23 10:23" +category: Humour, Internet +tags: + - humour + - internet +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Found on the interweb a short time ago, and brought again to my attention today by the good folks at MetaFilter: [Events since Duke Nukem Forever was announced](http://duke.a-13.net/). diff --git a/content/old/humour/additionally.md b/content/old/humour/additionally.md index 357a2682..c3f45b6e 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/additionally.md +++ b/content/old/humour/additionally.md @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ -Title: Additionally -date: 2007-12-16 17:03 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet -tags: humour, podcast, sex +--- +title: Additionally slug: additionally +date: "2007-12-16 17:03" +category: Humour, Internet +tags: + - humour + - podcast + - sex +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- The [Midwest Teen Sex Show](http://midwestteensexshow.com/) is freakin' excellent, even though I'm neither in the midwest, nor a teen. diff --git a/content/old/humour/also-4.md b/content/old/humour/also-4.md index 479bc7ea..b104d2b5 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/also-4.md +++ b/content/old/humour/also-4.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ -Title: Also -date: 2008-01-14 19:34 -author: offby1 -category: Humour -tags: cats, char +--- +title: Also slug: also-4 +date: "2008-01-14 19:34" +category: Humour +tags: + - cats + - char +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- In a much sillier vein: [Fat cat in a short coat](http://hookersnjunkies.net/2008/01/08/in-the-spirit-of-the-last-post) diff --git a/content/old/humour/an-atmosphere-of-witlessness.md b/content/old/humour/an-atmosphere-of-witlessness.md index 9d3f59fb..76c1ab82 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/an-atmosphere-of-witlessness.md +++ b/content/old/humour/an-atmosphere-of-witlessness.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: An atmosphere of witlessness -date: 2004-01-09 14:36 -author: offby1 +--- +title: An atmosphere of witlessness +slug: an-atmosphere-of-witlessness +date: "2004-01-09 14:36" category: Humour tags: humour -slug: an-atmosphere-of-witlessness +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Since we live in an age of opinions \-- they're like assholes, we've all got one, and they all \... well, you get the idea \-- it seems to me that every time we turn around, we get [another story](http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/09/1724246&mode=thread&tid=134&tid=152&tid=160&tid=185) spurred by some [sensationally paranoid fool](http://mars-news.de/). So, in the interest of avoiding more incidents like the [moon incident](http://batesmotel.8m.com/), i give you this: diff --git a/content/old/humour/classified-funny.md b/content/old/humour/classified-funny.md index cc2b1916..ca3f4c4a 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/classified-funny.md +++ b/content/old/humour/classified-funny.md @@ -1,16 +1,19 @@ -Title: Classified: Funny -date: 2008-02-14 08:01 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet -tags: aggro, craigslist +--- +title: "Classified: Funny" slug: classified-funny +date: "2008-02-14 08:01" +category: Humour, Internet +tags: + - aggro + - craigslist +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Apropos of nothing, here's a few funny Craigslist postings, culled from Metafilter: [Hey, Crackhead](http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/27499971.html) -[Cement Block, \$1]([http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2416/2201688044_b9a72418e2_o.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2416/2201688044_b9a72418e2_o.jpg)) +[Cement Block, \$1](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2416/2201688044_b9a72418e2_o.jpg) [Thank You Donkey Porn](http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/wdc/90359106.html) diff --git a/content/old/humour/found-on-the-internets.md b/content/old/humour/found-on-the-internets.md index 2d808fdf..4cd82031 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/found-on-the-internets.md +++ b/content/old/humour/found-on-the-internets.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Found on the Internets -date: 2006-12-14 23:32 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet -tags: humour, internet, interview, Sylvester Stallone +--- +title: Found on the Internets slug: found-on-the-internets +date: "2006-12-14 23:32" +category: Humour, Internet +tags: + - humour + - internet + - interview + - Sylvester Stallone +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Amazingly enough, despite the fact that he talks like he's got a mouthful of marbles, Sylvester Stallone makes an excellent interviewee\... by email, at least. Ain't it Cool News has a _long_ series consisting of fans asking Sly questions, and some of the answers are just comedy gold, and _not_ because I'm laughing at him, because I'm laughing _with_ him, at the questioners. diff --git a/content/old/humour/geek-poetry.md b/content/old/humour/geek-poetry.md index ad987a11..6162f28c 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/geek-poetry.md +++ b/content/old/humour/geek-poetry.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Geek Poetry -Date: 2003-10-08 07:33 -Author: offby1 -Category: Humour -Tags: humour -Slug: geek-poetry -Status: draft - +--- +title: Geek Poetry +slug: geek-poetry +date: "2003-10-08 07:33" +category: Humour +tags: humour +author: offby1 +status: draft +--- If you can read these without help, may the gods of geekdom have mercy on your soul. If you can't, read the extended entry for help :) diff --git a/content/old/humour/if-i-were-a-praying-man.md b/content/old/humour/if-i-were-a-praying-man.md index caf3054f..da6bb34c 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/if-i-were-a-praying-man.md +++ b/content/old/humour/if-i-were-a-praying-man.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: If I were a praying man... -date: 2006-09-07 18:27 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet -tags: humour, internet +--- +title: If I were a praying man... slug: if-i-were-a-praying-man +date: "2006-09-07 18:27" +category: Humour, Internet +tags: + - humour + - internet +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- From the net.humour namespace: ![nslookup beat.down.com](http://offby1.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/punch_over_tcp_ip.gif) diff --git a/content/old/humour/in-addition.md b/content/old/humour/in-addition.md index e69a0a91..42ee3910 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/in-addition.md +++ b/content/old/humour/in-addition.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: In addition... -date: 2004-03-10 07:51 -author: offby1 +--- +title: In addition... +slug: in-addition +date: "2004-03-10 07:51" category: Humour tags: humour -slug: in-addition +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Char informs me that, for the sake of _everyone_ that reads this blog, i should post "this":http://turnpikefilms.com/spots/nutrigrain.html link. So there it is. Comes from "this":http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/31367 post on metafilter, and this site has some of the funniest commercials I've ever seen, anywhere. diff --git a/content/old/humour/juxtapositivelyfuckedup.md b/content/old/humour/juxtapositivelyfuckedup.md index a15979cd..cdd7176f 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/juxtapositivelyfuckedup.md +++ b/content/old/humour/juxtapositivelyfuckedup.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Juxtapositivelyfuckedup -date: 2009-02-12 16:19 -author: offby1 -category: humour -tags: juxtaposition, random, Telus, video +--- +title: Juxtapositivelyfuckedup slug: juxtapositivelyfuckedup +date: "2009-02-12 16:19" +category: humour +tags: + - juxtaposition + - random + - Telus + - video +author: offby1 status: published - +--- Just a brief aside\... having seen this twice now (Both with the same company) I can [not]{#not}\_ get over the bizarre juxtaposition between the cutesy CGI-ish ferret creatures and the [movie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Dream) for which this song was [written](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Mansell). See [youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP4mgObDeUU&hl=en&fs=1) diff --git a/content/old/humour/me-ducks.md b/content/old/humour/me-ducks.md index b49d9125..207b4a0b 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/me-ducks.md +++ b/content/old/humour/me-ducks.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: /me ducks -date: 2004-04-14 08:51 -author: offby1 +--- +title: /me ducks +slug: me-ducks +date: "2004-04-14 08:51" category: Humour tags: humour -slug: me-ducks +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, this might be fun. A bit of link-hopping late last night has left me thinking\... What the sexes _really_ need is [a little bit](http://niceguy.dearingfilm.com/index.php> "NiceGuy's Women Suck Page!") of [misogyny](http://www.misanthropic-bitch.com/> "The Misanthropic Bitch") and \... diff --git a/content/old/humour/my-best-laid-plans.md b/content/old/humour/my-best-laid-plans.md index 4c733511..d038c9b8 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/my-best-laid-plans.md +++ b/content/old/humour/my-best-laid-plans.md @@ -1,13 +1,20 @@ -Title: My best-laid plans -date: 2008-04-26 12:33 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet, Media -tags: fun, internet, Phil Foglio, pointless waste of time, pop culture, wiki +--- +title: My best-laid plans slug: my-best-laid-plans +date: "2008-04-26 12:33" +category: Humour, Internet, Media +tags: + - fun + - internet + - Phil Foglio + - pointless waste of time + - pop culture + - wiki +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, to the mildly obsessive-compulsive amongst you, or to the pop-culture archaeologists, I am so, so sorry to do this: -[TV Tropes]() is the biggest timesink I have _ever_ encountered. I recommend starting with [shout outs]() or [Jossed]() or, perhaps, a [favourite]() [show](). +[TV Tropes](http://www.tvtropes.com) is the biggest timesink I have _ever_ encountered. I recommend starting with [shout outs](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShoutOut) or [Jossed](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Jossed) or, perhaps, a [favourite](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Firefly) [show](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BabylonFive). I've done just about nothing in the last two days but read this damned site. It even references [Girl Genius](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlGenius)! diff --git a/content/old/humour/oh-wow.md b/content/old/humour/oh-wow.md index 6388dceb..095436ab 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/oh-wow.md +++ b/content/old/humour/oh-wow.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Oh, wow. -date: 2007-08-18 21:40 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet -tags: batshitinsane, forums, lamer, nerds +--- +title: Oh, wow. slug: oh-wow +date: "2007-08-18 21:40" +category: Humour, Internet +tags: + - batshitinsane + - forums + - lamer + - nerds +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [ICBM](http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1771556). _Thank_ you, MetaFilter. diff --git a/content/old/humour/seen-today-in-the-news.md b/content/old/humour/seen-today-in-the-news.md index 81116ae9..22fffe96 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/seen-today-in-the-news.md +++ b/content/old/humour/seen-today-in-the-news.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Seen today in the news -date: 2007-03-01 09:38 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Media -tags: batshitinsane, government, ufo +--- +title: Seen today in the news slug: seen-today-in-the-news +date: "2007-03-01 09:38" +category: Humour, Media +tags: + - batshitinsane + - government + - ufo +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I wish I had the memory required to make this a regular feature: I've been wanting to do periodic highlights of things I've seen in the news_paper\_ that chafed me, or amused me, or really need to be seen. However, the facts that I a) do not have an electronic Journal subscription and b) forget to post them by the time I get to a computer, have prevented this. Until now. diff --git a/content/old/humour/this-is-funny.md b/content/old/humour/this-is-funny.md index a1468089..22d05858 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/this-is-funny.md +++ b/content/old/humour/this-is-funny.md @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ -Title: This is funny -date: 2006-01-18 08:13 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet, Media -tags: humour, internet, media +--- +title: This is funny slug: this-is-funny +date: "2006-01-18 08:13" +category: Humour, Internet, Media +tags: + - humour + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | Just something that caught my eye: -| ![Petard, meet hoist](/images/editorial-payne-mlk.gif) +| ![Petard, meet hoist]({static}/images/editorial-payne-mlk.gif) From [here](http://cagle.msnbc.com/main.asp). diff --git a/content/old/humour/universal-spam-solution-critique.md b/content/old/humour/universal-spam-solution-critique.md index c4a800df..34eaea0c 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/universal-spam-solution-critique.md +++ b/content/old/humour/universal-spam-solution-critique.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Universal Spam Solution Critique -date: 2007-10-11 20:59 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet -tags: checklist, humour, murder, spam +--- +title: Universal Spam Solution Critique slug: universal-spam-solution-critique +date: "2007-10-11 20:59" +category: Humour, Internet +tags: + - checklist + - humour + - murder + - spam +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Because I've recently read the _tragic_ news that a Russian spam baron was found dead under suspicious circumstances, and because that's probably not a good long-term solution to the problem, I bring you: **The universal spam solution critique** diff --git a/content/old/humour/warning-signs-for-tomorrow.md b/content/old/humour/warning-signs-for-tomorrow.md index f5d54450..f71196a7 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/warning-signs-for-tomorrow.md +++ b/content/old/humour/warning-signs-for-tomorrow.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Warning Signs for Tomorrow -date: 2006-10-15 12:42 -author: offby1 -category: Humour -tags: future, humour, internet, meme, snark +--- +title: Warning Signs for Tomorrow slug: warning-signs-for-tomorrow +date: "2006-10-15 12:42" +category: Humour +tags: + - future + - humour + - internet + - meme + - snark +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This might mark me as exceptionally nerdy, but I just love this set of [warning signs for tomorrow](http://lifeboat.com/ex/warning.signs.for.tomorrow), dug up via the instapundit. Some favourites: diff --git a/content/old/humour/what-did-we-ever-do-before-the-internets.md b/content/old/humour/what-did-we-ever-do-before-the-internets.md index 0909378e..cb1c21b2 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/what-did-we-ever-do-before-the-internets.md +++ b/content/old/humour/what-did-we-ever-do-before-the-internets.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: What did we ever do, before the internets? -date: 2006-07-19 12:19 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet -tags: humour, internet +--- +title: What did we ever do, before the internets? slug: what-did-we-ever-do-before-the-internets +date: "2006-07-19 12:19" +category: Humour, Internet +tags: + - humour + - internet +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- A friend of my co-worker, call him "A", is the subject of this post. On Canada Day, "A" was stabbed. diff --git a/content/old/humour/wont-someone-please-think-of-the-statistics.md b/content/old/humour/wont-someone-please-think-of-the-statistics.md index ec6a7ef5..ca443500 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/wont-someone-please-think-of-the-statistics.md +++ b/content/old/humour/wont-someone-please-think-of-the-statistics.md @@ -1,9 +1,14 @@ -Title: Won't someone please think of the statistics? -date: 2006-08-11 06:42 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet, Media, Rants -tags: humour, internet, media, rants +--- +title: Won't someone please think of the statistics? slug: wont-someone-please-think-of-the-statistics +date: "2006-08-11 06:42" +category: Humour, Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - humour + - internet + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- In a world of fearmongering media and government, it seems to me that life would be better if we could just *\`fucking count \\`\__*! diff --git a/content/old/humour/words-to-live-by.md b/content/old/humour/words-to-live-by.md index 5032677f..b37c7c69 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/words-to-live-by.md +++ b/content/old/humour/words-to-live-by.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Words to live by... -date: 2003-10-18 17:54 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Words to live by... +slug: words-to-live-by +date: "2003-10-18 17:54" category: Humour tags: humour -slug: words-to-live-by +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Okay, this one is a bit\... uhh\... racy. But funny as all hell. In the extended entry below is the entire text of a letter to Dan Savage, as printed in this week's Onion and with emphasis added by yours truly. The last paragraph is probably the truest thing ever spoken about\... \... diff --git a/content/old/humour/worst-trailer-ever.md b/content/old/humour/worst-trailer-ever.md index 77513d9c..cf2d8d9e 100644 --- a/content/old/humour/worst-trailer-ever.md +++ b/content/old/humour/worst-trailer-ever.md @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ -Title: Who comes up with these things? -date: 2004-08-10 18:16 -author: offby1 -category: Humour, Internet, Media -tags: humour, internet, media +--- +title: Who comes up with these things? slug: worst-trailer-ever +date: "2004-08-10 18:16" +category: Humour, Internet, Media +tags: + - humour + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - -Alright, it's not Nimoy doing [Bilbo Baggins](/backlog/2002/11/26/hobbits/), but this [trailer]([http://www.boll-kg.de/neues/aitd_trailer_large.htm](http://www.boll-kg.de/neues/aitd_trailer_large.htm)) is by far the most amazingly shitty bit of cinema I've seen since I made the mistake of renting _The Phantom_. Although I strongly recommend that anyone with eyes and a brain give the movie itself a miss, the trailer really does have to be seen to be believed. (extensively [mocked here]()) +--- +Alright, it's not Nimoy doing [Bilbo Baggins](http://www.offlineblog.com/backlog/2002/11/26/hobbits/), but this [trailer](http://www.boll-kg.de/neues/aitd_trailer_large.htm) is by far the most amazingly shitty bit of cinema I've seen since I made the mistake of renting _The Phantom_. Although I strongly recommend that anyone with eyes and a brain give the movie itself a miss, the trailer really does have to be seen to be believed. (extensively [mocked here](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/34901)) \### Update diff --git a/content/old/internet/a-last-shot-at-convincing.md b/content/old/internet/a-last-shot-at-convincing.md index f2494c36..8d68d002 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/a-last-shot-at-convincing.md +++ b/content/old/internet/a-last-shot-at-convincing.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: A last shot at convincing -date: 2004-06-29 19:29 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Rants -tags: internet, rants +--- +title: A last shot at convincing slug: a-last-shot-at-convincing +date: "2004-06-29 19:29" +category: Internet, Rants +tags: + - internet + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I know I harp on this one a lot, but perhaps "this":http://isc.incidents.org/diary.php?date=2004-06-29 will scare the last few holdouts amongst you away from using Internet Explorer for anything secure, or better yet, anything at all. As [discussed](http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/29/1913222&mode=thread&tid=109&tid=113&tid=126&tid=187&tid=95) on slashdot, the gist of this is that a sneaky program (that can install itself invisibly when you view a webpage that tries to install it) can insert itself into your browser and read your secure information (that'd be _credit cards_, folks!) *before* it's encrypted. diff --git a/content/old/internet/a-most-peculiar-kind-of-art.md b/content/old/internet/a-most-peculiar-kind-of-art.md index cd2a857e..e41a6060 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/a-most-peculiar-kind-of-art.md +++ b/content/old/internet/a-most-peculiar-kind-of-art.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: A most peculiar kind of art -date: 2002-11-26 07:45 -author: offby1 +--- +title: A most peculiar kind of art +slug: a-most-peculiar-kind-of-art +date: "2002-11-26 07:45" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: a-most-peculiar-kind-of-art +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [Inversions](http://www.scottkim.com/inversions/index.html) are a kind of art that involves a visual play on words - Scott Kim, the artist in question, takes a name or word and makes it do things that, well, i could never have imagined. (via [Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com/)) diff --git a/content/old/internet/a-new-hope.md b/content/old/internet/a-new-hope.md index 131f7d5e..c0ecba7b 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/a-new-hope.md +++ b/content/old/internet/a-new-hope.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: A new hope? -date: 2005-03-11 00:33 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media -tags: internet, media +--- +title: A new hope? slug: a-new-hope +date: "2005-03-11 00:33" +category: Internet, Media +tags: + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I just took the time -- thanks to the wonders of this Interweb thingie -- to watch the official theatrical trailer for Star Wars episode III. It looks _good_. diff --git a/content/old/internet/a-rabbit-hole.md b/content/old/internet/a-rabbit-hole.md index 237bd833..eb70c64e 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/a-rabbit-hole.md +++ b/content/old/internet/a-rabbit-hole.md @@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ -Title: A Rabbit Hole -date: 2008-01-31 08:47 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media -tags: internet, media, operation clambake, religion, scientology, xenu +--- +title: A Rabbit Hole slug: a-rabbit-hole +date: "2008-01-31 08:47" +category: Internet, Media +tags: + - internet + - media + - operation clambake + - religion + - scientology + - xenu +author: offby1 status: draft - -If you want to while away a few hours, and find out more about one of the more unnerving [celebrity-sponsored]() cults out there, I recommend checking out [Operation Clambake]() when you have some time to spare. +--- +If you want to while away a few hours, and find out more about one of the more unnerving [celebrity-sponsored](http://gawker.com/5002269/the-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientology-tried-to-suppress) cults out there, I recommend checking out [Operation Clambake](http://www.xenu.net/) when you have some time to spare. What I get out of this is a low-level sense of fear that the reportage we get on the subject of scientology -- or the lack thereof, more accurately -- is a reflection of a more thorough penetration of the media by this _very_ media-savvy organization. @@ -14,4 +21,4 @@ And then I accuse myself of being paranoid and move on\... but never completely Scientology is the one and only thing that makes me _glad_ it is impossible to be elected in the US or Canada without professing to some christian belief system. -This post brought to you as a tiny, tiny shot from the Internet's side of [Scientology vs. The Internet]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_vs._the_Internet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_vs._the_Internet)). +This post brought to you as a tiny, tiny shot from the Internet's side of [Scientology vs. The Internet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_vs._the_Internet). diff --git a/content/old/internet/a-review-of-omniweb-55-and-commentary-on-polish.md b/content/old/internet/a-review-of-omniweb-55-and-commentary-on-polish.md index 70632aed..14edf661 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/a-review-of-omniweb-55-and-commentary-on-polish.md +++ b/content/old/internet/a-review-of-omniweb-55-and-commentary-on-polish.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: A review of OmniWeb 5.5, and commentary on polish. -date: 2006-09-07 07:02 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Rants -tags: internet, rants +--- +title: A review of OmniWeb 5.5, and commentary on polish. slug: a-review-of-omniweb-55-and-commentary-on-polish +date: "2006-09-07 07:02" +category: Internet, Rants +tags: + - internet + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- A few weeks ago, I purchased a license for [OmniWeb 5.5](http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/) during its beta phase. I became aware of it a couple of years ago, when it became the darling of the mac-using contingent of the Software Systems group at the U of A, mainly due to its polished user experience and stability. I have not been so enamoured of it, I have to regretfully confess, and I have -- reluctantly, since I *paid* for it -- returned to the arms of [Camino](http://www.caminobrowser.org/). diff --git a/content/old/internet/also-worth-reading.md b/content/old/internet/also-worth-reading.md index 979def82..487711cd 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/also-worth-reading.md +++ b/content/old/internet/also-worth-reading.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Also worth reading -date: 2004-02-20 09:04 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Also worth reading +slug: also-worth-reading +date: "2004-02-20 09:04" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: also-worth-reading +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- "An essay by a disillusioned disciple of Ayn Rand":http://www.nathanielbranden.net/ayn/ayn03.html Good read. And a bit closer to how i feel about the whole Rand thing. diff --git a/content/old/internet/another-straw-or-two.md b/content/old/internet/another-straw-or-two.md index 4232a919..076a41d0 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/another-straw-or-two.md +++ b/content/old/internet/another-straw-or-two.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ -Title: Another straw (or two) -date: 2008-04-05 00:28 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media -tags: culture, depressing, society +--- +title: Another straw (or two) slug: another-straw-or-two +date: "2008-04-05 00:28" +category: Internet, Media +tags: + - culture + - depressing + - society +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Following up on my previous musings: [Toys R Us has tramp stamps](http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/lowerback/lowerback.shtml) -[Where has all the pubic hair gone?]([http://www.phillymag.com/articles/pretty_babies/page1](http://www.phillymag.com/articles/pretty_babies/page1)) +[Where has all the pubic hair gone?](http://www.phillymag.com/articles/pretty_babies/page1) diff --git a/content/old/internet/as-a-point-of-concern.md b/content/old/internet/as-a-point-of-concern.md index 1964c16e..0266a76f 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/as-a-point-of-concern.md +++ b/content/old/internet/as-a-point-of-concern.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: As a point of concern -date: 2006-01-02 07:31 -author: offby1 +--- +title: As a point of concern +slug: as-a-point-of-concern +date: "2006-01-02 07:31" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: as-a-point-of-concern +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Since most of you that read this blog are using Windows (but not all, of course), this is of interest to you: There is an [exploit](http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/01/01/1550258.shtml?tid=220&tid=218) for windows that works by, well, someone sending you an instant message. Seriously. Yes, I know there've been hoaxes about this before, but this one is a bit more serious. It remains to be seen what happens today when the business PCs of the world come back online, but I just ask that you be cautious with MSN instant messenger today. [Trillian](http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/) is a good alternative, one that I've bought a license for (although as a [non-windows](http://www.ubuntulinux.org/) user, I can't really *use* it anymore), so I can recommend it without reservations. diff --git a/content/old/internet/brand-new.md b/content/old/internet/brand-new.md index f69931d6..105346f0 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/brand-new.md +++ b/content/old/internet/brand-new.md @@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ -Title: Brand New -date: 2008-01-02 08:35 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media -tags: new, old, philosophy, politics, questions, science +--- +title: Brand New slug: brand-new +date: "2008-01-02 08:35" +category: Internet, Media +tags: + - new + - old + - philosophy + - politics + - questions + - science +author: offby1 status: draft - -Well, thank _you_, Stewart Brand, for doing a fine job of saying something that I've held to be true for a good long time: [Good old stuff sucks]([http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_8.html#brand](http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_8.html#brand)). +--- +Well, thank _you_, Stewart Brand, for doing a fine job of saying something that I've held to be true for a good long time: [Good old stuff sucks](http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_8.html#brand). This is part of the [EDGE questions for 2008](http://www.edge.org/questioncenter.html); "What did you change your mind about in 2007?" This is a web thing, I suppose, but some fine thinkers are involved, and their responses run the gamut from predictable (Sam Harris) to interesting (Richard Dawkins). diff --git a/content/old/internet/call-to-action.md b/content/old/internet/call-to-action.md index f10bd064..f1ad7cd9 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/call-to-action.md +++ b/content/old/internet/call-to-action.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Call to action -date: 2006-01-25 17:19 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media -tags: internet, media +--- +title: Call to action slug: call-to-action +date: "2006-01-25 17:19" +category: Internet, Media +tags: + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I realize that this is two posts today (a habit that wouldn't kill me to keep up with, all told) but here's something you all should see: the [Firefly Season 2 project](http://www.fireflyseason2.com/index.asp), as linked from [this /. article](http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/25/2146257). There's a survey for demographics that, if you liked the show, I encourage you to fill out as gappily as you want. Since I get my spam protection from [spamgourmet](http://www.spamgourmet.com/), I'm comfortable giving them a protected address. I encourage you to do no more than that. diff --git a/content/old/internet/carefully-chosen-title.md b/content/old/internet/carefully-chosen-title.md index 16f19ede..77a3f571 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/carefully-chosen-title.md +++ b/content/old/internet/carefully-chosen-title.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Carefully-chosen Title -date: 2004-03-22 14:27 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Carefully-chosen Title +slug: carefully-chosen-title +date: "2004-03-22 14:27" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: carefully-chosen-title +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Found on Salon.com (you have to view a short ad to check it out, but it's worth it) is a [confession of a semi-successful author](http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/03/22/midlist/). Pretty interesting read, and definitely a hint that maybe some things don't carry over well to the system of economics i prefer. I'm just sayin' diff --git a/content/old/internet/close-to-my-predatory-heart.md b/content/old/internet/close-to-my-predatory-heart.md index 0857f02c..0e9b8309 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/close-to-my-predatory-heart.md +++ b/content/old/internet/close-to-my-predatory-heart.md @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ -Title: Close to my (predatory?) heart -date: 2007-09-13 13:27 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media, Rants -tags: family, fear, paranoia, society +--- +title: Close to my (predatory?) heart slug: close-to-my-predatory-heart +date: "2007-09-13 13:27" +category: Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - family + - fear + - paranoia + - society +author: offby1 status: draft - -Two articles in the Wall Street Journal, one titled [Are We Teaching Our Kids To Be Fearful of Men?]() and its sequel, [Avoiding Kids: How Men Cope With Being Cast as Predators](). +--- +Two articles in the Wall Street Journal, one titled [Are We Teaching Our Kids To Be Fearful of Men?](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118782905698506010.html?mod=Moving-On) and its sequel, [Avoiding Kids: How Men Cope With Being Cast as Predators](http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118903209653018615.html). I'm just going to let these speak for themselves. diff --git a/content/old/internet/dream-orange-mango-passionfruit-lemon.md b/content/old/internet/dream-orange-mango-passionfruit-lemon.md index e8cc9ac5..55473de3 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/dream-orange-mango-passionfruit-lemon.md +++ b/content/old/internet/dream-orange-mango-passionfruit-lemon.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Dream... Orange? Mango? Passionfruit? Lemon? -date: 2006-10-19 14:10 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Dream... Orange? Mango? Passionfruit? Lemon? +slug: dream-orange-mango-passionfruit-lemon +date: "2006-10-19 14:10" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: dream-orange-mango-passionfruit-lemon +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Oh, if only more of you used Macs :) Well, it really doesn't matter, of course. However, there's a neat app called [Tangerine](http://www.potionfactory.com/blog/2006/10/18/introducing-tangerine/) that tickles my music-lovin' soul. It scans iTunes for songs with similar beat patterns and groups them into playlists so that you get automagical mood-based playlists. diff --git a/content/old/internet/dreaming-of-high-places.md b/content/old/internet/dreaming-of-high-places.md index aae8d61b..7c38f6ea 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/dreaming-of-high-places.md +++ b/content/old/internet/dreaming-of-high-places.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Dreaming of high places -date: 2003-02-17 09:19 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Dreaming of high places +slug: dreaming-of-high-places +date: "2003-02-17 09:19" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: dreaming-of-high-places +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I want to direct any of my readers with even a passing interest in space to the [Highlift Systems](http://www.highliftsystems.com/) website. This is a private organization that is looking for ways to make a space elevator feasible. Im my view, if we are ever going to take more than baby steps into space, this is how it'll have to be done, so these guys are fairly interesting to me. Go check them out! (Discussion on [Slashdot](http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/17/0045205&mode=thread&tid=160) and [Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/23622)) And damn, it would be fine to work in this field when i get out of school\... I wonder\... diff --git a/content/old/internet/eternal-truths.md b/content/old/internet/eternal-truths.md index 525b453d..5c6f9ac1 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/eternal-truths.md +++ b/content/old/internet/eternal-truths.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Eternal Truths -date: 2006-10-07 11:44 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Eternal Truths +slug: eternal-truths +date: "2006-10-07 11:44" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: eternal-truths +author: offby1 status: draft - +---
There ought to be a word in the English language which captures the idea of people decrying the provincial bigotry of others in a diff --git a/content/old/internet/fahrenheit-510.md b/content/old/internet/fahrenheit-510.md index 69c1b9dd..d99ce89d 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/fahrenheit-510.md +++ b/content/old/internet/fahrenheit-510.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Fahrenheit 5/10 -date: 2004-06-30 05:15 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media -tags: internet, media +--- +title: Fahrenheit 5/10 slug: fahrenheit-510 +date: "2004-06-30 05:15" +category: Internet, Media +tags: + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- For an actually _balanced_ view of the Fahrenheit 9/11 hype and bull, I recommend that you see [this review](http://www.theonionavclub.com/cinema/index.php?issue=4026#review7) at The Onion. I'm shocked, actually. The Onion's leanings are virulently anti-Bush most of the time, and this one is still clearly toned that way, but the review itself is way more balanced than I expected. Other reviews can be found "here":http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Fahrenheit911-1133649/ as well, where they are nearly uniformly good. diff --git a/content/old/internet/fit-in-much.md b/content/old/internet/fit-in-much.md index f0b3f8d2..9518267b 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/fit-in-much.md +++ b/content/old/internet/fit-in-much.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Fit in much? -date: 2003-10-02 07:59 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Fit in much? +slug: fit-in-much +date: "2003-10-02 07:59" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: fit-in-much +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Okay, random linkdom: [The compleat diagram of strange persons, 2003 edition.](http://www.alanapost.com/weblog/archives/002425.html) This looks like it's a lot of fun. i'm not sure i follow the logic, but it's pretty and has nice dots. What more could you ask? diff --git a/content/old/internet/full-of.md b/content/old/internet/full-of.md index 19e24523..f060cfd1 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/full-of.md +++ b/content/old/internet/full-of.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Full of. -date: 2006-09-25 22:06 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Full of. +slug: full-of +date: "2006-09-25 22:06" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: full-of +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Walk through [caverns of concrete](http://www.g-cans.jp/intro/07photo/index.html). That sewer system is cyclopean. Talk about a sense of insignificance, when you realize that the effluent of a megacity like Tokyo requires structures that bring to mind the caves at the gates of hades. diff --git a/content/old/internet/gmail-goodness.md b/content/old/internet/gmail-goodness.md index 64d6b504..e8733113 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/gmail-goodness.md +++ b/content/old/internet/gmail-goodness.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Gmail Goodness -date: 2004-09-14 19:58 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Gmail Goodness +slug: gmail-goodness +date: "2004-09-14 19:58" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: gmail-goodness +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, I was pretty leery at first -- I'm not a big fan of web-based e-mail, and I really didn't expect "Gmail":http://www.gmail.com/ to be any different. Sure, it's made by "Google":http://www.google.com/, but that shouldn't really make all the gripes about web e-mail go away, should it? Well, the thing is, yes. Yes it does. I don't want to be a massive technowanker about this (because apparently people have "complained":http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar/23636.html about it), but I'm really happy with how Gmail works for my messages. It's organized intelligently, it's fast, and although the UI isn't perfect (the loading sticks sometimes and the pages never seem to 100% load) it's pretty damned good, and by _heaven_ is it fast. diff --git a/content/old/internet/goddamn-it.md b/content/old/internet/goddamn-it.md index dcbc2d6e..54521fcc 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/goddamn-it.md +++ b/content/old/internet/goddamn-it.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ -Title: Goddamn It -date: 2006-12-15 20:03 -author: offby1 -category: Internet -tags: internet, meme +--- +title: Goddamn It slug: goddamn-it +date: "2006-12-15 20:03" +category: Internet +tags: + - internet + - meme +author: offby1 status: draft - -Thanks to [this asshole](http://www.metafilter.com/user/28628), I just lost [the Game]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(game\\)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(game\\))) +--- +Thanks to [this asshole](http://www.metafilter.com/user/28628), I just lost [the Game](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(game\\))) diff --git a/content/old/internet/grak-sputter-phpath-blat.md b/content/old/internet/grak-sputter-phpath-blat.md index d93b44b3..bce0e629 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/grak-sputter-phpath-blat.md +++ b/content/old/internet/grak-sputter-phpath-blat.md @@ -1,15 +1,18 @@ -Title: Grak Sputter Phpath Blat! -date: 2005-02-02 08:58 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Rants -tags: internet, rants +--- +title: Grak Sputter Phpath Blat! slug: grak-sputter-phpath-blat +date: "2005-02-02 08:58" +category: Internet, Rants +tags: + - internet + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- My god, are people twits. [MeFi](http://www.metafilter.com/) just acquired a small add on its front page, containing no nudity, for [SuicideGirls.com](http://www.suicidegirls.com/), a softcore spooky-girl porn site (that link is **not** safe for work, if you're wondering!). -The [reaction]() has been just stupid, though. Comments like "Sadly, because of these ads, I can no longer recommend MetaFilter to anyone" ([link](http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/8942#196100)) and "It is wrong for you to take porn ad money. What a sorry day for this site." ([link](http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/8942#196081)) have, well, tweaked me in an ungood kind of way. +The [reaction](http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/8942) has been just stupid, though. Comments like "Sadly, because of these ads, I can no longer recommend MetaFilter to anyone" ([link](http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/8942#196100)) and "It is wrong for you to take porn ad money. What a sorry day for this site." ([link](http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/8942#196081)) have, well, tweaked me in an ungood kind of way. I am currently receiving a talk on why I should not be angry at this. I disagree, respectfully, but be aware that in the House of Chris there are dissenting opinions. diff --git a/content/old/internet/health-care-and-a-new-approach.md b/content/old/internet/health-care-and-a-new-approach.md index 176ed89f..47b64ef4 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/health-care-and-a-new-approach.md +++ b/content/old/internet/health-care-and-a-new-approach.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Approaching Health in a New Way -date: 2004-07-05 07:32 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Rants -tags: internet, rants +--- +title: Approaching Health in a New Way slug: health-care-and-a-new-approach +date: "2004-07-05 07:32" +category: Internet, Rants +tags: + - internet + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Metafilter has linked an article about the rising costs of healthcare in the USA, one that \-- like several things I've read recently \-- raises some uncomfortable questions about privately-insured healthcare. [Feel free to read it](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/34131) and \... well, it's interesting. A notable quote in it: "I'm beginning to think that running a risk-pool that actually protects its members and running a risk-pool for profit are diametrically opposed endeavors." diff --git a/content/old/internet/hiding-from-the-internet.md b/content/old/internet/hiding-from-the-internet.md index a629eb19..681b3215 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/hiding-from-the-internet.md +++ b/content/old/internet/hiding-from-the-internet.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Hiding from the internet -date: 2006-03-31 19:55 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Rants -tags: internet, rants +--- +title: Hiding from the internet slug: hiding-from-the-internet +date: "2006-03-31 19:55" +category: Internet, Rants +tags: + - internet + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I think that tomorrow I'll just \... avoid .. the internet. The place turns into a pile of utter shit once per year, on 1 April, as every two-bit dumb shit gets the mistaken impression that we all just stop caring about anything at all, and decides that pink site redesigns and fake album releases are actually *funny*. Asshats. diff --git a/content/old/internet/hobbits.md b/content/old/internet/hobbits.md index f046f189..69fb4cf4 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/hobbits.md +++ b/content/old/internet/hobbits.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Hobbits! -date: 2002-11-26 21:33 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Hobbits! +slug: hobbits +date: "2002-11-26 21:33" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: hobbits +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [This](http://www.game-revolution.com/download/trickyl/goodies/Video/baggins.mov) (Quicktime required) has to be the most disturbing thing i've ever seen. Beware. You cannot *un*-see this\... diff --git a/content/old/internet/in-the-interests-of-uh.md b/content/old/internet/in-the-interests-of-uh.md index 9e65c43b..e3e6d361 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/in-the-interests-of-uh.md +++ b/content/old/internet/in-the-interests-of-uh.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: In the interests of, uh... -date: 2003-02-17 09:52 -author: offby1 +--- +title: In the interests of, uh... +slug: in-the-interests-of-uh +date: "2003-02-17 09:52" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: in-the-interests-of-uh +author: offby1 status: draft - -[This is NOT safe for work!]([http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=54](http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=54) "Donna's World Famous Long and Short of it!") But is is damned funny. Essentially, a groupie rating list of metal stars - Mostly hair-metal rockers, but some more obscure ones, too (Dani Filth, anyone? :) +--- +[This is NOT safe for work!](http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=54 "Donna's World Famous Long and Short of it!") But is is damned funny. Essentially, a groupie rating list of metal stars - Mostly hair-metal rockers, but some more obscure ones, too (Dani Filth, anyone? :) I'm not sure how i feel after reading this one, but it sure as hell is funny. diff --git a/content/old/internet/innerview.md b/content/old/internet/innerview.md index 5dd16d61..23728e9e 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/innerview.md +++ b/content/old/internet/innerview.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Innerview -date: 2004-11-21 10:52 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media -tags: internet, media +--- +title: Innerview slug: innerview +date: "2004-11-21 10:52" +category: Internet, Media +tags: + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- He's not ordinarily my cup of tea, so to speak \-- he's too much about how the black man's got a shitty life because whitey rules the roost, even now \-- but this [interview with Chris Rock](http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/index.php?issue=4046) at "The Onion":http://www.theonion.com/ is still a good read, and it does leave me with a fair amount of respect for the way he approaches his art. Now, of course this automatically runs into my belief that you can never really know actors. I mean, less so than other people. They're _actors_, they create themselves for a living. But if this is a true statement of who he is, I have to say I'd probably like him. diff --git a/content/old/internet/living-dangerously.md b/content/old/internet/living-dangerously.md index 8e719b66..509130f9 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/living-dangerously.md +++ b/content/old/internet/living-dangerously.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Living Dangerously -date: 2003-12-01 07:35 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Living Dangerously +slug: living-dangerously +date: "2003-12-01 07:35" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: living-dangerously +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- If only the north american ads would be like [this](http://www.playingsafely.co.uk/12stisofchristmas/12-STIs.html). The URL really _looks_ like it's legit, and this has got to be the funniest/sickest public service announcement i have _ever_ seen. So, if PSA(Public Service Announcements)s were always like this, do you think people would listen more? diff --git a/content/old/internet/making-a-dent.md b/content/old/internet/making-a-dent.md index 04a4b005..42ec6e35 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/making-a-dent.md +++ b/content/old/internet/making-a-dent.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Making a dent -date: 2003-05-14 00:46 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Making a dent +slug: making-a-dent +date: "2003-05-14 00:46" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: making-a-dent +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Here's [something](http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/sendyourname/index.html) for the *real* sci-fi geek amongst my readers. How'd you like to have your name on a disc that's going to be mounted on an "impactor" that will be smashing into a comet on July 4 2005? -Here's [mine](/misc/certificate.html). +Here's [mine](http://www.offlineblog.com/misc/certificate.html). diff --git a/content/old/internet/me-cries.md b/content/old/internet/me-cries.md index db813c4c..e012ffec 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/me-cries.md +++ b/content/old/internet/me-cries.md @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ -Title: /me cries -date: 2007-08-15 16:54 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media -tags: gaming, geeky, look at you hacker a pathetic creature of meat and bone, sucker, xbox +--- +title: /me cries slug: me-cries +date: "2007-08-15 16:54" +category: Internet, Media +tags: + - gaming + - geeky + - look at you hacker a pathetic creature of meat and bone + - sucker + - xbox +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I was going to resist\... -I've got more consoles now than I've had in my life (Char with her PS2, PS1, and GC, me with my Xbox and Wii) but god **damn** it, [this Bioshock demo]() is going to suck me in, I just know it. +I've got more consoles now than I've had in my life (Char with her PS2, PS1, and GC, me with my Xbox and Wii) but god **damn** it, [this Bioshock demo](http://communities.canada.com/shareit/blogs/gamesnews/archive/2007/08/13/bioshock-demo-surfaces-on-xbox-live.aspx) is going to suck me in, I just know it. Of course it's coming out for the PC, where I have to reboot to play. diff --git a/content/old/internet/mo-money.md b/content/old/internet/mo-money.md index b2684b14..016df67d 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/mo-money.md +++ b/content/old/internet/mo-money.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Mo' money! -date: 2002-11-18 07:38 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Mo' money! +slug: mo-money +date: "2002-11-18 07:38" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: mo-money +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [The Misanthropic Bitch](http://www.misanthropic-bitch.com/mymoney.html) has pretty much hit my feelings for this one on the head\... Yay parasites! diff --git a/content/old/internet/my-tolkien-attempts-at-humour.md b/content/old/internet/my-tolkien-attempts-at-humour.md index c79f7fbe..e0297ef1 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/my-tolkien-attempts-at-humour.md +++ b/content/old/internet/my-tolkien-attempts-at-humour.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: My 'Tolkien' attempts at humour -date: 2003-01-07 15:56 -author: offby1 +--- +title: My 'Tolkien' attempts at humour +slug: my-tolkien-attempts-at-humour +date: "2003-01-07 15:56" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: my-tolkien-attempts-at-humour +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I've stumbled upon more than a couple of decent shots at Tolkien-related humour in the last few days, so i figured i'd share them with you all. Of course, most of the people reading my site are familiar with the [*very* secret diaries](http://home.nyu.edu/~amw243/diaries/) kept by the Fellowship on their journey. What you may not have seen is the two, and soon to be more, new ones that have been recovered and posted to a livejournal - They are [Aragorn's](http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=cassieclaire&itemid=21484) and [Theoden's](http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=cassieclaire&itemid=22029). Hey, if the content bothers you, just be glad it's not [Slash fiction](http://www.femgeeks.net/tolkien/archive.html). (NSFW; [What is 'Slash'?](http://members.aol.com/RtNicholas/private/what.htm)) (Basically, that last link is so that people don't claim i sent them without warning.) Also of note is a posting on [/.](http://slashdot.org/) pointing out "What if someone else had written Tolkien?" to fairly amusing effect. There are such luminaries as Hemingway and T. Pratchett amongst the hypothetical writers. Though the [originating page](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=ce24f67f4391402642140618dcde1e00&threadid=138905&perpage=50&pagenumber=1) is currently down for the count, having been [slashdotted](http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/slashdot-effect.html) into oblivion, a kind poster [duplicated](http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=49969&cid=5031644) most, if not all, of the entries posted. diff --git a/content/old/internet/oh-no-time-to-redesign.md b/content/old/internet/oh-no-time-to-redesign.md index d0f356f5..83fd0fab 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/oh-no-time-to-redesign.md +++ b/content/old/internet/oh-no-time-to-redesign.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Oh no! Time to redesign! -date: 2002-12-12 20:17 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Oh no! Time to redesign! +slug: oh-no-time-to-redesign +date: "2002-12-12 20:17" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: oh-no-time-to-redesign +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Or at least according to [Feng Shui for web designers](http://www.newmediastudies.com/fengshui.htm), who seem to figure that Ch'i doesn't flow smoothly around pages with too many straight lines. Oh, more fool i! (via [MetaFilter](http://www.metafilter.com/)) diff --git a/content/old/internet/on-incompleteness.md b/content/old/internet/on-incompleteness.md index f8adaa2b..1872230e 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/on-incompleteness.md +++ b/content/old/internet/on-incompleteness.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: On Incompleteness -date: 2005-03-20 00:21 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media -tags: internet, media, science +--- +title: On Incompleteness slug: on-incompleteness +date: "2005-03-20 00:21" +category: Internet, Media +tags: + - internet + - media + - science +author: offby1 status: draft - -Stumbled upon this [interview](http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=116) with a woman that wrote a [biography]() of Kurt Gödel entitled _Incompleteness_. She makes some interesting statements regarding the widespread misinterpretation of Gödel's results, primarily amongst postmodernists and such. +--- +Stumbled upon this [interview](http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=116) with a woman that wrote a [biography](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393051692/104-3062222-1139939?v=glance) of Kurt Gödel entitled _Incompleteness_. She makes some interesting statements regarding the widespread misinterpretation of Gödel's results, primarily amongst postmodernists and such. Nothing that I didn't already feel myself, but it's interesting that a biographer would have found that Gödel felt the same. I can only imagine what it must have felt like for him to see, even during his own lifetime, his greatest work twisted by people who knew nothing of it, until they had interpreted it to mean the exact opposite of what Gödel had proved. diff --git a/content/old/internet/on-names-and-nano.md b/content/old/internet/on-names-and-nano.md index 36fe7d16..0f69d176 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/on-names-and-nano.md +++ b/content/old/internet/on-names-and-nano.md @@ -1,20 +1,25 @@ -Title: On Names, and Nano -date: 2007-03-06 13:15 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Meta, Rants -tags: ludditism, science, snark, stupidity +--- +title: On Names, and Nano slug: on-names-and-nano +date: "2007-03-06 13:15" +category: Internet, Meta, Rants +tags: + - ludditism + - science + - snark + - stupidity +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This is a two-pronged posting: \### Domain name change -First, as you probably failed to notice when you clicked into the comments on the pages, there's a new name for this site, in terms of ways to get to it: [www.offby1.net](www.offby1.net). The old offlineblog.com address won't stop working, so worry not, but offby1.net is now the preferred URL, and all links on the site will point to it, as soon as I figure out how to walk my MySQL database and convert all of the old URLs. +First, as you probably failed to notice when you clicked into the comments on the pages, there's a new name for this site, in terms of ways to get to it: [www.offby1.net](http://www.offby1.net). The old offlineblog.com address won't stop working, so worry not, but offby1.net is now the preferred URL, and all links on the site will point to it, as soon as I figure out how to walk my MySQL database and convert all of the old URLs. \### Anti-scientific idiocy -Second is a pointer to some more ludditism: The [New Internationalist](), a newsmagazine recommended to me by [Char]() is a mostly-interesting alternative view on the world; not one with which I agree on most points, but nonetheless a refreshing perspective, but subject to some of the common flaws of its kind, including [this example of total technological paranoia](), calling for a small, but scary, symbol for nanotechnology, and demonstrating a complete inability to distinguish means from ends. This mini article is analogous to calling for a warning label on all products made with screwdrivers. +Second is a pointer to some more ludditism: The [New Internationalist](http://www.newint.org/), a newsmagazine recommended to me by [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com) is a mostly-interesting alternative view on the world; not one with which I agree on most points, but nonetheless a refreshing perspective, but subject to some of the common flaws of its kind, including [this example of total technological paranoia](http://www.newint.org/columns/currents/2006/12/01/nanotechnology/), calling for a small, but scary, symbol for nanotechnology, and demonstrating a complete inability to distinguish means from ends. This mini article is analogous to calling for a warning label on all products made with screwdrivers. Why can't people pull their heads from their asses and ensure that they know what they're protesting? I want to ask if it's too much to ask for people to inform themselves, but the 'protest movement' is an adequate demonstration that I needn't bother; it _is_ too much to ask. diff --git a/content/old/internet/on-unions.md b/content/old/internet/on-unions.md index e817225c..ab988af0 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/on-unions.md +++ b/content/old/internet/on-unions.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: On unions -date: 2004-11-14 09:58 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media, Rants -tags: internet, media, rants +--- +title: On unions slug: on-unions +date: "2004-11-14 09:58" +category: Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - internet + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As is no secret to those that know me well, I generally hold no truck with unionization. My reasons are many, and as far as I'm concerned at this stage they verge on being tautological. However, one particular situation has thrown into sharp relief the reason for unions' existence, and caused me to re-evaluate my absolutist stance on the subject: "EA Games":http://www.livejournal.com/users/ea_spouse/. diff --git a/content/old/internet/oogling-google.md b/content/old/internet/oogling-google.md index 35118a59..02ab76f4 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/oogling-google.md +++ b/content/old/internet/oogling-google.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Oogling Google -date: 2004-02-21 02:03 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Oogling Google +slug: oogling-google +date: "2004-02-21 02:03" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: oogling-google +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm sure we all know about "google":http://www.google.com/ since, well, we all have to find stuff sometimes. But do we all know about these funky [hidden google features](http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/20/1823206&mode=thread)? If "this":http://www.google.com/search?q=speed+of+light+in+cubits+per+fortnight&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 isn't just the wackiest thing i've ever seen on google, i don't know "what is":http://www.google.com/help/features.html (though i'm sure someone will show me\...) diff --git a/content/old/internet/optional-reading.md b/content/old/internet/optional-reading.md index 6abc28fa..315a2567 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/optional-reading.md +++ b/content/old/internet/optional-reading.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Optional Reading -date: 2007-12-09 17:15 -author: offby1 -category: Internet -tags: askmetafilter, book, consume +--- +title: Optional Reading slug: optional-reading +date: "2007-12-09 17:15" +category: Internet +tags: + - askmetafilter + - book + - consume +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- On a significantly lighter note, here's a place you can go when you run out of books to read: [ReadMe](http://mssv.net/wiki/index.php/ReadMe) diff --git a/content/old/internet/planning-ahead-for-spam-problems.md b/content/old/internet/planning-ahead-for-spam-problems.md index 25a41695..16f0625b 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/planning-ahead-for-spam-problems.md +++ b/content/old/internet/planning-ahead-for-spam-problems.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Planning ahead for spam problems -date: 2005-10-12 16:52 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Meta -tags: internet, meta +--- +title: Planning ahead for spam problems slug: planning-ahead-for-spam-problems +date: "2005-10-12 16:52" +category: Internet, Meta +tags: + - internet + - meta +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Hey, all. I've noticed a _huge_ spike in spam coming in to the site of late --2,900 in the last three months, which is bloody ridiculous. Which is why I'd like to ask anyone that posts here with some regularity to please use the register link below, or "this one":http://www.offlineblog.com/wp-register.php. diff --git a/content/old/internet/priorities.md b/content/old/internet/priorities.md index 186d7746..f66aaaa3 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/priorities.md +++ b/content/old/internet/priorities.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Priorities -date: 2004-01-05 07:49 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Priorities +slug: priorities +date: "2004-01-05 07:49" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: priorities +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Amongst others, [Wil Wheaton](http://www.wilwheaton.net/mt/archives/001479.php#001479) has commented on a news story\... no, make that [_non_ story](http://www.penny-arcade.com/news.php3?date=2004-01-03)\... that is making my blood, at least, boil. I play computer games too - and i play some fairly violent ones. And yet, oddly enough, i've never thrown a punch in anger in my life. Weird, isn't it? diff --git a/content/old/internet/riddle-me-this.md b/content/old/internet/riddle-me-this.md index 8c3e0f27..4c245bfb 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/riddle-me-this.md +++ b/content/old/internet/riddle-me-this.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Riddle me this... -date: 2003-10-14 10:59 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Riddle me this... +slug: riddle-me-this +date: "2003-10-14 10:59" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: riddle-me-this +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Links after links of riddles: If [these](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/28943) don't keep you at least somewhat entertained, consider professional help. Personally, i'm going to kill some time in psych class thinking about some of these. diff --git a/content/old/internet/sexy-pictures.md b/content/old/internet/sexy-pictures.md index 2326bb1b..132faf44 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/sexy-pictures.md +++ b/content/old/internet/sexy-pictures.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Sexy Pictures -date: 2008-02-17 16:02 -author: offby1 -category: Internet -tags: erotica, pornography, sex +--- +title: Sexy Pictures slug: sexy-pictures +date: "2008-02-17 16:02" +category: Internet +tags: + - erotica + - pornography + - sex +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Although this link is NSFW, and also NSFPrudes, I kind of like it. [Sex, Sexuality, and Erotism](http://sex.innerpendejo.net/) diff --git a/content/old/internet/she-sued-him-for-what.md b/content/old/internet/she-sued-him-for-what.md index 424ab2c2..50986edf 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/she-sued-him-for-what.md +++ b/content/old/internet/she-sued-him-for-what.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: She sued him for WHAT? -date: 2008-01-14 19:28 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media, Rants -tags: drugs, law, news, responsibility +--- +title: She sued him for WHAT? slug: she-sued-him-for-what +date: "2008-01-14 19:28" +category: Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - drugs + - law + - news + - responsibility +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, by this time I'm sure that all of us have heard of, and been outraged by, the story of [Sandra Bergen](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7180379.stm), the Saskatchewan woman who sued her dealer when the methamphetamines that she overdosed on left her in a coma. (She's got a website, by the way: [Meth Today](http://www.methtoday.com/). Very\... irritating web design, leaving aside any other cause for complaint.) diff --git a/content/old/internet/shhh-dont-tell-anyone.md b/content/old/internet/shhh-dont-tell-anyone.md index 1e92eb24..1bc579f3 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/shhh-dont-tell-anyone.md +++ b/content/old/internet/shhh-dont-tell-anyone.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Shhh! Don't Tell Anyone! -date: 2007-08-14 20:09 -author: offby1 -category: Internet -tags: conspiracy, link +--- +title: Shhh! Don't Tell Anyone! slug: shhh-dont-tell-anyone +date: "2007-08-14 20:09" +category: Internet +tags: + - conspiracy + - link +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Further adventures in the internet: [Conspiracy Theories](http://www.therazor.org/?p=855). Not a list of them, nor debunking, but instead an examination of what they have in common and some ideas about why people believe them. diff --git a/content/old/internet/sweet-nectar-of-nostalgia.md b/content/old/internet/sweet-nectar-of-nostalgia.md index 13388036..93ca038d 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/sweet-nectar-of-nostalgia.md +++ b/content/old/internet/sweet-nectar-of-nostalgia.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Sweet nectar of nostalgia! -date: 2005-03-07 08:04 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media -tags: internet, media +--- +title: Sweet nectar of nostalgia! slug: sweet-nectar-of-nostalgia +date: "2005-03-07 08:04" +category: Internet, Media +tags: + - internet + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [Oh my f'n god!](http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/07/1154252&tid=202&tid=156&tid=10) Arguably one of the best Wing Commander games in the whole series just got a complete remake treatment, free-software-like. diff --git a/content/old/internet/switch-already.md b/content/old/internet/switch-already.md index 19f2782d..76db5352 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/switch-already.md +++ b/content/old/internet/switch-already.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Switch, already! -date: 2004-07-10 08:29 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Rants -tags: internet, rants +--- +title: Switch, already! slug: switch-already +date: "2004-07-10 08:29" +category: Internet, Rants +tags: + - internet + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Here's more help for anyone suffering growing pains using the new range of browsers: If you get strange error messages clicking on links from places like Outlook while using FireFox to browse, "this":http://www.hutteman.com/weblog/2004/06/18-186.html may be the solution for you. diff --git a/content/old/internet/test-yourselves.md b/content/old/internet/test-yourselves.md index ffeababf..8a521c8a 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/test-yourselves.md +++ b/content/old/internet/test-yourselves.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Test yourselves -date: 2003-05-30 09:33 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Test yourselves +slug: test-yourselves +date: "2003-05-30 09:33" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: test-yourselves +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [Test yourselves, readers](http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html). I did, and i score in the "Major geek" range (44.78%) Scary, that. But fun :) diff --git a/content/old/internet/the-weird-wild-world-of-funeral-auctions.md b/content/old/internet/the-weird-wild-world-of-funeral-auctions.md index 85f20b6c..59ad072e 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/the-weird-wild-world-of-funeral-auctions.md +++ b/content/old/internet/the-weird-wild-world-of-funeral-auctions.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: The weird, wild world of funeral auctions -date: 2002-12-04 09:22 -author: offby1 +--- +title: The weird, wild world of funeral auctions +slug: the-weird-wild-world-of-funeral-auctions +date: "2002-12-04 09:22" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: the-weird-wild-world-of-funeral-auctions +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [Dan Savage](http://www.thestranger.com/current/savage.html), easily one of the best sex advice columnists out there, just went out and [bought Ann Landers' writing desk](http://www.thestranger.com/2002-12-05/savage.html)! From his own commentary, i don't think i'm the only one that finds this a bit bizarre\... Still, i have to approve. diff --git a/content/old/internet/things-that-dont-suck.md b/content/old/internet/things-that-dont-suck.md index 39ab7b5f..20d67c19 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/things-that-dont-suck.md +++ b/content/old/internet/things-that-dont-suck.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Things that don't... Suck? -date: 2005-06-26 22:36 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Things that don't... Suck? +slug: things-that-dont-suck +date: "2005-06-26 22:36" category: Internet tags: internet -slug: things-that-dont-suck +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Ahh\... [Fond memories\...](http://www.keepgoing.org/issue20_giant/the_big_fish.html) Once upon a time, back in the hoary old days of the web, there was "Suck":http://www.suck.com/. Suck was a happy, cynical, modern place, full of crazy ideas and wacky writing, and it was probably the best thing on the web, back then. Rogers Cadenhead "notwithstanding":http://www.cruel.com/. diff --git a/content/old/internet/time-to-start-a-holy-war.md b/content/old/internet/time-to-start-a-holy-war.md index cb951d06..34b23373 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/time-to-start-a-holy-war.md +++ b/content/old/internet/time-to-start-a-holy-war.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Time to start a holy war... -date: 2002-11-18 18:44 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Rants -tags: debate, religion +--- +title: Time to start a holy war... slug: time-to-start-a-holy-war +date: "2002-11-18 18:44" +category: Internet, Rants +tags: + - debate + - religion +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- "\`Why Religion Doesn't Matter \\`\__", an article at [kuro5hin.org](http://kuro5hin.org/) is pretty much guaranteed to piss off the religious sorts amongst my readers. That being said, i think it bears a read, even if the idea makes you wanna hit somebody\... There's not much more i could say that hasn't already been said in there, but i thought i'd toss this one off anyway - k5 has always been one of the best sites on the net for this sort of thing, and i'm always glad to pass more views off their way. For the tech-inclined amongst you, think of it as the "thinking man's [slashdot](http://slashdot.org/)", a place where reason, though it doesn't rule, per se, it *does* dominate. Go forth, and pontificate! diff --git a/content/old/internet/to-the-edmonton-journal.md b/content/old/internet/to-the-edmonton-journal.md index 66d62b13..a21ec8ce 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/to-the-edmonton-journal.md +++ b/content/old/internet/to-the-edmonton-journal.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: To the Edmonton Journal -date: 2006-01-30 09:42 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media, Rants -tags: fuck telus, internet, media, rants +--- +title: To the Edmonton Journal slug: to-the-edmonton-journal +date: "2006-01-30 09:42" +category: Internet, Media, Rants +tags: + - fuck telus + - internet + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | (I just sent in this letter to the editor) | Regarding "\`Web superhighway likely to be toll road \\`\__" (Jan 30): diff --git a/content/old/internet/windmills.md b/content/old/internet/windmills.md index 6340b358..152249ca 100644 --- a/content/old/internet/windmills.md +++ b/content/old/internet/windmills.md @@ -1,13 +1,24 @@ -Title: Windmills -date: 2007-08-11 09:42 -author: offby1 -category: Internet, Media -tags: atheism, climate change, heresy, iconoclasm, isms, musings, politics, pseudoscience, reason, religion +--- +title: Windmills slug: windmills +date: "2007-08-11 09:42" +category: Internet, Media +tags: + - atheism + - climate change + - heresy + - iconoclasm + - isms + - musings + - politics + - pseudoscience + - reason + - religion +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- You know, I feel sorry for the [iconoclasts](http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=define%3Aiconoclast) of the world; it's not easy to convince people that their particular brand of fixed idealism is a bad approach, and the more religious the adherence the harder it is to combat. -This particular line of thought comes about while reading an essay by [Freeman Dyson]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson) "Freeman Dyson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia") entitled [Heretical Thoughts About Science and Society](), wherein Mr. Dyson discusses some of his own personal heresies vis-a-vis global warming. Although he makes coherent arguments, he is doomed from the start not by flaws in his arguments, nor by the unimpeachable truth of the ideas he's criticizing, but instead he's doomed to forever tilt at windmills on this subject because \-- like religion and political orientation \-- belief in climate change, for or against, is based not on reason but on faith. +This particular line of thought comes about while reading an essay by [Freeman Dyson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson "Freeman Dyson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia") entitled [Heretical Thoughts About Science and Society](http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge219.html#dysonf), wherein Mr. Dyson discusses some of his own personal heresies vis-a-vis global warming. Although he makes coherent arguments, he is doomed from the start not by flaws in his arguments, nor by the unimpeachable truth of the ideas he's criticizing, but instead he's doomed to forever tilt at windmills on this subject because \-- like religion and political orientation \-- belief in climate change, for or against, is based not on reason but on faith. -So, I feel sorry for Freeman Dyson. I feel sorry for [Bjorn Lomborg]( "Official webpage for Bjorn Lomborg and The Skeptical Environmentalist"). I feel sorry for Al Gore (although for different reasons \-- he's [part of the solution here](), and [part of the problem there]( "An Inconvenient Truth")) and for [Richard Dawkins]( "RichardDawkins.net - The Official Richard Dawkins Website") and [James Randi]( "James Randi Educational Foundation --- Home Page"). +So, I feel sorry for Freeman Dyson. I feel sorry for [Bjorn Lomborg](http://www.lomborg.com/ "Official webpage for Bjorn Lomborg and The Skeptical Environmentalist"). I feel sorry for Al Gore (although for different reasons \-- he's [part of the solution here](http://www.amazon.com/Assault-Reason-Al-Gore/dp/1594201226), and [part of the problem there](http://www.climatecrisis.net/ "An Inconvenient Truth")) and for [Richard Dawkins](http://richarddawkins.net/ "RichardDawkins.net - The Official Richard Dawkins Website") and [James Randi](http://www.randi.org/ "James Randi Educational Foundation --- Home Page"). diff --git a/content/old/media/abandoned-past.md b/content/old/media/abandoned-past.md index ea8f3406..481bb800 100644 --- a/content/old/media/abandoned-past.md +++ b/content/old/media/abandoned-past.md @@ -1,12 +1,19 @@ -Title: Abandoned Past -Date: 2007-10-14 23:33 -Author: offby1 -Category: media -Tags: comics, dystopia, melancholy, science fiction, Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis -Slug: abandoned-past -Status: published -Summary: Transmetropolitan's take on how we treat the past - +--- +title: Abandoned Past +slug: abandoned-past +date: "2007-10-14 23:33" +category: media +tags: + - comics + - dystopia + - melancholy + - science fiction + - Transmetropolitan + - Warren Ellis +author: offby1 +summary: Transmetropolitan's take on how we treat the past +status: published +--- There's a comic book called _Transmetropolitan_... a book for which the words "comic book" are insufficient to convey the quality of the story and writing that its author, Warren Ellis, has put into it. It's diff --git a/content/old/media/an-excess-of-intolerance.md b/content/old/media/an-excess-of-intolerance.md index 5090126d..64478762 100644 --- a/content/old/media/an-excess-of-intolerance.md +++ b/content/old/media/an-excess-of-intolerance.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: An Excess of (in)Tolerance -date: 2002-12-26 09:22 -author: offby1 +--- +title: An Excess of (in)Tolerance +slug: an-excess-of-intolerance +date: "2002-12-26 09:22" category: Media tags: media -slug: an-excess-of-intolerance +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It seems that ownership of a building [no longer allows](http://wsj.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=viewThis&etMailToID=35733465) a person to determine how the property is used. If even one element is "offensive" to a tenant, well, it *must* be removed - now! (via [the Misanthropic Bitch's news filter](http://www.misanthropic-bitch.com/)) The story linked above is a Wall Street Journal story about a pair of abstract nudes that adorn the ground floor of the 77 Water Street offices of Saloman and Goldman Sachs in New York. The piece is part of an elevator vestibule there. The word from the companies is that their female employees have complained about the existence of the nudes. diff --git a/content/old/media/back-to-the-front.md b/content/old/media/back-to-the-front.md index 98addfe0..7ce8fa78 100644 --- a/content/old/media/back-to-the-front.md +++ b/content/old/media/back-to-the-front.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Back to the front -date: 2004-04-21 13:29 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Back to the front +slug: back-to-the-front +date: "2004-04-21 13:29" category: Media tags: media -slug: back-to-the-front +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Although i read it a bit less regularly than some, what with not getting the paper on a daily basis, one of the only strips that has kept my interest, through the steady decline of the modern comic page is Doonesbury. Recognizable characters, interesting plotlines, a viewpoint that differers from mine\... Scratch that last, a _viewpoint at all_. Well, at the start of this week, Trudeau began a [huge change](http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20040419) to one of his longtime characters. BD without a helmet. It's tough to picture, if you've read the strip for as long as I have. diff --git a/content/old/media/dark-democratic-days.md b/content/old/media/dark-democratic-days.md index 6535a434..350f77b6 100644 --- a/content/old/media/dark-democratic-days.md +++ b/content/old/media/dark-democratic-days.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Dark (Democratic) Days. -date: 2006-03-29 19:02 -author: offby1 -category: Media, Rants -tags: media, rants +--- +title: Dark (Democratic) Days. slug: dark-democratic-days +date: "2006-03-29 19:02" +category: Media, Rants +tags: + - media + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Ahh, politics.  I love the smell of\... Shit. diff --git a/content/old/media/done.md b/content/old/media/done.md index aa67024d..71ebf07b 100644 --- a/content/old/media/done.md +++ b/content/old/media/done.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Done -date: 2003-12-17 02:19 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Done +slug: done +date: "2003-12-17 02:19" category: Media tags: media -slug: done +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There is no higher praise than this: [They got it right](http://www.lordoftherings.net/) I will not review it further. All i can say is see it for yourself. diff --git a/content/old/media/faith-in-the-environment.md b/content/old/media/faith-in-the-environment.md index 4e8ff549..3b5f9349 100644 --- a/content/old/media/faith-in-the-environment.md +++ b/content/old/media/faith-in-the-environment.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Faith in the Environment -date: 2003-12-11 07:58 -author: offby1 -category: Media -tags: environmentalism, media, smoking +--- +title: Faith in the Environment slug: faith-in-the-environment +date: "2003-12-11 07:58" +category: Media +tags: + - environmentalism + - media + - smoking +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Michael Chrichton made a [Commonwealth Club Speech](http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote05.html) a couple of months ago on the subject of environmentalism that struck a number of chords with me. Essentially comparing environmentalism and religion, he hits a lot of the points that i wish i could, whenever the subject comes up, which is less and less these days.. (wonder why?) At any rate, lest anyone get any funny ideas, this is not me hypocritically claiming that celebrity endorsement justifies a claimed position - i think we all know how i feel about that - but it is a good read on the subject by someone whose views map well to mine, and who is a damn sight better at wording them, for example: diff --git a/content/old/media/flowers-for-algernon.md b/content/old/media/flowers-for-algernon.md index 16e7773b..b1d5485a 100644 --- a/content/old/media/flowers-for-algernon.md +++ b/content/old/media/flowers-for-algernon.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Flowers for Algernon -date: 2002-12-03 07:51 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Flowers for Algernon +slug: flowers-for-algernon +date: "2002-12-03 07:51" category: Media tags: media -slug: flowers-for-algernon +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- At the suggestion of my subconsious, and in response to a recently-unburied memory of having read the story - prodded by Simon's .sig and some other input, i just finished (and started) reading *Flowers for Algernon*. Whoah. What a heartbreaking book. I remember the story pretty well, but i don't remember it having that kind of an impact on me when i last read it - either the story didn't pack the same 'punch', or perhaps it was that i wasn't mature enough at the time to really appreciate the horror of what happened to Charlie. Either way, it was pretty harsh. I think that pretty much anyone who can empathize with another human - and i'm not usually the type, as most people know - will feel hard pressed not to tear up at the end of that novel. Given that i'm already in a harsh mood, maybe yesterday wasn't the best day to pick the book up :) diff --git a/content/old/media/free-speech-for-the-dumb-too.md b/content/old/media/free-speech-for-the-dumb-too.md index 36404d0b..256c2588 100644 --- a/content/old/media/free-speech-for-the-dumb-too.md +++ b/content/old/media/free-speech-for-the-dumb-too.md @@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ -Title: Free Speech for the dumb, too -date: 2003-04-13 19:06 -author: offby1 -category: Media -tags: free speech, freedom, media +--- +title: Free Speech for the dumb, too slug: free-speech-for-the-dumb-too +date: "2003-04-13 19:06" +category: Media +tags: + - free speech + - freedom + - media +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- | I wish i'd seen [this site](http://www.tjcenter.org/past2003.html> "The Jefferson Muzzle awards") a while ago. Free speech, indeed :) | ([via Mefi](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/25085> "Muzzle Awards \| Metafilter")) diff --git a/content/old/media/i-talked-to-wesley.md b/content/old/media/i-talked-to-wesley.md index de0ecaa0..8057076a 100644 --- a/content/old/media/i-talked-to-wesley.md +++ b/content/old/media/i-talked-to-wesley.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: I talked to Wesley! -date: 2002-11-20 20:03 -author: offby1 +--- +title: I talked to Wesley! +slug: i-talked-to-wesley +date: "2002-11-20 20:03" category: Media tags: media -slug: i-talked-to-wesley +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [Wesley Crusher](http://www.theonionavclub.com/avclub3843/avfeature_3843.html) gets interviewed in the Onion - it's hard to go wrong right there\... But reading the interview gets me to thinking - Wil Wheaton is something of a [celebrity](http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/29/173252&mode=thread&tid=129)on the net - one of the few Hollywood names that is open to the public - he even has a (quite nice) [blog](http://wilwheaton.net/) of his very own. And so, i pop over to it - i've been there before, and i'm impressed with the writing on it. So, i drop him an e-mail telling him so, commenting on the site, and asking what he thinks of my WinAMP plugin\... And he liked it! (note to my readers - unlike many of the ST:TNG fans i know of - and i am an *ex*-fan, at any rate - i liked Wesley) So, this is my brush with celebrity. Who knew? It's pretty cool, that's for sure - and if any of the people reading this are into the blog community, by all means check his site out. diff --git a/content/old/media/johnny-slappleseed.md b/content/old/media/johnny-slappleseed.md index 90e5f665..0ac6f9ee 100644 --- a/content/old/media/johnny-slappleseed.md +++ b/content/old/media/johnny-slappleseed.md @@ -1,14 +1,19 @@ -Title: Johnny Slappleseed -date: 2007-03-03 01:25 -author: offby1 -category: Media, Rants -tags: equivocation, immaturity, primitive superstition, sex +--- +title: Johnny Slappleseed slug: johnny-slappleseed +date: "2007-03-03 01:25" +category: Media, Rants +tags: + - equivocation + - immaturity + - primitive superstition + - sex +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Don't mind the name; it's kind of an inside joke. -So, being typically a couple of days behind the curve on the Daily Show viewing, I just got around to seeing the episode that aired on 28 Feb, and it had a "Back in Black" segment that dealt with \-- among other things \-- [Daniel Radcliffe]() appearing in [Equus](), which includes a full-frontal nude scene, and is not a play for the kiddies. +So, being typically a couple of days behind the curve on the Daily Show viewing, I just got around to seeing the episode that aired on 28 Feb, and it had a "Back in Black" segment that dealt with \-- among other things \-- [Daniel Radcliffe](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705356/) appearing in [Equus](http://www.equustheplay.com/), which includes a full-frontal nude scene, and is not a play for the kiddies. So, some dumb bint on a news program referring to this event trotted out the same old crap I hear every time any connection \-- however tenuous \--is made between the world of media for children and things that adults are ostensibly capable of understanding: "her young son saw these pictures televised, and he was really confused. Isn't there a danger here?" diff --git a/content/old/media/on-truth-and-the-ways-its-seen.md b/content/old/media/on-truth-and-the-ways-its-seen.md index eb0ee628..c4ecc59d 100644 --- a/content/old/media/on-truth-and-the-ways-its-seen.md +++ b/content/old/media/on-truth-and-the-ways-its-seen.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: On truth and the ways it's seen -date: 2003-05-05 13:27 -author: offby1 +--- +title: On truth and the ways it's seen +slug: on-truth-and-the-ways-its-seen +date: "2003-05-05 13:27" category: Media tags: media -slug: on-truth-and-the-ways-its-seen +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As a longtime opponent of video surveillance, i tend to keep my eyes on the proliferation of the technologies that ease its intrusion into our lives. I've even commented on this from time to time in my postings here. What i'm really looking for, though, is the ways it can be abused. My concern with privacy issues is not, in and of itself, of interest to the average man on the street. What i can point out to said MOTS, though, is the ways that this technology can be used and misused to harm them. One of the first responses to this concern on my part is the "If you're not doing anything wrong you don't have anything to fear". My usual response to this is pretty simple: What you're doing right now might not be wrong, but that doesn't mean it'll stay that way. Nor does it mean that you'll have a say in it changing. diff --git a/content/old/media/once-more.md b/content/old/media/once-more.md index 8f9a74ae..e3d05628 100644 --- a/content/old/media/once-more.md +++ b/content/old/media/once-more.md @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ -Title: Once More, -date: 2005-06-19 01:07 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Once More, +slug: once-more +date: "2005-06-19 01:07" category: Media tags: media -slug: once-more +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- With Feeling. Turns out a friend of [Simon](http://vernondalhart.livejournal.com)'s owns the soundtrack to, arguably, one of the better gimmick episodes of a television show ever produced. -So, I'm listening to the songs on it, and I can recall the show itself quite well. I am suddenly taken by a powerful urge to re-watch it, although I don't have the time\... or do I? I wonder if I could persuade [Char]()\... I suppose [Matt]() and [Amy]() might be persuated to re-lend me those DVDs\... +So, I'm listening to the songs on it, and I can recall the show itself quite well. I am suddenly taken by a powerful urge to re-watch it, although I don't have the time\... or do I? I wonder if I could persuade [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com)\... I suppose [Matt](http://www.offlineblog.com/mildillson/) and [Amy](http://lashingtail.blogspot.com/) might be persuated to re-lend me those DVDs\... I'm a crackhead. Maybe I should go with Angel instead? diff --git a/content/old/media/ooooo.md b/content/old/media/ooooo.md index 512133fa..5fce19b8 100644 --- a/content/old/media/ooooo.md +++ b/content/old/media/ooooo.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Ooooo! -date: 2003-11-06 14:35 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Ooooo! +slug: ooooo +date: "2003-11-06 14:35" category: Media tags: media -slug: ooooo +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Against all expectations, [It's](http://www.famousplayers.com/movies/movie_information.asp?movie=A1885BC1-76B9-42C5-8518-A07C32C60C8D)**`COMING!!! \`** And South Ed is getting it, too. I'm so there. \$50 is the price, and it's worth it, by gum! diff --git a/content/old/media/plaudits.md b/content/old/media/plaudits.md index c9f2297e..e805d5cc 100644 --- a/content/old/media/plaudits.md +++ b/content/old/media/plaudits.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Plaudits -date: 2007-11-06 16:04 -author: offby1 -category: Media -tags: admiration, family, medicine, radiation +--- +title: Plaudits slug: plaudits +date: "2007-11-06 16:04" +category: Media +tags: + - admiration + - family + - medicine + - radiation +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I don't normally toot my family's horn in this space (they're as gifted as I am at that themselves, for the most part) but my Granddad is [widely regarded as a great man](http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=d2b99fc9-f7c6-4370-ae5b-769bd2055016&k=38593). I'm sure that [Char](http://xraystar.livejournal.com/) will comment on this soon enough. diff --git a/content/old/media/restricted-news.md b/content/old/media/restricted-news.md index ebf5e25d..8478eb77 100644 --- a/content/old/media/restricted-news.md +++ b/content/old/media/restricted-news.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Restricted News -date: 2004-07-12 06:03 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Restricted News +slug: restricted-news +date: "2004-07-12 06:03" category: Media tags: media -slug: restricted-news +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- In my search for news articles about yesterday's incident, I ran into a peculiarity of the news agencies in this city. The "Edmonton Journal":http://www.edmontonjournal.com/ has moved from a free site that shows only the top stories in its paper to a subscription model where all but the headline story must be accessed by paid subscribers. diff --git a/content/old/media/the-eyes-have-it.md b/content/old/media/the-eyes-have-it.md index 0be8687f..89c64691 100644 --- a/content/old/media/the-eyes-have-it.md +++ b/content/old/media/the-eyes-have-it.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: The eyes have it... -date: 2003-08-10 20:29 -author: offby1 +--- +title: The eyes have it... +slug: the-eyes-have-it +date: "2003-08-10 20:29" category: Media tags: media -slug: the-eyes-have-it +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Here's one following up on my concerns about [digital image manipulation](http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/digital.html). The gist of it seems to be the small differences - not one of them seemingly significant in and of itself - that add up to create a far different impression on the viewer. diff --git a/content/old/media/the-tide-of-change.md b/content/old/media/the-tide-of-change.md index 72cf5ebe..180bcc4f 100644 --- a/content/old/media/the-tide-of-change.md +++ b/content/old/media/the-tide-of-change.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: The tide of change -date: 2004-01-28 07:43 -author: offby1 +--- +title: The tide of change +slug: the-tide-of-change +date: "2004-01-28 07:43" category: Media tags: media -slug: the-tide-of-change +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I just finished reading Stephen Baxter's [_Evolution_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/034545782X/qid%3D1073925345/schoolblog-20/103-1057116-3560631) yesterday. What a powerful book it was. Is. You get the idea. It's a story that pivots around the near future and traces the history and future of the primate phylum \-- one unbroken line of genes \-- from the earliest times, when the dinosaurs were wiped out, to the last of them alive, some 500 million years in the future. The story is a strange one \-- it's hard to see something of this size and scope not being so. From beginning to end the story covers nearly a billion years, perhaps more, and it has some of the saddest ideas in it\... diff --git a/content/old/media/the-two-times.md b/content/old/media/the-two-times.md index f39daade..3887768f 100644 --- a/content/old/media/the-two-times.md +++ b/content/old/media/the-two-times.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: The Two Times -date: 2002-12-19 06:58 -author: offby1 +--- +title: The Two Times +slug: the-two-times +date: "2002-12-19 06:58" category: Media tags: media -slug: the-two-times +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I've now seen The Two Towers twice. Last night, instead of the relatively intimate "intimate" family only showing, we wandered out to South Ed. Commons and saw the movie en-masse. I'll freely concede, it was pretty impressive the second time. A lot of the things that jarred the first time through worked a lot better than they did the first time. | I think it's because i had had time to consider the reasons why some of the changes Jackson made to the plot may have been necessary. For the most part, the alterations are cosmetic - changing only the appearance rather than the intent of the work. There was only really one glaring problem that i had with the movie, which can be **(spoiler warning!)** found in the extended portion of this post. diff --git a/content/old/media/whoa-creepy.md b/content/old/media/whoa-creepy.md index a5d5e39d..c1fb237a 100644 --- a/content/old/media/whoa-creepy.md +++ b/content/old/media/whoa-creepy.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Whoa. Creepy. -date: 2004-03-01 23:12 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Whoa. Creepy. +slug: whoa-creepy +date: "2004-03-01 23:12" category: Media tags: media -slug: whoa-creepy +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Courtesy of the ever-loving "Metafilter":http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/31501 comes a bunch of [scary-looking mother(\---)s](http://www.comp.utas.edu.au/students-nhm/baina/auv/fish/) for you to ogle and quiver at. Man, i SO want to watch more Discovery Channel now\... Which reminds me, Char and i have yet to get around to watching the "Elegant Universe":http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html that i collected a little while back. It looks really nifty, too. diff --git a/content/old/meta/also.md b/content/old/meta/also.md index 74b3a4e4..3f9fb13e 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/also.md +++ b/content/old/meta/also.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Also... -date: 2003-09-09 11:58 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Also... +slug: also +date: "2003-09-09 11:58" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: also +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Thanks to the wonderful support personnel at [EJB Solutions](http://www.ejbsolutions.com/) my server is now up and running. I'd like to take this opportunity to state that, for the few readers of my site that are java developers, the support and service you will receive at EJB is amazing, and worth every penny i paid for it. If you need a good, solid, stable Java / J2EE toolset, check this one out. So, in case you missed it, the whole shebang is working again. Hopefully it'll stay this way for a while - at least until i move the site to a new URL. I'm investigating a domain name. Suggestions for names (check first, to see if they're open) are *more* than welcome. diff --git a/content/old/meta/an-aside-to-readers.md b/content/old/meta/an-aside-to-readers.md index 0df12d48..25318ee3 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/an-aside-to-readers.md +++ b/content/old/meta/an-aside-to-readers.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: An aside to readers -date: 2006-09-05 22:16 -author: offby1 -category: Meta, Projects -tags: meta, projects +--- +title: An aside to readers slug: an-aside-to-readers +date: "2006-09-05 22:16" +category: Meta, Projects +tags: + - meta + - projects +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- If you happen to be a reader of either of this site's child blogs, Morruz or MildIllSon, they're sort of moved now. Oh, the content already moved, but the blogs themselves are best reached at a slightly different address: diff --git a/content/old/meta/and-good-luck.md b/content/old/meta/and-good-luck.md index 01495ffd..91e0a384 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/and-good-luck.md +++ b/content/old/meta/and-good-luck.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: ... and good luck -date: 2008-06-10 06:49 -author: offby1 -category: Meta -tags: meta, school +--- +title: ... and good luck slug: and-good-luck +date: "2008-06-10 06:49" +category: Meta +tags: + - meta + - school +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Good morning. As some of you may recall, once upon a time I started a blog called "schoolblog" based on my progression through the educational system. It was a tiny little side project, and really, it stayed that way all along. Now, or more specifically, yesterday, that process came to its conclusion at the U of A convocation ceremonies. diff --git a/content/old/meta/back.md b/content/old/meta/back.md index 8a1174ad..4ed0fa1b 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/back.md +++ b/content/old/meta/back.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Back!!! -date: 2003-09-06 18:25 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Back!!! +slug: back +date: "2003-09-06 18:25" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: back +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- After much pain, and other sundry crap, i have the blog up. old posts will be uploaded in hours, and the templates should be up and fixed (digital gods willing) within a day or so.. Please, everyone still listening, post so i know you care! :) diff --git a/content/old/meta/changes-site-side.md b/content/old/meta/changes-site-side.md index 868f3a2f..7eee4fb1 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/changes-site-side.md +++ b/content/old/meta/changes-site-side.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Changes site-side -date: 2002-11-02 19:52 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Changes site-side +slug: changes-site-side +date: "2002-11-02 19:52" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: changes-site-side +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Just so that all of my (three) loyal readers know, i've changed the tool that i'm using for this journal to something that *i hope* i'll be better able to maintain. The new tool is called [Movable Type](http://www.movabletype.org) and it seems to be, well, naturally prettier at least :) Here's to the eventual redesign by my brother, cos he's the real [talent](http://www.dollsap.com/) at webdesign in the family. diff --git a/content/old/meta/css-unhappiness.md b/content/old/meta/css-unhappiness.md index 60be2447..6bfb8727 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/css-unhappiness.md +++ b/content/old/meta/css-unhappiness.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: CSS unhappiness -date: 2003-10-26 15:24 -author: offby1 +--- +title: CSS unhappiness +slug: css-unhappiness +date: "2003-10-26 15:24" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: css-unhappiness +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm informed - and have at last noticed, myself, that my site is looking, um, like shit in IE. Weird. Ah\... I apologize for the poor appearance, and will get cracking on it as soon as i have time, but until then, well i recommend using a [real browser](http://www.mozilla.org/) to view it anyway. :) diff --git a/content/old/meta/in-other-news.md b/content/old/meta/in-other-news.md index cff69540..e1ede521 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/in-other-news.md +++ b/content/old/meta/in-other-news.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: In other news -date: 2004-05-30 08:58 -author: offby1 +--- +title: In other news +slug: in-other-news +date: "2004-05-30 08:58" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: in-other-news +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There's been a small change to the weblog, which I assume you have noticed. New software, new toys. Should be easier for me to work with, but I do ask that you users please accept the small glitches (and generally bland look) that will accompany any new site design until I get it all straigtened out. diff --git a/content/old/meta/irritation-with-css.md b/content/old/meta/irritation-with-css.md index c432ce2d..2a7f667e 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/irritation-with-css.md +++ b/content/old/meta/irritation-with-css.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Irritation with CSS -date: 2002-11-07 22:18 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Irritation with CSS +slug: irritation-with-css +date: "2002-11-07 22:18" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: irritation-with-css +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As per the previous entry, there are some Stylesheet glitches with the site. So, here's the deal. If you think the site looks like shit, get a good browser. [IE6](http://microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp) and [Mozilla](http://www.mozilla.org) (and, by extension, [Netscape 6+](http://www.netscape.com/)) will render the site just fine. Opera and earlier versions of the big two browsers don't. So, since i'm both A) lazy and B) sick and tired of beating my head on poor CSS implementations, there will be no more changes to the stylesheet for purposes of browser support. Thank you for your attention. diff --git a/content/old/meta/links-on-the-sidebar.md b/content/old/meta/links-on-the-sidebar.md index 622232e5..a2074186 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/links-on-the-sidebar.md +++ b/content/old/meta/links-on-the-sidebar.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Links on the sidebar -date: 2003-11-12 11:06 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Links on the sidebar +slug: links-on-the-sidebar +date: "2003-11-12 11:06" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: links-on-the-sidebar +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I've mentioned these before, and someone who read the site indicated that they wished they could comment on the quotes\... or the links, i suppose. I hope the links were interesting too, since they're the first part of the site to get this treatment, but here's how it works: The links on the main page are now commentable. They're the same as any other entry on the blog, but they only show up in the sidebar. As i understand it, the link shown should change pretty much every time the main page is rebuilt - ie: When a new comment is posted to an entry on the front page. Hopefully that's how it works, don't quote me on this :) diff --git a/content/old/meta/lockouts.md b/content/old/meta/lockouts.md index 5916de69..c21664a1 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/lockouts.md +++ b/content/old/meta/lockouts.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Lockouts -date: 2006-10-04 07:02 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Lockouts +slug: lockouts +date: "2006-10-04 07:02" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: lockouts +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I've had cause to password-protect a post for the first time since I started this blog, and I thought I'd make a note so that you dedicated (five) readers can get in. Just email me and ask, I'll hook you up with the password. It'll vary for each post that I protect, so don't expect the one from this post to carry over. If the post is one which I wish to share with you, I'll send it to you. If not, please do not be offended. Seriously. I don't know how to make sure you're not, so I'll just tell you not to be :) diff --git a/content/old/meta/master-of-my.md b/content/old/meta/master-of-my.md index a43a5b4d..0f8da6aa 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/master-of-my.md +++ b/content/old/meta/master-of-my.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Master of my... -date: 2003-11-05 21:31 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Master of my... +slug: master-of-my +date: "2003-11-05 21:31" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: master-of-my +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Woohoo! Well, i hope that this has propagated to all the corners of the web. If it has, then you're seeing this - the very first post i've ever had at my very own website! diff --git a/content/old/meta/moved-at-last.md b/content/old/meta/moved-at-last.md index 4ce2dedf..5c2585ed 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/moved-at-last.md +++ b/content/old/meta/moved-at-last.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Moved, at last -date: 2006-08-27 18:15 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Moved, at last +slug: moved-at-last +date: "2006-08-27 18:15" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: moved-at-last +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Please, watch this space again for interesting commentary. The move is complete, I'm now on a faster, more congenial host. diff --git a/content/old/meta/new-pony.md b/content/old/meta/new-pony.md index fa882977..5077875a 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/new-pony.md +++ b/content/old/meta/new-pony.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: New pony! -date: 2005-02-15 16:29 -author: offby1 +--- +title: New pony! +slug: new-pony +date: "2005-02-15 16:29" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: new-pony +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- At the bottom (ed: or _right_) of each and every single-post page, you'll find a new set of links to related posts. Since almost everyone that has read this post has probably read all of the other ones, too, this isn't as big of a deal as maybe it could be, but it's a neat toy nonetheless. diff --git a/content/old/meta/new-site-design.md b/content/old/meta/new-site-design.md index 65189f13..f7a95463 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/new-site-design.md +++ b/content/old/meta/new-site-design.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: New site design -date: 2002-11-17 23:41 -author: offby1 +--- +title: New site design +slug: new-site-design +date: "2002-11-17 23:41" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: new-site-design +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'd like to hear some feedback on the new look, before i rip apart all the comment pages and clean them up as well - how does this design suit? Is it easy to read, easy on the eyes, etc? Bear in mind, i'm a fledgling web designer at best, so please treat me with kid gloves accordingly. diff --git a/content/old/meta/oh-one-more-thing.md b/content/old/meta/oh-one-more-thing.md index fe47af07..b88fc1db 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/oh-one-more-thing.md +++ b/content/old/meta/oh-one-more-thing.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Oh, one more thing... -date: 2005-05-02 22:07 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Oh, one more thing... +slug: oh-one-more-thing +date: "2005-05-02 22:07" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: oh-one-more-thing +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I may have just fixed the problem some people were having with commenting/viewing the site. If that's the case, please let me know. If it's not the case, _definitely_ let me know. diff --git a/content/old/meta/oh.md b/content/old/meta/oh.md index 7d570ac4..e1b085f5 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/oh.md +++ b/content/old/meta/oh.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Oh... -date: 2003-05-30 09:34 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Oh... +slug: oh +date: "2003-05-30 09:34" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: oh +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- And, how long have comments been offline? Damn redhat and its insistence on altering my damned file permissions\... diff --git a/content/old/meta/periodic-cry-for-attention.md b/content/old/meta/periodic-cry-for-attention.md index 354e8599..11e368ff 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/periodic-cry-for-attention.md +++ b/content/old/meta/periodic-cry-for-attention.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Periodic cry for attention... -date: 2006-02-03 13:52 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Periodic cry for attention... +slug: periodic-cry-for-attention +date: "2006-02-03 13:52" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: periodic-cry-for-attention +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I have to ask -- it's been a few posts, is comment posting broken? diff --git a/content/old/meta/postings-not-working.md b/content/old/meta/postings-not-working.md index 56c18bcb..b85d4a93 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/postings-not-working.md +++ b/content/old/meta/postings-not-working.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Postings not working? -date: 2004-02-26 10:12 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Postings not working? +slug: postings-not-working +date: "2004-02-26 10:12" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: postings-not-working +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Just a note, if you're reading this and can't seem to comment (since that seems to be the case). Drop me a note at chris (at) offlineblog {dot} com and let me know, please, what the error message is (copy and paste the page, please) and i'll try fix it. diff --git a/content/old/meta/redesign.md b/content/old/meta/redesign.md index 2e03fa3c..825b3db5 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/redesign.md +++ b/content/old/meta/redesign.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Redesign -date: 2004-10-06 19:01 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Redesign +slug: redesign +date: "2004-10-06 19:01" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: redesign +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- You may have noticed something different. I hope so, at any rate. I'm looking for ideas for the top of this thing \-- What's a good plan for the header? It's kind of plain right now, I'm thinking images of some kind, and maybe some colour changes, but I believe I'll be sticking with this overall for the layout. It's really nice and really extensible. I heartily approve. Hope that you readers do, too, but really\... It's good enough ;) diff --git a/content/old/meta/silence.md b/content/old/meta/silence.md index 2e102c8f..fd92d3a8 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/silence.md +++ b/content/old/meta/silence.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Silence -date: 2003-03-22 08:30 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Silence +slug: silence +date: "2003-03-22 08:30" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: silence +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, i haven't posted a lot this month. As i mentioned before, this is in part due to the workload that i've been under, and will be under for the next month and a half. However, there is another reason too. Originally, this site was conceived as an outlet for my feelings about returning to school. I figured that, after so long away, some things would be really different, and others would be nostalgically similar. I was half right - in the end, there really weren't that many differences from the last pass, but there were a lot of things that made me think back to my own first year and the experiences that i had then. So, i talked about them\... diff --git a/content/old/meta/site-link-changes.md b/content/old/meta/site-link-changes.md index 3a4670f2..f9648439 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/site-link-changes.md +++ b/content/old/meta/site-link-changes.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Site link changes -date: 2004-06-23 09:07 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Site link changes +slug: site-link-changes +date: "2004-06-23 09:07" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: site-link-changes +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I'm making what I hope will be a small change to the way that the site handles post links, instead of working with index.php and queries it'll work with files and directories on the web server. The thing is, according to "Char":http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar/ this didn't work too terrifically well last time I tried it. diff --git a/content/old/meta/siteside-fixen.md b/content/old/meta/siteside-fixen.md index 71096d7e..3d737aa4 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/siteside-fixen.md +++ b/content/old/meta/siteside-fixen.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Siteside Fixen -date: 2005-03-09 11:29 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Siteside Fixen +slug: siteside-fixen +date: "2005-03-09 11:29" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: siteside-fixen +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- For those of you who get your Chrisfix via RSS feeds (That'd be anyone that views this blog via the LiveJournal feed(For which I cannot find a link -- is it now completely dead?) ) I have fixed both the problem with my own site and that with "Matt's":http://www.offlineblog.com/mildillson/. Enjoy! diff --git a/content/old/meta/small-change.md b/content/old/meta/small-change.md index d682c016..866c2367 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/small-change.md +++ b/content/old/meta/small-change.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Small change -date: 2004-04-01 18:01 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Small change +slug: small-change +date: "2004-04-01 18:01" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: small-change +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I've made a tiny change to the site with regards to those damned random things over to your right \-- assuming, of course, you're seeing this on the index page. Basically, i set it up through unix "voodoo":http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=define%3Acron&btnG=Search to rebuild the front page every hour, thus making the random things cycle. Basically, that means that ever hour or so there'll be a nifty new link and quote to check out. Hope that means that they'll be getting more attention. Or not, if they suck. But really, I don't care about that :) diff --git a/content/old/meta/spam-in-the-comments.md b/content/old/meta/spam-in-the-comments.md index a5d7871b..bb54f7e5 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/spam-in-the-comments.md +++ b/content/old/meta/spam-in-the-comments.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Spam in the comments -date: 2003-11-11 21:04 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Spam in the comments +slug: spam-in-the-comments +date: "2003-11-11 21:04" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: spam-in-the-comments +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Although the offenses in question have more or less confined themselves to entries farther down the homepage, I've been getting spammed a few times a week, on *my own website*! However, it seems that i'm not the only one, and a few other people are mad as hell [and don't intend to take it anymore](http://kalsey.com/2003/11/comment_spam_manifesto/). It seems that, through some strange agency, my site now actually has enough incoming links to qualify it as a search engine ratings booster. Kind of a backhanded compliment from spammers, i guess. diff --git a/content/old/meta/stylin.md b/content/old/meta/stylin.md index 685a2b75..f0f2c0d0 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/stylin.md +++ b/content/old/meta/stylin.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Stylin' -date: 2004-07-03 21:36 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Stylin' +slug: stylin +date: "2004-07-03 21:36" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: stylin +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I have new things to pretty up the site. Check out the list of styles on the side and see new looks for my little nook of the web. diff --git a/content/old/meta/stylings.md b/content/old/meta/stylings.md index 8cf6a6b1..cd9f80a2 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/stylings.md +++ b/content/old/meta/stylings.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Stylings -date: 2004-09-04 19:05 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Stylings +slug: stylings +date: "2004-09-04 19:05" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: stylings +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- This is a bit of an informal poll to see what style for the site you readers like best. Please, check them all out (in the drop box to the right/left) and let me know which one works nicest for you. Once I've been told which it is, I'll be switching to just one stylesheet so that I can play around with it a bit more and make some changes to the main index if I want to. I want comments, damn it!! ;) diff --git a/content/old/meta/wallpaper-for-the-slow.md b/content/old/meta/wallpaper-for-the-slow.md index 0df5350f..128ebe65 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/wallpaper-for-the-slow.md +++ b/content/old/meta/wallpaper-for-the-slow.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Wallpaper For The Slow -date: 2006-10-02 21:10 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Wallpaper For The Slow +slug: wallpaper-for-the-slow +date: "2006-10-02 21:10" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: wallpaper-for-the-slow +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Sorry, Dad, I looked at the sizes and decided that it wasn't TOO bad to use this theme. For faster loading, if anyone feels that this loads too slow, pick a wallpaper that's tiled (from the row of squares on the top of the page, below the title) -- as of this writing, there's just one, a grey stripes sort of dealie. diff --git a/content/old/meta/what-this-site-looks-like.md b/content/old/meta/what-this-site-looks-like.md index d633e3a7..44bb0808 100644 --- a/content/old/meta/what-this-site-looks-like.md +++ b/content/old/meta/what-this-site-looks-like.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: What this site looks like -date: 2002-11-06 07:20 -author: offby1 +--- +title: What this site looks like +slug: what-this-site-looks-like +date: "2002-11-06 07:20" category: Meta tags: meta -slug: what-this-site-looks-like +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- God DAMN, differing CSS implementations piss me off. To those of you using a standards-compliant browser (ie: not IE), this site should look *pretty* decent. Not great, but there shouldn't be any glaring foulups. I hope. For the rest of you, in the majority who use IE to view websites, i'm working on it. Please, bear with me. And, if you think you can help me (as in, you have much more experience with CSS that i do -that's not hard) please, drop me a line. diff --git a/content/old/project-365/before-and-after.md b/content/old/project-365/before-and-after.md index 6ee4f5d9..b33d08f3 100644 --- a/content/old/project-365/before-and-after.md +++ b/content/old/project-365/before-and-after.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Before and After -date: 2010-04-24 06:58 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Before and After +slug: before-and-after +date: "2010-04-24 06:58" category: pics tags: project 365 -slug: before-and-after +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- For the 23rd, here's the look of my office, carpet still mouldy and wet: [![Before](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4547600790_a317b75c6a.jpg){width="500px" height="375px"}](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4547600790/) diff --git a/content/old/project-365/hey-gimme-that.md b/content/old/project-365/hey-gimme-that.md index c26f4bca..ef9c0d92 100644 --- a/content/old/project-365/hey-gimme-that.md +++ b/content/old/project-365/hey-gimme-that.md @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ -Title: Hey, gimme that! -date: 2010-04-19 00:05 -author: offby1 -category: pics -tags: project 365, matt +--- +title: Hey, gimme that! slug: hey-gimme-that +date: "2010-04-19 00:05" +category: pics +tags: + - project 365 + - matt +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [![Hey, gimme that!](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4532880396_a8050c9060_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4532880396/) diff --git a/content/old/project-365/laves-labour-lost.md b/content/old/project-365/laves-labour-lost.md index cedf2327..c823678b 100644 --- a/content/old/project-365/laves-labour-lost.md +++ b/content/old/project-365/laves-labour-lost.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Title: Lave's labour lost -date: 2010-04-29 17:18 -author: offby1 -category: Project 365, Uncategorized +--- +title: Lave's labour lost slug: laves-labour-lost +date: "2010-04-29 17:18" +category: Project 365, Uncategorized +author: offby1 status: draft - +---
[![image0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/4563673830_c198ae4b14_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4563673830/) [Lave's labour lost](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4563673830/) Originally uploaded by [Chris R](http://www.flickr.com/people/offbyone/) diff --git a/content/old/project-365/rapt-attention.md b/content/old/project-365/rapt-attention.md index 3c6298b1..e7fc87fd 100644 --- a/content/old/project-365/rapt-attention.md +++ b/content/old/project-365/rapt-attention.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Rapt Attention -date: 2010-04-16 16:38 -author: offby1 -category: pics -tags: project 365, matt +--- +title: Rapt Attention slug: rapt-attention +date: "2010-04-16 16:38" +category: pics +tags: + - project 365 + - matt +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Taken with the implict permission of the subject. Not that I asked. [![Rapt attention](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4527591071_1480dfbec2.jpg){width="375px" height="500px"}](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4527591071/) diff --git a/content/old/project-365/ready-for-florida.md b/content/old/project-365/ready-for-florida.md index 8546dd05..89251b92 100644 --- a/content/old/project-365/ready-for-florida.md +++ b/content/old/project-365/ready-for-florida.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Ready for Florida -date: 2010-04-25 19:10 -author: offby1 -category: Project 365 -tags: char, project 365, vacation +--- +title: Ready for Florida slug: ready-for-florida +date: "2010-04-25 19:10" +category: Project 365 +tags: + - char + - project 365 + - vacation +author: offby1 status: draft - +---
[![image0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/4552030124_c8d9f40e9a_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4552030124/) [Ready for Florida](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4552030124/) Originally uploaded by [Chris R](http://www.flickr.com/people/offbyone/) diff --git a/content/old/project-365/the-red-dragon.md b/content/old/project-365/the-red-dragon.md index 48b49e66..1502bb4c 100644 --- a/content/old/project-365/the-red-dragon.md +++ b/content/old/project-365/the-red-dragon.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: The Red Dragon -date: 2010-04-23 01:19 -author: offby1 +--- +title: The Red Dragon +slug: the-red-dragon +date: "2010-04-23 01:19" category: pics tags: project 365 -slug: the-red-dragon +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [![The Red Dragon](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4544593800_89c69e901d_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4544593800/) This was pretty cool; random splitting plus iconography becomes calligraphy. diff --git a/content/old/projects/database-headbeatery.md b/content/old/projects/database-headbeatery.md index ab2f9825..8caf5228 100644 --- a/content/old/projects/database-headbeatery.md +++ b/content/old/projects/database-headbeatery.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Database Headbeatery -date: 2004-04-28 14:47 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Database Headbeatery +slug: database-headbeatery +date: "2004-04-28 14:47" category: Projects tags: projects -slug: database-headbeatery +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- For the last few weeks i've been poking at the edges of a new project, something to take the edge off of my general inability to keep track of appointments, schedules, etc. A long time ago, i was using MS Outlook for this, but i had to switch off of it since i started using IMAP mail \-- Outlook is great in some ways, but it's really weak in IMAP support unless you're using the (very expensive) Exchange server. Anyway, this having been decided, I started investigating J2EE(Java 2 Enterprise Edition) solutions. For those who don't know, J2EE is probably the most complex server side programming system in the whole universe. It's debatable whether even God could code in this without losing some sleep over it. diff --git a/content/old/projects/on-parsing.md b/content/old/projects/on-parsing.md index 9b01f2b3..ff29ad27 100644 --- a/content/old/projects/on-parsing.md +++ b/content/old/projects/on-parsing.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: On parsing -date: 2004-03-02 19:48 -author: offby1 +--- +title: On parsing +slug: on-parsing +date: "2004-03-02 19:48" category: Projects tags: projects -slug: on-parsing +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I generally avoid posting on this sort of thing, because people's eyes tend to glaze over when i start talking about it, but i'm just getting some serious progress done on my first "parser":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parser and i wanted to brag a bit about it. What i'm doing, i suppose i should explain, is making an editor for "vCards":http://www.imc.org/pdi/vcardoverview.html \-- specifically, for use with my iPod's contact list. It occurred to me as i was looking for tools that there are really very few good vCard editors out there, for windows or any other platform, and so i took it upon myself to write one of my own. diff --git a/content/old/projects/one-on-hold-a-new-one-started.md b/content/old/projects/one-on-hold-a-new-one-started.md index ac9530fc..c0b940e3 100644 --- a/content/old/projects/one-on-hold-a-new-one-started.md +++ b/content/old/projects/one-on-hold-a-new-one-started.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: One on hold, a new one started -date: 2003-06-30 13:43 -author: offby1 +--- +title: One on hold, a new one started +slug: one-on-hold-a-new-one-started +date: "2003-06-30 13:43" category: Projects tags: projects -slug: one-on-hold-a-new-one-started +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Well, that IDE project that has been languishing untouched on the sidebar for ages is about to get, well, turfed. Toast. It's not that i don't think it's a good idea, it's just that i've gotten to the realization that before i start building development *environments*, i should learn how to develop first. In the spirit of that, i've picked a couple of projects closer to the realm of possibility. diff --git a/content/old/projects/projects-in-the-pipe.md b/content/old/projects/projects-in-the-pipe.md index 3ede8681..6cfc8494 100644 --- a/content/old/projects/projects-in-the-pipe.md +++ b/content/old/projects/projects-in-the-pipe.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Projects in the pipe -date: 2004-02-11 20:20 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Projects in the pipe +slug: projects-in-the-pipe +date: "2004-02-11 20:20" category: Projects tags: projects -slug: projects-in-the-pipe +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- It looks like there's going to be some serious work starting on one of my projects, the vcard editor. A few of my classmates and i are planning on starting work on it over reading week, and if i can get a semi-robust parser working for it, it's possible that we'll have something that could pretend to be usable as soon as April. Of course, the parser thing is a big stumbling block -- it requires learning things that i've never had to deal with before, so i'm looking forward to dealing with it as it goes. diff --git a/content/old/projects/that-damned-wall.md b/content/old/projects/that-damned-wall.md index 3b9eba1d..0578f020 100644 --- a/content/old/projects/that-damned-wall.md +++ b/content/old/projects/that-damned-wall.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: That damned wall -date: 2004-09-02 18:33 -author: offby1 +--- +title: That damned wall +slug: that-damned-wall +date: "2004-09-02 18:33" category: Projects tags: projects -slug: that-damned-wall +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I've spent the better part of my day hacking away trying to figure out an efficient way of representing a Mahjongg hand in Java. There's more than a few complications that I've no doubt introduced more as a result of being inexperienced than from the complications inherent in the process. That being said, I think I've made some real progress. That being said, the complications I've introduced are related to planning ahead to be able to score the game. As it sits, there's not a lot that I can think of to make it simpler and still keep the critical element \-- that of having multiple objects that are distinct from the program's point of view that are nonetheless treated as one and the same for scoring purposes \-- intact. diff --git a/content/old/rants/a-rant-on-coding-and-quality.md b/content/old/rants/a-rant-on-coding-and-quality.md index e215c238..ce66947f 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/a-rant-on-coding-and-quality.md +++ b/content/old/rants/a-rant-on-coding-and-quality.md @@ -1,22 +1,30 @@ -Title: A Rant on Coding and Quality -date: 2007-03-27 10:11 -author: offby1 -category: Rants -tags: good design, incompetence, model-view-controller, rants, school, software engineering, vitriol +--- +title: A Rant on Coding and Quality slug: a-rant-on-coding-and-quality +date: "2007-03-27 10:11" +category: Rants +tags: + - good design + - incompetence + - model-view-controller + - rants + - school + - software engineering + - vitriol +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I am, as Char will no doubt agree, occasionally a bit on the negative side. This isn't always a good thing; I need to learn to tone down my vitriol in situations in which it does not advance my needs, and in those in which it is not necessary or constructive. There are times, however, that merit a vigorous negative response. I'm taking two project courses in school this semester; Cmput 414, which is a graphics and multimedia course with a heavy algorithmic programming component, and Cmput 401, a software engineering course and the focus of this rant. -Software Engineering is, according to [Wikipedia]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering)), "is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software." Among other things, it requires the application of good design practices to the development of code, and following beneficial design standards. +Software Engineering is, according to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering), "is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software." Among other things, it requires the application of good design practices to the development of code, and following beneficial design standards. So, I have to ask, why is it that people taking this fucking course cannot do something as basic as grok that it is _fundamentally bad practice to add public methods to hidden implementing classes instead of using the goddamned design?!_ I spent three days nailing down, and countless hours tuning up, the data model for our project application, only to have one of my fellow team members simply come along and, instead of _reading the goddamned documentation_, which I provided as a first step, add new hooks into the mechanism, just to get at the information in a way that is not only wrong, but disables some nice and (I thought) needed functionality. -I have spent the last hour looking over his code, marveling at the glorious unification of layers that, according to [good design practices](), should ever remain separate \-- the intermingling of UI code and logic that _I'd already written elsewhere, better_ was a real high point for me. +I have spent the last hour looking over his code, marveling at the glorious unification of layers that, according to [good design practices](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-view-controller), should ever remain separate \-- the intermingling of UI code and logic that _I'd already written elsewhere, better_ was a real high point for me. Gods. diff --git a/content/old/rants/a-tv-persons-critique.md b/content/old/rants/a-tv-persons-critique.md index b287fa30..18ceb303 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/a-tv-persons-critique.md +++ b/content/old/rants/a-tv-persons-critique.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: A TV person's critique -date: 2002-12-16 06:58 -author: offby1 +--- +title: A TV person's critique +slug: a-tv-persons-critique +date: "2002-12-16 06:58" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: a-tv-persons-critique +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I have, on the rare occasion that i've watched television, been fairly impressed with the show "Win Ben Stein's Money". It has struck me as being quite a bit harder to win than most quiz games, and at the same time providing much less of a payoff. So, when Mr. Stein wrote a [critique](http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2002/1223/225.html) of US - and by extension, North American - progress and innovation, i felt it was worth a read. (via, of course, [MeFi](http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/22325)) Mr. Stein hits so many of my hot-button issues right on the head that i don't really know where to start. I think that the best thing i could suggest would be to read the article, because there's really very little there that i can disagree with. Amongst the points made, however, a few of them stand out from the pack. Number three, referring to the culture of blame and litigation that is growing in the western world, is one such. Nowhere is the lack of self-responsibility more clearly visible than in the knee-jerk response of "I'll sue!" that greets any mistake on anyone's part. When someone's child chokes on a piece of a toy, sue the toymaker. When someone slips and falls in a parking lot, sue the business that owns the lot. Whenever anyone's happiness is impinged in any way *by anyone richer than they are*, well, sue, of course! What better response could there be?! At some point, there has to be responsibility on the part of the individual. At least as i see it. diff --git a/content/old/rants/cannot-be-taught.md b/content/old/rants/cannot-be-taught.md index 056c355e..fa0388e1 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/cannot-be-taught.md +++ b/content/old/rants/cannot-be-taught.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Title: Cannot Be Taught -date: 2009-02-18 16:20 -author: offby1 -category: society -tags: education, entitlement, parenting, society +--- +title: Cannot Be Taught slug: cannot-be-taught +date: "2009-02-18 16:20" +category: society +tags: + - education + - entitlement + - parenting + - society +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Here's something that I will do my damnedest to teach my child: Just because you worked hard doesn't mean you worked *well*. > In line with Dean Hogge's observation are Professor Greenberger's test results. Nearly two-thirds of the students surveyed said that if they explained to a professor that they were trying hard, that should be taken into account in their grade. diff --git a/content/old/rants/dystopia.md b/content/old/rants/dystopia.md index ea213794..f1075f84 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/dystopia.md +++ b/content/old/rants/dystopia.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Dystopia -date: 2004-02-25 19:14 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Dystopia +slug: dystopia +date: "2004-02-25 19:14" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: dystopia +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I've just finished reading a whole whackpile of Buffy comics. Both the regular series, which essentially fills in gaps in the [main chronology](http://www.upn.com/shows/buffy/backstory/index.shtml), and the [Fray](http://www.buffycollector.com/comics/fray.shtml) miniseries set some 200+ years in the future. The combined experiences leave me wondering something. Why is it that, in every comic book future, the future is portrayed as a grim, dystopian place? I'm sitting here absorbing the reads and wondering, what's the point of all this gloom? I can think of a few possible reasons, and I think i want to go over them here. diff --git a/content/old/rants/highs-lows.md b/content/old/rants/highs-lows.md index 4fa25f27..5d08299a 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/highs-lows.md +++ b/content/old/rants/highs-lows.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ -Title: Highs, Lows -date: 2008-02-10 09:13 -author: offby1 -category: Rants -tags: liberty, privacy, racism, security theatre, terrorism +--- +title: Highs, Lows slug: highs-lows +date: "2008-02-10 09:13" +category: Rants +tags: + - liberty + - privacy + - racism + - security theatre + - terrorism +author: offby1 status: draft - -In contrast to my [last post](/backlog/2008/02/05/unbridled-optimism/), this one is a bit less perky. +--- +In contrast to my [last post](http://www.offlineblog.com/backlog/2008/02/05/unbridled-optimism/), this one is a bit less perky. The fact that [this](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020604763.html) happens at all is nearly enough to make me physically ill. The fact that I'm probably never going to encounter it, simply because I'm not brown-skinned\... diff --git a/content/old/rants/i-am-too.md b/content/old/rants/i-am-too.md index 642a6301..6be4b89a 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/i-am-too.md +++ b/content/old/rants/i-am-too.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: I am too. -date: 2004-03-13 10:28 -author: offby1 +--- +title: I am too. +slug: i-am-too +date: "2004-03-13 10:28" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: i-am-too +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- One of the posters over at "tacitus":http://www.tacitus.org/ has posted a touching little commentary on the recent bombings in Spain. Entitled ["I'm Just Embarrassed"](http://38.144.96.23/tacitus/archives/001591.html#001591), it's a rebuke to people whose concerns remain trivial in the face of active attacks on both their way of life and their persons. Basically, it's an (unlikely to succeed) attempt at a wake-up call. Unlikely to succeed, because the people at whom it's directed are flatly unable to bring themselves to think the way that he's asking them to. I'll admit, for all that I'm more hawkish than most people I know, even I forget sometimes that \-- just by _being alive_ and living where I do \-- I am a target as much as anyone else. The threat isn't such that I accept infringements on my freedom without question, and in fact I tend not to accept them at all. But the threat *is* such that I feel a fair amount of aggravation towards people who insist on ascribing blame for these attacks not on the ones planting the bombs, but _on the victims_ who simply had the misfortune of being born in better places to live. diff --git a/content/old/rants/interstate-leaning.md b/content/old/rants/interstate-leaning.md index c3f0631a..d58b5762 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/interstate-leaning.md +++ b/content/old/rants/interstate-leaning.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Interstate Leaning -date: 2003-05-02 14:04 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Interstate Leaning +slug: interstate-leaning +date: "2003-05-02 14:04" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: interstate-leaning +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Assholes. Not all of them, nor in all ways, but it's pretty significant in one respect. What the hell am i talking about? diff --git a/content/old/rants/ive-been-thinking.md b/content/old/rants/ive-been-thinking.md index c3c5065e..c4ff4ad4 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/ive-been-thinking.md +++ b/content/old/rants/ive-been-thinking.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: I've been thinking -date: 2004-03-24 08:46 -author: offby1 +--- +title: I've been thinking +slug: ive-been-thinking +date: "2004-03-24 08:46" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: ive-been-thinking +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- And it's not anyone specific, so don't start worrying and/or asking. Have any of you ever noticed that it's only rarely -- if at all -- that we have the same impact on the lives of those that affect us most? diff --git a/content/old/rants/more-importantly.md b/content/old/rants/more-importantly.md index 633a5c33..39ffc5b9 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/more-importantly.md +++ b/content/old/rants/more-importantly.md @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -Title: More importantly... -date: 2002-11-11 15:24 -author: offby1 +--- +title: More importantly... +slug: more-importantly +date: "2002-11-11 15:24" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: more-importantly +author: offby1 status: draft - -![image0](/images/poppy.gif)This is something that bugs me a lot. And it's getting worse, as i see it. +--- +![image0]({static}/images/poppy.gif)This is something that bugs me a lot. And it's getting worse, as i see it. Today is Remembrance Day. diff --git a/content/old/rants/more-rights.md b/content/old/rants/more-rights.md index aa995ad3..19eb1a47 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/more-rights.md +++ b/content/old/rants/more-rights.md @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -Title: More Rights -date: 2003-01-05 07:16 -author: offby1 +--- +title: More Rights +slug: more-rights +date: "2003-01-05 07:16" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: more-rights +author: offby1 status: draft - -So, as is usual around this time of day, i'm reading up on [Metafilter]( "Can Corporations Lie?"), seeing what the latest crap is, and there's a link to some [commentary]( "The right to lie?") on a Nike-related court case. +--- +So, as is usual around this time of day, i'm reading up on [Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/22664 "Can Corporations Lie?"), seeing what the latest crap is, and there's a link to some [commentary](http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0101-07.htm "The right to lie?") on a Nike-related court case. An interesting quirk of US law is that, for legal purposes, corporations are considered to be persons. They enjoy many of the same rights that people do, and in a sense, there is a good reason for this - contract law. Essentially, only a person can enter into a contract with another person, so in order to enforce contracts signed by corporations beyond the tenure of their board of directors, they have to have *some* of the legal status of a person. However, as is pointed out too often, and rightly so, corporations in this age enjoy many of the protections of personhood, but experience few, if any, of the limitations. diff --git a/content/old/rants/non-techs.md b/content/old/rants/non-techs.md index ce0ede6d..8ad72c60 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/non-techs.md +++ b/content/old/rants/non-techs.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Non-techs -date: 2004-03-10 07:25 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Non-techs +slug: non-techs +date: "2004-03-10 07:25" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: non-techs +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There's a "discussion":http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/09/2134215 going on on one of the forums I frequent for tech news and debate, and it's a bit interesting. It's about "protecting our parents' PCs" from the viruses, adware, and general nastiness of the net. The attitudes being espoused on there make for an interesting read. Basically, the trend is something like this: Either A) "I don't do Windows," B) "I installed \$(GEEK_OS) on their PC. Now, they can't run viruses. Or, for that matter, anthing *else*," or C) "I tell them to ask their friends/other children." diff --git a/content/old/rants/on-authority-and-its-exercise.md b/content/old/rants/on-authority-and-its-exercise.md index 3f8d7e76..f342283c 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/on-authority-and-its-exercise.md +++ b/content/old/rants/on-authority-and-its-exercise.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: On authority and its exercise -date: 2003-05-16 10:56 -author: offby1 +--- +title: On authority and its exercise +slug: on-authority-and-its-exercise +date: "2003-05-16 10:56" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: on-authority-and-its-exercise +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- In my workplace, there's an interesting dynamic between management and employee, and i guess i just gave it enough thought to comment on it. I don't know how many people reading this have a work environment like this one, but at \$COMPANY, there's little to no separation between managers and staff. A few months or weeks before i started, management was punted from their offices and placed in low-walled, doorless cubicles out on the work floor, probably with the intent of making them more accessible to the staff, as though we were all on one "team" (That has to be \$COMPANY's favourite word, as far as i can tell) diff --git a/content/old/rants/on-medicine.md b/content/old/rants/on-medicine.md index 78f59c5e..59df851a 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/on-medicine.md +++ b/content/old/rants/on-medicine.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: On medicine -date: 2004-06-18 08:00 -author: offby1 +--- +title: On medicine +slug: on-medicine +date: "2004-06-18 08:00" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: on-medicine +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- From the links of Metafilter comes "this":http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-06-13-med-malpractice_x.htm (with [attendant discussion](http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/33767)). As a consistent supporter of private delivery of healthcare, this sort of thing is the one issue that always presents itself whenever I try to firm up said support to 100%. I have a hard time being unequivocal in my support of such a system when there are examples like this one to caution me. diff --git a/content/old/rants/power-for-the-upcoming-generation.md b/content/old/rants/power-for-the-upcoming-generation.md index e84cae70..35c2b20a 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/power-for-the-upcoming-generation.md +++ b/content/old/rants/power-for-the-upcoming-generation.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Power for the upcoming generation -date: 2004-05-24 07:52 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Power for the upcoming generation +slug: power-for-the-upcoming-generation +date: "2004-05-24 07:52" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: power-for-the-upcoming-generation +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- In the news recently, a [leading Green thinker](http://www.ecolo.org/lovelock/) wrote a call to action directed at environmentalist groups urging them to [accept nuclear power](http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=524313) as a necessary measure to control climate change before it's too late. As one can imagine, the usual suspects immediately had the usual knee-jerk reactions to the suggestion, thus combining both the valid premise that arguments from authority should not necessarily be accepted at face value, and the faulty one that says that "Nuclear is bad, no matter what, no matter how," which stems from\... what? diff --git a/content/old/rants/sexual-politics-in-the-age-of-girls-gone-wild.md b/content/old/rants/sexual-politics-in-the-age-of-girls-gone-wild.md index efb1e488..0d4d2a67 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/sexual-politics-in-the-age-of-girls-gone-wild.md +++ b/content/old/rants/sexual-politics-in-the-age-of-girls-gone-wild.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Sexual Politics in the age of Girls Gone Wild -date: 2003-11-20 08:12 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Sexual Politics in the age of Girls Gone Wild +slug: sexual-politics-in-the-age-of-girls-gone-wild +date: "2003-11-20 08:12" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: sexual-politics-in-the-age-of-girls-gone-wild +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- There's an "article (What part of no do ya still not understand?)":http://www.laweekly.com/ink/03/53/features-lewis.php on the LA Weekly site taking about the current thoughts - from a wide social perspective - on the date rape issue. It makes a few fairly strong points, and is nearly unique in the articles i've read in that it actually goes so far as to suggest that there are situations where responsibility should be taken by the victim in this sort of situation. diff --git a/content/old/rants/sick-tactics.md b/content/old/rants/sick-tactics.md index b9e73c21..752a6cd1 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/sick-tactics.md +++ b/content/old/rants/sick-tactics.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ -Title: Sick tactics -date: 2003-05-24 18:08 -author: offby1 -category: Rants -tags: asshole, idiocy, rants +--- +title: Sick tactics slug: sick-tactics +date: "2003-05-24 18:08" +category: Rants +tags: + - asshole + - idiocy + - rants +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Wow, that's fscking nauseating\... So, i'm working at \$COMPANY, answering the phone all day. Hence, i speak. Funny, that. Anyway, i was approached by one of my co-workers and asked to be quieter. Now, i can understand why that might be desirable, and that's not why i'm annoyed. In fact, i tried to be quieter, but it's usually a choice between clarity of speech and quietness, and i'll go for clarity any time. diff --git a/content/old/rants/sportsmanlike-conduct.md b/content/old/rants/sportsmanlike-conduct.md index 83acfd0f..a026d648 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/sportsmanlike-conduct.md +++ b/content/old/rants/sportsmanlike-conduct.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Sportsmanlike Conduct -date: 2002-11-21 20:01 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Sportsmanlike Conduct +slug: sportsmanlike-conduct +date: "2002-11-21 20:01" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: sportsmanlike-conduct +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- And then some words about my final lab - hell, those words now\... It was EASY! Nuff said. diff --git a/content/old/rants/the-second-law.md b/content/old/rants/the-second-law.md index 9d7eed36..63d59098 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/the-second-law.md +++ b/content/old/rants/the-second-law.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: The Second Law -date: 2003-04-12 20:37 -author: offby1 +--- +title: The Second Law +slug: the-second-law +date: "2003-04-12 20:37" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: the-second-law +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Basically, what the FSCK are people thinking when they pick up the goddamned phone?! As a dedicated (read: indentured) employee of \$COMPANY_NAME, i get the distinct pleasure of answering the phone to people (and i use the term loosely) who only recently took the evolutionary steps necessary to stand on their hind legs and reach the phone. It's jobs like mine that provide evidence that the human evolutionary journey is only barely begun. diff --git a/content/old/rants/the-whole-picture.md b/content/old/rants/the-whole-picture.md index f9958a5d..7ba5fdd8 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/the-whole-picture.md +++ b/content/old/rants/the-whole-picture.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: The whole picture? -date: 2003-05-07 19:47 -author: offby1 +--- +title: The whole picture? +slug: the-whole-picture +date: "2003-05-07 19:47" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: the-whole-picture +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Something Char has had the dubious pleasure of experiencing with me has been my unceasing annoyance with DVDs being released in purported fullscreen format. It seems that more and more DVD releases are slipping back into the [pan and scan](http://www.dvdreview.com/html/lingo.shtml) format that i thought was finally on the way out when DVDs began to dominate in the first place. Naturally, being pretty vocal when annoyed, i rarely let an opportunity to bitch about these mistakes of the moviemaker's art pass me by. However, for all that i know that i prefer the widescreen versions of films to the "full" screen versions being pimped by Blockbuster and certain movie studios, i had never seen a side-by-side comparison upon which to concretely base my distaste. diff --git a/content/old/rants/theyre-actually-being-rational.md b/content/old/rants/theyre-actually-being-rational.md index 2ddb10a3..8ce3d4c1 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/theyre-actually-being-rational.md +++ b/content/old/rants/theyre-actually-being-rational.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: They're actually being rational -date: 2003-01-12 17:32 -author: offby1 +--- +title: They're actually being rational +slug: theyre-actually-being-rational +date: "2003-01-12 17:32" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: theyre-actually-being-rational +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Further news in that whole cloning issue: It seems that the current state of affairs - that of Clonaid refusing to identify the parents of the supposedly cloned child - may actually be based not upon a desire to dodge proving the truth of their claims, but may instead be related to the state of Florida's stated intent to [take the child away from her parents](http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/01/11/clonaid.court.ap/index.html). Who knew? diff --git a/content/old/rants/toyota-dicks-with-their-customers.md b/content/old/rants/toyota-dicks-with-their-customers.md index 92af9694..53b98836 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/toyota-dicks-with-their-customers.md +++ b/content/old/rants/toyota-dicks-with-their-customers.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Toyota Dicks with their customers -date: 2004-06-02 17:34 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Toyota Dicks with their customers +slug: toyota-dicks-with-their-customers +date: "2004-06-02 17:34" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: toyota-dicks-with-their-customers +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- As discussed "here":http://www.livejournal.com/users/xraystar/16589.html and elsewhere on the same site, Toyota is messing with my Charling's head over the cost of her car. Since it seems that they won't be letting up any time soon, and we'd really like to get this buggerload of crap off of our mental plates ASAP, can anyone in the crowd suggest anything to do, other than the obvious consumer reporters for local TV stations things? diff --git a/content/old/rants/uhh.md b/content/old/rants/uhh.md index f182796c..5a310139 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/uhh.md +++ b/content/old/rants/uhh.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Uhh... -date: 2003-07-22 08:02 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Uhh... +slug: uhh +date: "2003-07-22 08:02" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: uhh +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- By now, i'm sure everyone has read about the [86-year](http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1003688,00.html)\`-old man \\`\__ who [drove his](http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-smcrash17jul17,0,3789886.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines) car [through a crowded market](http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030718_700.html). Not really news, is it? diff --git a/content/old/rants/volunteerism.md b/content/old/rants/volunteerism.md index e2a31ca6..1b50082e 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/volunteerism.md +++ b/content/old/rants/volunteerism.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ -Title: Volunteerism -date: 2008-02-27 23:59 -author: offby1 -category: Rants -tags: development porn, isms, volunteering +--- +title: Volunteerism slug: volunteerism +date: "2008-02-27 23:59" +category: Rants +tags: + - development porn + - isms + - volunteering +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [Volunteerism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteerism) is one of those interesting 'isms'.  It's probably one of the most well-regarded 'isms' by more people, but I admit that much like my reaction to charity, I have a decidedly contrary view of this practice. -And, it appears, I'm not the only one.  Here's "\`To Hell with Good Intentions by Ivan Illich \\`\__," a transcript of a speech given in 1968 to a volunteer organization.  I came across this by way of, as always, Metafilter, where a discussion on the validity of volunteering [was taking place](). This was spurred by an interesting article decrying modern celebrity aid programs as [development porn]([http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_paternalism.html](http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_paternalism.html)) and calling out volunteerism as paternalistic behaviour\... which is how I have always sort of felt. +And, it appears, I'm not the only one.  Here's "\`To Hell with Good Intentions by Ivan Illich \\`\__," a transcript of a speech given in 1968 to a volunteer organization.  I came across this by way of, as always, Metafilter, where a discussion on the validity of volunteering [was taking place](http://www.metafilter.com/69436/Do-you-really-care-about-the-starving-children-of-Africa). This was spurred by an interesting article decrying modern celebrity aid programs as [development porn](http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_paternalism.html) and calling out volunteerism as paternalistic behaviour\... which is how I have always sort of felt. Poke about. It's a good debate. diff --git a/content/old/rants/what-on-earth-have-we-wrought.md b/content/old/rants/what-on-earth-have-we-wrought.md index 87f32d81..cb3d9ef9 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/what-on-earth-have-we-wrought.md +++ b/content/old/rants/what-on-earth-have-we-wrought.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: What on earth have we wrought? -date: 2004-03-05 08:09 -author: offby1 +--- +title: What on earth have we wrought? +slug: what-on-earth-have-we-wrought +date: "2004-03-05 08:09" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: what-on-earth-have-we-wrought +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- In this [photo weblog](http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/page2.html) [(alt link)](http://www.ninja-assassin.com/mirror/Chernobyl/) by a self-described "kid of speed" that i found posted on "metafilter":http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/31584 today, i caught my first *real* glimpse of the devastation that the Chernobyl disaster left behind it. She has photographed \-- and described \-- the "dead zone" that surrounds the chernobyl site, and it really is awe-inspiring. It's the casual statement that "people must start to populate those area already in some 900 years," as if that was so short a time. diff --git a/content/old/rants/winxp.md b/content/old/rants/winxp.md index f021341d..21b720d5 100644 --- a/content/old/rants/winxp.md +++ b/content/old/rants/winxp.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: WinXP -date: 2002-11-30 23:54 -author: offby1 +--- +title: WinXP +slug: winxp +date: "2002-11-30 23:54" category: Rants tags: rants -slug: winxp +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- I want everyone out there to know, computers suck! Well, not all computers - mostly just mine. So i'm sitting here, burning my last blank CDR full of a fully-slipstreamed Win2k service Pack 3 CD -with all of my tools, toys, and shite on it. In preparation for giving up on the dual-monitor dream that i held so dear. Basically, for some odd reason, my (ostensibly) amazing 17" Trinitron-tubed old monitor looks as blurry as shit on the GF4 when it's the secondary monitor. Needless to say, that's not so cool. diff --git a/content/old/uncategorized/734.md b/content/old/uncategorized/734.md index b1c1f566..e4c9fff5 100644 --- a/content/old/uncategorized/734.md +++ b/content/old/uncategorized/734.md @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ -Title: Privacy vs. Transparency -date: 2011-01-08 18:09 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Privacy vs. Transparency +slug: "734" +date: "2011-01-08 18:09" category: society -slug: 734 +author: offby1 status: published - +--- Wikileaks is a pretty big deal these days, and in the last short while \-- as the US government has started to subpoena the private communications of Wikileaks supporters \-- I've read a lot of comments on the supposed hypocrisy of individuals within Wikileaks wanting to retain their privacy while touting transparency for governments diff --git a/content/old/uncategorized/a-dark-path.md b/content/old/uncategorized/a-dark-path.md index d30f331c..05fc15ec 100644 --- a/content/old/uncategorized/a-dark-path.md +++ b/content/old/uncategorized/a-dark-path.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Title: A dark path -date: 2010-04-27 01:30 -author: offby1 -category: Uncategorized +--- +title: A dark path slug: a-dark-path +date: "2010-04-27 01:30" +category: Uncategorized +author: offby1 status: draft - +---
[![image0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3370/4555973989_c34c72a001_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4555973989/) [A dark path](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4555973989/) Originally uploaded by [Chris R](http://www.flickr.com/people/offbyone/) diff --git a/content/old/uncategorized/air-travel.md b/content/old/uncategorized/air-travel.md index e0f5bbad..32444e6b 100644 --- a/content/old/uncategorized/air-travel.md +++ b/content/old/uncategorized/air-travel.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: Air Travel -date: 2011-10-26 20:16 -author: offby1 -category: travel -tags: culture, travel +--- +title: Air Travel slug: air-travel +date: "2011-10-26 20:16" +category: travel +tags: + - culture + - travel +author: offby1 status: published - +--- How much can people be convinced to tolerate for the sake of traveling? I'm thinking of the frothy mixture of security theatre and customer service atrocity that comprises the experience of getting from point A to point B now\... And more interesting, what will happen when we as a species (or as a culture \-- the distinction is fast becoming moot in my judgement) grow so dependent on our devices and connectivity that to enclose ourselves in the near faraday-cage of a plane will be like being struck blind? What will happen, of course, is that the appeal of "over there" will be hyped; wherever you are, there you aren't. Live in Seattle? Well, then, why not go to New York or LA; see the cultural engine of cinema, otherwise you're missing out! Live in Manhattan? Try the central states for a calm getaway from the rat race, otherwise you're missing out! How about Wisconsin? The coasts are where it's at\... otherwise you're missing out! diff --git a/content/old/uncategorized/bbq.md b/content/old/uncategorized/bbq.md index 2f8b617e..0ea59e62 100644 --- a/content/old/uncategorized/bbq.md +++ b/content/old/uncategorized/bbq.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Title: BBQ -date: 2010-05-27 05:12 -author: offby1 -category: Uncategorized +--- +title: BBQ slug: bbq +date: "2010-05-27 05:12" +category: Uncategorized +author: offby1 status: draft - +---
[![image0](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4640693894_0b5748ec75_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4640693894/) [BBQ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4640693894/) Originally uploaded by [Chris R](http://www.flickr.com/people/offbyone/) diff --git a/content/old/uncategorized/chibi-cthulhu.md b/content/old/uncategorized/chibi-cthulhu.md index 633ce369..e5ac134a 100644 --- a/content/old/uncategorized/chibi-cthulhu.md +++ b/content/old/uncategorized/chibi-cthulhu.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Title: Chibi-Cthulhu -date: 2010-05-02 23:04 -author: offby1 -category: pics +--- +title: Chibi-Cthulhu slug: chibi-cthulhu +date: "2010-05-02 23:04" +category: pics +author: offby1 status: published - +--- [![image0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/4572898578_930739ae8c_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4572898578/) To the great (pink) Cthulhu, you are all sheep! diff --git a/content/old/uncategorized/enterprise.md b/content/old/uncategorized/enterprise.md index b52c9f4d..aec362c0 100644 --- a/content/old/uncategorized/enterprise.md +++ b/content/old/uncategorized/enterprise.md @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ -Title: Enterprise -Date: 2010-05-16 19:00 -Author: offby1 -Category: pics -Tags: space -Slug: enterprise -Status: published - +--- +title: Enterprise +slug: enterprise +date: "2010-05-16 19:00" +category: pics +tags: space +author: offby1 +status: published +--- ![shuttle]({attach}/images/2010-05-14/IMGP0320.JPG) Char snapped this at my request from the traffic jam that nearly kept diff --git a/content/old/uncategorized/how-to-raise-a-good-kid-volume-1.md b/content/old/uncategorized/how-to-raise-a-good-kid-volume-1.md index 092f6747..1becbf8a 100644 --- a/content/old/uncategorized/how-to-raise-a-good-kid-volume-1.md +++ b/content/old/uncategorized/how-to-raise-a-good-kid-volume-1.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -Title: How to raise a good kid, volume 1 -date: 2010-05-01 20:49 -author: offby1 -category: life -tags: parenting, matt +--- +title: How to raise a good kid, volume 1 slug: how-to-raise-a-good-kid-volume-1 +date: "2010-05-01 20:49" +category: life +tags: + - parenting + - matt +author: offby1 status: published - +--- [![image0](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4568558677_d88502836b_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4568558677/) You can't see it, but his mother has an xbox controller in her hands. diff --git a/content/old/uncategorized/hung.md b/content/old/uncategorized/hung.md index e8de9a55..54fb5ed3 100644 --- a/content/old/uncategorized/hung.md +++ b/content/old/uncategorized/hung.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Title: Hung -date: 2010-04-28 01:30 -author: offby1 -category: Uncategorized +--- +title: Hung slug: hung +date: "2010-04-28 01:30" +category: Uncategorized +author: offby1 status: draft - +---
[![image0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3436/4558862091_0e02dc987a_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4558862091/) [Hung](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4558862091/) Originally uploaded by [Chris R](http://www.flickr.com/people/offbyone/) diff --git a/content/old/uncategorized/its-not-deep-thought-but-its-funny.md b/content/old/uncategorized/its-not-deep-thought-but-its-funny.md index f0b05274..456a6ad6 100644 --- a/content/old/uncategorized/its-not-deep-thought-but-its-funny.md +++ b/content/old/uncategorized/its-not-deep-thought-but-its-funny.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Title: It's not deep thought, but it's funny. -date: 2011-09-24 13:58 -author: offby1 -category: pics +--- +title: It's not deep thought, but it's funny. slug: its-not-deep-thought-but-its-funny +date: "2011-09-24 13:58" +category: pics +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- [caption id="attachment_791" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="O hai been scratchin ur records like a dj"][![O hai been scratchin ur records](http://offby1.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/2009-06-07_103323.jpg){.size-full .wp-image-791 .size-full .wp-image-791 width="400px" height="300px"}](http://offby1.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/2009-06-07_103323.jpg)[/caption] I can't say that this involved any real insight into the human condition. But it made me chuckle on a muggy day. diff --git a/content/old/uncategorized/peace-rose.md b/content/old/uncategorized/peace-rose.md index 053f11e4..a9d7ae66 100644 --- a/content/old/uncategorized/peace-rose.md +++ b/content/old/uncategorized/peace-rose.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Title: Peace Rose -date: 2010-05-09 15:44 -author: offby1 -category: Uncategorized +--- +title: Peace Rose slug: peace-rose +date: "2010-05-09 15:44" +category: Uncategorized +author: offby1 status: draft - +---
[![image0](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4590281021_088874f5bf_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4590281021/) [Peace Rose](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4590281021/) Originally uploaded by [Chris R](http://www.flickr.com/people/offbyone/) diff --git a/content/old/uncategorized/what-are-you-doing-in-my-bath.md b/content/old/uncategorized/what-are-you-doing-in-my-bath.md index 92b7a068..6985a1de 100644 --- a/content/old/uncategorized/what-are-you-doing-in-my-bath.md +++ b/content/old/uncategorized/what-are-you-doing-in-my-bath.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: What are you doing in my bath? -date: 2010-05-27 05:12 -author: offby1 +--- +title: What are you doing in my bath? +slug: what-are-you-doing-in-my-bath +date: "2010-05-27 05:12" category: pics tags: matt -slug: what-are-you-doing-in-my-bath +author: offby1 status: published - +--- [![image0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/4640816392_3bb5b43058_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/offbyone/4640816392/) diff --git a/content/pages/adblockers.md b/content/pages/adblockers.md index 9cb3c447..e9518f1f 100644 --- a/content/pages/adblockers.md +++ b/content/pages/adblockers.md @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ -Title: Blocking Ads -Date: 2023-10-05 11:00 -Author: offby1 -Category: society -Tags: culture, cyberspace, internet -Slug: adblockers -Summary: This page explains why I want you to use an adblocker. -Status: published - +--- +title: Blocking Ads +slug: adblockers +date: "2023-10-05 11:00" +category: society +tags: + - culture + - cyberspace + - internet +author: offby1 +summary: This page explains why I want you to use an adblocker. +status: published +--- I think that the ad economy on the internet is toxic and even when done in the most ethical of ways on the side of the site hosting the ads, can allow dangerous code to run on your computer. You should install an ad blocker for your own safety and to reduce the power of advertising to control what we see and discuss. Please note that some websites may break when you visit them with an ad-blocking extension enabled. Most extensions allow you to exclude specific websites, so that’s one easy fix if that happens. If _this_ website breaks, please nudge [me on Mastodon](https://wandering.shop/@offby1) with the URL and I'll fix it! diff --git a/content/pages/azureus-autocat-plugin.md b/content/pages/azureus-autocat-plugin.md index bcc2edd9..91e70f17 100644 --- a/content/pages/azureus-autocat-plugin.md +++ b/content/pages/azureus-autocat-plugin.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Azureus Autocat Plugin 1.0.1 -date: 2006-09-03 21:42 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Azureus Autocat Plugin 1.0.1 slug: azureus-autocat-plugin +date: "2006-09-03 21:42" +author: offby1 status: published - +--- This is a simple support page for the Azureus Autocat plugin (linked on the Azureus page itself at [this location](http://azureus.sourceforge.net/plugin_details.php?plugin=autocat)). I've discontinued the mailbox that was receiving support requests, because of excessive spam, so I'd prefer that you place support requests in the comments on this page. I should warn you, however, that the plugin does what I want it to at the moment, so I'm a bit slow to add new features. Which is not to say I won't, just\... well, I've been very, very lazy for the last year. @@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ The plugin itself can also be downloaded here: MD5: 0bcff6c2b2864843c7d3773645e4a428 -[autocat-1.2.0.zip](/?dl=autocat-1.2.0.zip) +[autocat-1.2.0.zip](http://www.offlineblog.com/?dl=autocat-1.2.0.zip)
diff --git a/content/pages/azureus-autostop-plugin.md b/content/pages/azureus-autostop-plugin.md index e7fe1532..30a15d34 100644 --- a/content/pages/azureus-autostop-plugin.md +++ b/content/pages/azureus-autostop-plugin.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Azureus Autostop Plugin 2.0 -date: 2007-01-01 09:59 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Azureus Autostop Plugin 2.0 slug: azureus-autostop-plugin +date: "2007-01-01 09:59" +author: offby1 status: published - +--- | The purpose of this plugin is to help with people whose ISPs are anal-retentive | about upload bandwidth usage, like mine is. Its purpose is to be a community- | friendly implementation of an upload limiter. It will not permit upload cutoff @@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ status: published The plugin itself can also be downloaded here: --------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- - MD5: c4930bdcf89781d07b395ef689dca743 [autostop-2.0.2.zip](/?dl=autostop-2.0.2.zip) + MD5: c4930bdcf89781d07b395ef689dca743 [autostop-2.0.2.zip](http://www.offlineblog.com/?dl=autostop-2.0.2.zip) --------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- @@ -50,4 +51,4 @@ The plugin itself can also be downloaded here: \### Issue Tracking -If you find bugs, and I expect you will, or you want new features, I have an issue tracker for this plugin at []() (The URL is subject to change, so if you can't get to it at that address, check back here for new information) +If you find bugs, and I expect you will, or you want new features, I have an issue tracker for this plugin at [](http://offby1.doesntexist.com:8080/browse/AZSTOP) (The URL is subject to change, so if you can't get to it at that address, check back here for new information) diff --git a/content/pages/azureus-jabber-plugin.md b/content/pages/azureus-jabber-plugin.md index 05f25830..71607fc8 100644 --- a/content/pages/azureus-jabber-plugin.md +++ b/content/pages/azureus-jabber-plugin.md @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ -Title: Azureus IM Notification Plugin -date: 2006-12-31 19:00 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Azureus IM Notification Plugin slug: azureus-jabber-plugin +date: "2006-12-31 19:00" +author: offby1 status: published - +--- | \## Instant Messaging Notifications 1.0.4 | Copyright(c) 2006 Chris Rose and AIMedia. | (GPL, blah blah\...) --------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- - MD5: b2472fbeb47da6731a4873c39057ad0e [azjabber-1.0.4.zip](/?dl=azjabber-1.0.4.zip) + MD5: b2472fbeb47da6731a4873c39057ad0e [azjabber-1.0.4.zip](http://www.offlineblog.com/?dl=azjabber-1.0.4.zip) --------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- @@ -74,18 +75,19 @@ Enjoy! \#### Current Version --------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- - MD5: b2472fbeb47da6731a4873c39057ad0e [azjabber-1.0.4.zip](/?dl=azjabber-1.0.4.zip) + MD5: b2472fbeb47da6731a4873c39057ad0e [azjabber-1.0.4.zip](http://www.offlineblog.com/?dl=azjabber-1.0.4.zip) --------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- \#### Older Versions --------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- - MD5: b4a227990136c3ca693819a313f5362d [azjabber-1.0.3.zip](/?dl=azjabber-1.0.3.zip) + MD5: b4a227990136c3ca693819a313f5362d [azjabber-1.0.3.zip](http://www.offlineblog.com/?dl=azjabber-1.0.3.zip) - MD5: 6d74e971b15c4fc236248df845a69e96 [azjabber-1.0.2.zip](/?dl=azjabber-1.0.2.zip) + MD5: 6d74e971b15c4fc236248df845a69e96 [azjabber-1.0.2.zip](http://www.offlineblog.com/?dl=azjabber-1.0.2.zip) + + MD5: 344d5fb26d749244cb712d153e2fb65a [azjabber-1.0.1.zip](http://www.offlineblog.com/?dl=azjabber-1.0.1.zip) + + MD5: 59e6573ef2627b2ffdd55ab718c7e1c9 [azjabber-1.0.0.zip](http://www.offlineblog.com/?dl=azjabber-1.0.0.zip) - MD5: 344d5fb26d749244cb712d153e2fb65a [azjabber-1.0.1.zip](/?dl=azjabber-1.0.1.zip) - MD5: 59e6573ef2627b2ffdd55ab718c7e1c9 [azjabber-1.0.0.zip](/?dl=azjabber-1.0.0.zip) - --------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- diff --git a/content/pages/azureus-plugin-tutorial.md b/content/pages/azureus-plugin-tutorial.md index 1a393798..dade9a2e 100644 --- a/content/pages/azureus-plugin-tutorial.md +++ b/content/pages/azureus-plugin-tutorial.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Azureus Plugin Tutorial v0.2 -date: 2004-12-22 08:02 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Azureus Plugin Tutorial v0.2 slug: azureus-plugin-tutorial +date: "2004-12-22 08:02" +author: offby1 status: published - +--- [Azureus](http://azureus.sourceforge.net) is my BitTorrent client of choice, but I've found on occasion that its functionality is a bit lacking. However, fortunately for me it is extensible via plugins, which has enabled me to add my own functionality to it. This is a brief tutorial on how to use the Azureus plugin interface to make a simple plugin that aggregates some basic information about your torrents and logs it. Some listeners are used, and some of the basic utilities for creating views and configuration pages are also included. Since this is my first tutorial, I'm not sure it'll be adequate, but feel free to use this page's comment section to provide feedback on it and tell me how I went horribly, horribly wrong. @@ -18,22 +19,22 @@ This is a brief tutorial on how to use the Azureus plugin interface to make a si | On the off chance you're not using it already, I recommend you download [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/) to start with. Install it however you like. #### Libraries (Azureus and SWT) -| You'll need the source code for Azureus, since at this time there is no pure Plugin SDK for it. This leads to a bit of confusion over what parts of the code to use, but I'll try clear that up. You can get the source [here]() \-- download the source zip at the bottom of the page. This tutorial is based on the 2.2.0.0 code, but the parts I'm using should be pretty basic across at least a few versions. Unzip the source zip into [dev]/Azureus_2.2.0.0_source (here's where the assumptions start \-- I'll be assuming a simple and clear folder layout for your files) Also download the actual Azureus jar from the above location, and install it wherever you like \-- you can use the jarfile from your existing Azureus installation, which is what I did. Although you may or may not need these for your plugin (for this tutorial it's not strictly necessary) it pays to have SWT(Standard Widget Toolkit) installed. Get it [here]() and unzip the source package into [dev]/swt-3.0.1-win32 (Note that I assume SWT v3.0.1 which is the release version as of this writing. The version number should remain more or less irrelevant as long as it begins with 3) +| You'll need the source code for Azureus, since at this time there is no pure Plugin SDK for it. This leads to a bit of confusion over what parts of the code to use, but I'll try clear that up. You can get the source [here](http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php) \-- download the source zip at the bottom of the page. This tutorial is based on the 2.2.0.0 code, but the parts I'm using should be pretty basic across at least a few versions. Unzip the source zip into [dev]/Azureus_2.2.0.0_source (here's where the assumptions start \-- I'll be assuming a simple and clear folder layout for your files) Also download the actual Azureus jar from the above location, and install it wherever you like \-- you can use the jarfile from your existing Azureus installation, which is what I did. Although you may or may not need these for your plugin (for this tutorial it's not strictly necessary) it pays to have SWT(Standard Widget Toolkit) installed. Get it [here](http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/main.html) and unzip the source package into [dev]/swt-3.0.1-win32 (Note that I assume SWT v3.0.1 which is the release version as of this writing. The version number should remain more or less irrelevant as long as it begins with 3) ### Eclipse Config #### Libraries | First thing you need to do with Eclipse (other IDEs are exercises left to the reader) is configure the above libraries. For each of them, you need open the Classpath Variables preferences page (Window-\>Preferences: Java -\> Build Path -\> Classpath Variables) and add the libraries: -\![Preferences Window]() +\![Preferences Window](http://www.offlineblog.com/images/prefs.png) -\![Classpath Preferences]() +\![Classpath Preferences](http://www.offlineblog.com/images/classpath.png) You also have to add: -| - [AZUREUS_SRC](([dev]/Azureus_2.2.0.0_source.zip)) -| - [SWT_LIB](([dev]/swt-3.0.1-win32/swt.jar)) -| - [SWT_SRC](([dev]/swt-3.0.1-win32/swtsrc.zip)) +- `AZUREUS_SRC` - `[dev]/Azureus_2.2.0.0_source.zip` +- `SWT_LIB` - `[dev]/swt-3.0.1-win32/swt.jar` +- `SWT_SRC` - `[dev]/swt-3.0.1-win32/swtsrc.zip` This assumes that you downloaded the source for SWT as well. @@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ This assumes that you downloaded the source for SWT as well. The package I am using (`edu.azureus.example`) can be anything you want it to be, so long as you keep it in sync with the plugin.properties file. #### plugin.java -| **Download:** [plugin.java](/code/plugin.java) +| **Download:** [plugin.java](http://www.offlineblog.com/code/plugin.java) This is a skeleton of a plugin for logging status changes in torrents. It has a few features of immediate interest: @@ -122,4 +123,4 @@ Deploying your plugin requires that you create a Jar file containing the classes ### Gotchas -The plugin API for Azureus is not terribly well documented. Generally, though, if you stick to public methods of the pluginInterface and classes from the org.gudy.azureus2.plugins package tree, you're probably going to be okay. If you get stumped, you can post questions as comments to this page, and I'll try to answer them. Also, there's an IRC channel [#azureus]() and the sourceforge plugin developer [forum]([http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=377614](http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=377614)) to try. Hopefully this helps! +The plugin API for Azureus is not terribly well documented. Generally, though, if you stick to public methods of the pluginInterface and classes from the org.gudy.azureus2.plugins package tree, you're probably going to be okay. If you get stumped, you can post questions as comments to this page, and I'll try to answer them. Also, there's an IRC channel #azureus and the sourceforge plugin developer [forum](http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=377614) to try. Hopefully this helps! diff --git a/content/pages/contact.md b/content/pages/contact.md index f66ca02d..19f552c9 100644 --- a/content/pages/contact.md +++ b/content/pages/contact.md @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ -Title: About Me -Category: personal -Slug: about -Status: published - +--- +title: About Me +slug: about +category: personal +status: published +--- ## How to reach me about content here The best way to reach me if you want a speedy response is via my Mastodon account: [@offby1@wandering.shop](https://wandering.shop/@offby1); DMs are open on that account, so if you have a comment about a post or just want to drop a line, use that. Each post has a link at the bottom where you can reference that specific one. diff --git a/content/pages/cv.md b/content/pages/cv.md index daa53070..8be81cbe 100644 --- a/content/pages/cv.md +++ b/content/pages/cv.md @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ -Title: Chris Rose -date: 2022-05-05 23:00 -author: Chris Rose +--- +title: Chris Rose slug: cv -status: published +date: "2022-05-05 23:00" +author: Chris Rose summary: Things I've done - +status: published +--- ## Code Plumber Seattle, WA, USA -[signal](tel:2062456758) \| [whatsapp](https://wa.me/12062456758) \| [email](mailto:offline@offby1.net) \| [blog](https://offby1.website/) \| [github](https://github.com/offbyone) +[signal](https://signal.me/#eu/b3B9r5YWLHCOPojFSN9rwKd9JHE8nXR8Wn_jYEWHtI7rPi5M3iDaqcjZDjvlk03p) \| [whatsapp](https://wa.me/12062456758) \| [email](mailto:offline@offby1.net) \| [blog](https://offby1.website/) \| [github](https://github.com/offbyone) He/Him @@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ He/Him **Cloud Services**: AWS[ref]I certainly hope so\![/ref], Docker -**Tools**: Emacs, Git[ref]Again, I certainly hope so\![/ref], [my tools category here]({category}tools) +**Tools**: Emacs, Git[ref]Again, I certainly hope so\![/ref], my tools category here ### Present Employment @@ -97,4 +98,4 @@ University of Alberta ### Contact Me -Feel free to [email](mailto:offline@offby1.net) me or reach out to me on [Signal](tel:2062456758). +Feel free to [email](mailto:offline@offby1.net) me or reach out to me on [Signal](https://signal.me/#eu/b3B9r5YWLHCOPojFSN9rwKd9JHE8nXR8Wn_jYEWHtI7rPi5M3iDaqcjZDjvlk03p). diff --git a/content/pages/librarything-blog-widget.md b/content/pages/librarything-blog-widget.md index 5aecf80f..21f0975a 100644 --- a/content/pages/librarything-blog-widget.md +++ b/content/pages/librarything-blog-widget.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: LibraryThing Blog Widget -date: 2006-04-06 18:27 -author: offby1 +--- +title: LibraryThing Blog Widget slug: librarything-blog-widget +date: "2006-04-06 18:27" +author: offby1 status: published - +--- There's not a lot to show, here. This widget will show you a selection of books from LibraryThing in the sidebar of your WordPress weblog. | Get it here: diff --git a/content/pages/now.md b/content/pages/now.md index 320fdf52..92cdc6ce 100644 --- a/content/pages/now.md +++ b/content/pages/now.md @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ -Title: Now -Slug: now -Status: published - +--- +title: Now +slug: now +status: published +--- ## What I'm Doing Now   Last Updated: -I'm living in [Seattle]({tag}seattle), having been here since 2011 when I moved here for [a job with AWS]({category}amazon). +I'm living in Seattle, having been here since 2011 when I moved here for a job with AWS. My work these days is with [GitHub](https://github.com), where I'm working on some of our enterprise product ... "stuff". diff --git a/content/pages/projects.md b/content/pages/projects.md index cde6b4d2..366e30b7 100644 --- a/content/pages/projects.md +++ b/content/pages/projects.md @@ -1,13 +1,14 @@ -Title: Projects -date: 2005-03-18 21:29 -author: offby1 +--- +title: Projects slug: projects +date: "2005-03-18 21:29" +author: offby1 status: draft - +--- Here's a little list of code-related thingys that I've tossed up on the net: -- [Azureus Plugin Tutorial](azureus-plugin-tutorial) -- [LibraryThing WordPress Widget](librarything-blog-widget) -- [Azureus AutoStop Plugin](azureus-autostop-plugin) -- [Azureus AutoCategorization Plugin](azureus-autocat-plugin) -- [Azureus IM Notification Plugin](azureus-jabber-plugin) +- [Azureus Plugin Tutorial]({filename}/pages/azureus-plugin-tutorial.md) +- [LibraryThing WordPress Widget]({filename}/pages/librarything-blog-widget.md) +- [Azureus AutoStop Plugin]({filename}/pages/azureus-autostop-plugin.md) +- [Azureus AutoCategorization Plugin]({filename}/pages/azureus-autocat-plugin.md) +- [Azureus IM Notification Plugin]({filename}/pages/azureus-jabber-plugin.md) diff --git a/content/pages/tools.md b/content/pages/tools.md index f38c9de3..6db8f7dd 100644 --- a/content/pages/tools.md +++ b/content/pages/tools.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -Title: Default Apps (as of late 2024) -Category: tools -Slug: defaults -Status: published -Modified: 2025-08-08T11:33:29.000000 - +--- +title: Default Apps (as of late 2024) +slug: defaults +category: tools +status: published +modified: 2025-08-08 11:33:29 +--- "Apps I’ve been using regularly this year." Heavily inspired by [Jeff Triplett](https://jefftriplett.com/2023/default-apps-2023/). ## Things That Are Apps @@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ Modified: 2025-08-08T11:33:29.000000 🔍 Search: [Kagi](https://kagi.com) 📝 Writing: [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 📁 Cloud File Storage: Dropbox + [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net) -💬 Chat: [Signal](), [WhatsApp](), Apple Messages, [Discord](https://discord.com/), [Slack](https://slack.com/) +💬 Chat: [Signal](https://signal.org/), [WhatsApp](https://whatsapp.com/), Apple Messages, [Discord](https://discord.com/), [Slack](https://slack.com/) 📆 Calendar: Apple Calendar 📹 Video Calls: [Zoom](https://zoom.us) 🎵 Music. : [Apple Music](https://www.apple.com/apple-music/) diff --git a/content/posts/2010s.md b/content/posts/2010s.md index d604e05b..296be696 100644 --- a/content/posts/2010s.md +++ b/content/posts/2010s.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ -Title: 2010s +--- +title: 2010s slug: the-decade-that-was -date: 2019-12-31 10:40 PST +date: "2019-12-31 10:40 PST" category: life -tags: life, amazon, matt +tags: + - life + - amazon + - matt author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: Looking back at the decade that was... it's been a ride. I got married. Emigrated to another country. Took a terrifying job that continues to excite me status: published - +--- # In 2010 I: - was a new father @@ -24,7 +28,7 @@ status: published - have a son who lives 5 hours drive away from me most of the time - am in love with and loved by Helen, who's amazing in every way - am divorced -- have a [fantastic job](/posts/amazon-expedition/an-expedition-up-the-amazon.rst) that I couldn't even have dreamed of back then +- have a [fantastic job]({filename}/old/amazon-expedition/an-expedition-up-the-amazon.md) that I couldn't even have dreamed of back then - have watched some of my best friends drift away and it broke my heart - teetered on the edge of losing one of my great friends but somehow salvaged that - have made other friends who have supported me when I needed it most diff --git a/content/posts/2020-06-16-direnv-and-pip-tools-together.md b/content/posts/2020-06-16-direnv-and-pip-tools-together.md index 16671c92..35608079 100644 --- a/content/posts/2020-06-16-direnv-and-pip-tools-together.md +++ b/content/posts/2020-06-16-direnv-and-pip-tools-together.md @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ -Title: direnv and pip-tools together +--- +title: direnv and pip-tools together slug: direnv-and-pip-tools-together -date: 2020-06-16T07:15:02.430301 +date: 2020-06-16 07:15:02.430301 category: tools -tags: programming, direnv, python, pip-tools, automation +tags: + - programming + - direnv + - python + - pip-tools + - automation author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net -status: published summary: A relatively simple way to automate locking your pip-tools requirements using direnv - +status: published +--- I have been experimenting with using [pip-tools](https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools/) to manage my python project dependencies. If you're not familiar with it, I encourage you to read Hynek Schlawack's excellent [introduction to dependency management in Python](https://hynek.me/articles/python-app-deps-2018/) which introduces it and offers some comparisons to other alternatives like Poetry and Pipenv. The simple explanation, though, is that pip-tools offers two commands: `pip-compile` and `pip-sync` that work to keep a virtualenv's dependencies both reproducible and in sync with the expressed requirements. This is done by having the developer edit a `requirements.in` file, which is compiled into `requirements.txt`, and then synced into the project virtualenv. diff --git a/content/posts/2020-11-27 - Doom Emacs and direnv.md b/content/posts/2020-11-27 - Doom Emacs and direnv.md index 1e756aa7..ee0c240e 100644 --- a/content/posts/2020-11-27 - Doom Emacs and direnv.md +++ b/content/posts/2020-11-27 - Doom Emacs and direnv.md @@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ -Title: Doom Emacs and direnv +--- +title: Doom Emacs and direnv slug: doom-emacs-and-direnv -date: 2020-11-27T10:24:22.509234 +date: 2020-11-27 10:24:22.509234 category: tools -tags: emacs, direnv +tags: + - emacs + - direnv author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: Solving an issue arising from an interaction between Doom Emacs and direnv status: published - +--- I use both [Doom Emacs](https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs) and [Direnv](https://direnv.net) a lot, and I discovered -- and with the author of Doom's assistance, solved -- an peculiar issue arising from the interaction of the two. Doom defines a `doom sync` command whose job it is to update the compiled elisp for packages, but also to update the environment used by emacs, including its PATH, by writing out the full current environment to a local cache. That allows Emacs to be independent of the shell invoking it. diff --git a/content/posts/2021-05-07 - Ten Years.md b/content/posts/2021-05-07 - Ten Years.md index 49257755..c81eb439 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021-05-07 - Ten Years.md +++ b/content/posts/2021-05-07 - Ten Years.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ -Title: Ten Years +--- +title: Ten Years slug: ten-years -date: 2021-05-07T11:14:38.266229 +date: 2021-05-07 11:14:38.266229 category: amazon -tags: AWS, seattle, home +tags: + - AWS + - seattle + - home author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: Ten years ago today I got on a plane in Edmonton with my bike, two suitcases, a huge pile of immigration paperwork, and a cat. status: published - +--- ![My badge at ten years in](%7Bstatic%7D/images/2021-05-07/badge.jpg) That badge has seen some wear, hasn't it? diff --git a/content/posts/2021-05-10-development-environment-2021.md b/content/posts/2021-05-10-development-environment-2021.md index 268c0403..5ece5fc2 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021-05-10-development-environment-2021.md +++ b/content/posts/2021-05-10-development-environment-2021.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ -Title: Development Environment (2021) +--- +title: Development Environment (2021) slug: development-environment-2021 -date: 2021-05-10T07:34:39.057246 +date: 2021-05-10 07:34:39.057246 category: tools -tags: tools, emacs, direnv +tags: + - tools + - emacs + - direnv author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: Some of the things I use in my day to day computering status: published - +--- I've had a good couple of years in terms of tool discovery. Rather than try to tweet about them in bits and bobs, I figured I would write up a few bits and pieces that I like. # Chezmoi diff --git a/content/posts/2021-09-10-snoqualmie-tunnel.md b/content/posts/2021-09-10-snoqualmie-tunnel.md index e10af1ec..f01a6e7b 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021-09-10-snoqualmie-tunnel.md +++ b/content/posts/2021-09-10-snoqualmie-tunnel.md @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ -Title: Snoqualmie Tunnel +--- +title: Snoqualmie Tunnel slug: snoqualmie-tunnel -date: 2021-09-10T22:13:57.456672 +date: "2021-09-10T22:13:57.456672" category: life -tags: seattle, biking +tags: + - seattle + - biking author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: I took my bike up into the mountains for the first time since moving to Seattle, which is honestly a tragedy. It's gorgeous up there! -gallery: {photo}galleries/snoqualmie-2021{Snoqualmie Tunnel 2021} status: published - +gallery: "{photo}galleries/snoqualmie-2021{Snoqualmie Tunnel 2021}" +--- I only learned about the Snoqualmie Tunnel's existence a couple of weeks ago, from [an article on Atlas Obscura](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/snoqualmie-tunnel). Combining my love of tunnels, proximity to home, and a general desire to get out and ride more often than I have been, I decided that would make a great weekend trip into the mountains. It's actually pretty sad that I had to live here for an entire decade before I got around to it, honestly. The tunnel is super easy to find, although Google's directions took me into someone's driveway rather than to the parking lot itself. Once I got myself sorted out, it was off to the tunnel for a dark, dark ride. diff --git a/content/posts/2021-10-06-automating-letsencrypt-route53-using-aws-iot.md b/content/posts/2021-10-06-automating-letsencrypt-route53-using-aws-iot.md index bf588a2a..2ae2b689 100644 --- a/content/posts/2021-10-06-automating-letsencrypt-route53-using-aws-iot.md +++ b/content/posts/2021-10-06-automating-letsencrypt-route53-using-aws-iot.md @@ -1,13 +1,20 @@ -Title: Using AWS IoT to provision an IAM role for home lab devices +--- +title: Using AWS IoT to provision an IAM role for home lab devices slug: automating-letsencrypt-route53-using-aws-iot -date: 2021-10-06T23:17:22.563676 +date: 2021-10-06 23:17:22.563676 category: homelab -tags: aws, iot, terraform, ansible, letsencrypt, automation +tags: + - aws + - iot + - terraform + - ansible + - letsencrypt + - automation author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: Being a description of the steps I went through to turn my Raspberry Pi devices into IoT things so that I could eventually have them automatically use letsencrypt. status: published - +--- I'm going to start with a bit of a rambling preamble (pre-ramble?) about what I wanted to achieve, and some of the semi-arbitrary constraints I set for myself. (This is part 1 of a 2-part series. The second will cover the LetEncrypt setup challenges) @@ -374,7 +381,7 @@ Lastly, we install the systemd unit that refreshes the credentials and the timer ## `templates/iot-credentials.env.j2` -``` jinja2 +```jinja # This uses the same transform as in the terraform module, above. # The output should match IOT_THING_NAME={{ ansible_fqdn | replace('.', '-') }} diff --git a/content/posts/2022-07-29-grey-ships-pass.md b/content/posts/2022-07-29-grey-ships-pass.md index 35592cc7..9e1ae2a4 100644 --- a/content/posts/2022-07-29-grey-ships-pass.md +++ b/content/posts/2022-07-29-grey-ships-pass.md @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ -Title: Into The West +--- +title: Into The West slug: grey-ships-pass -date: 2022-08-17T00:53:58.055492 +date: 2022-08-17 00:53:58.055492 category: amazon -tags: AWS, changes +tags: + - AWS + - changes author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net -toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/108837036785290901 summary: Being an account of the emotional side of leaving an employer that has defined one's career. status: published - +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/108837036785290901" +--- I don't even know where to start with this. I'm 45 years old; I'm not "old" but I've seen a few miles here and there. I've had so many jobs that I lose track unless I actively refresh my recall. In the past 11 years, 7 months, and 3 days, I have emigrated, made new friends, lost old ones. Been divorced, raised a child, met a partner, shared a life\... diff --git a/content/posts/2022-11-07-mastodon-hosting-part-1.md b/content/posts/2022-11-07-mastodon-hosting-part-1.md index 72b2333a..125f2e23 100644 --- a/content/posts/2022-11-07-mastodon-hosting-part-1.md +++ b/content/posts/2022-11-07-mastodon-hosting-part-1.md @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ -Title: Mastodon Hosting, Part 1 -Slug: mastodon-hosting-part-1 -Date: 2022-11-07T17:01:33.869988 -Category: internet -Tags: software, mastodon, tailscale, infrastructure, wandering.shop -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Status: published -Summary: I inherited the system admin role for a Mastodon instance a couple of months ago, and recently I've needed to scale it. Here's a bit of how that went (and it's not done yet!) - +--- +title: Mastodon Hosting, Part 1 +slug: mastodon-hosting-part-1 +date: 2022-11-07 17:01:33.869988 +category: internet +tags: + - software + - mastodon + - tailscale + - infrastructure + - wandering.shop +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: I inherited the system admin role for a Mastodon instance a couple of months ago, and recently I've needed to scale it. Here's a bit of how that went (and it's not done yet!) +status: published +--- A few months ago, the owners of [wandering.shop](https://wandering.shop)[ref]A small [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org) instance focusing on SF/F and crafty folk, mainly[/ref] decided they were looking to hand off ownership (and paying for hosting) for the instance. As I had settled on that instance some time ago for [my own Mastodon home](https://wandering.shop/@offby1), I had a vested interest in seeing it stay viable, so I volunteered to take over the technical side of running it. Fast forward to last week, when _nothing of interest whatsoever occurred in social media_[ref]Actually, [things were rather dramatic](https://web.archive.org/web/20221107081949/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/06/elon-musk-inner-circle/)[/ref] and we undertook to upgrade the instance software, Mastodon, to the latest, greatest, and hopefully most secure and stable version. diff --git a/content/posts/2022-12-07-mastodon-hosting-part-2.md b/content/posts/2022-12-07-mastodon-hosting-part-2.md index 2c0a7a68..f6e2fdf0 100644 --- a/content/posts/2022-12-07-mastodon-hosting-part-2.md +++ b/content/posts/2022-12-07-mastodon-hosting-part-2.md @@ -1,14 +1,21 @@ -Title: Mastodon Hosting, Again -Slug: mastodon-hosting-part-2 -Date: 2022-12-22T14:30:00-0700 -Category: open web -Tags: wandering.shop, software, mastodon, open web, tailscale, internet -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Status: published -Summary: How the wandering.shop is laid out as of today, and where it needs to go next. -Toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/109561595065450093 - +--- +title: Mastodon Hosting, Again +slug: mastodon-hosting-part-2 +date: "2022-12-22T14:30:00-0700" +category: open web +tags: + - wandering.shop + - software + - mastodon + - open web + - tailscale + - internet +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: How the wandering.shop is laid out as of today, and where it needs to go next. +status: published +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/109561595065450093" +--- A bit more than a month ago, during the first wave of the latest Twitter exodus, I described [how Wandering.Shop survived the initial rush of demand]({filename}/posts/2022-11-07-mastodon-hosting-part-1.md) and stabilized after running an upgrade at the same time as we got slammed with massive load. In this post, I'll talk a bit about what the shop looks like today, where it can scale in the future, and some of the work I'll be putting into it to make it more robust. diff --git a/content/posts/2023-01-11-bits-prometheus-on-tailscale-and-fly-io.md b/content/posts/2023-01-11-bits-prometheus-on-tailscale-and-fly-io.md index 0e095831..da3c9292 100644 --- a/content/posts/2023-01-11-bits-prometheus-on-tailscale-and-fly-io.md +++ b/content/posts/2023-01-11-bits-prometheus-on-tailscale-and-fly-io.md @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ -Title: Bits: Prometheus on Tailscale and fly.io -Slug: bits-prometheus-on-tailscale-and-fly-io -Date: 2023-02-21T21:21:58.326668 -Category: sys -Tags: docker, tailscale, homelab, fly.io -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Status: draft -Summary: A quick post about running Prometheus on fly.io (even on the free tier!) connected to tailscale - +--- +title: "Bits: Prometheus on Tailscale and fly.io" +slug: bits-prometheus-on-tailscale-and-fly-io +date: "2023-02-21T21:21:58.326668" +category: sys +tags: + - docker + - tailscale + - homelab + - fly.io +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: A quick post about running Prometheus on fly.io (even on the free tier!) connected to tailscale +status: draft +--- As an admin for [wandering.shop](https://wandering.shop) I find it useful to be able to see how the shop is doing, metrics-wise. I'm not a genius at operations, but I can read a dashboard... so I wanted to have one for the shop. I tried out hosted Grafana, but it just didn't quite work the way I wanted it to, so I decided it was time to host my own Prometheus. The shop's budget isn't infinite, though, and cost is a factor. I'd heard of [fly.io](https://fly.io) in a few techie circles and decided to try it out for this. diff --git a/content/posts/2023-02-20-an-external-web-proxy-for-my-tailnet.md b/content/posts/2023-02-20-an-external-web-proxy-for-my-tailnet.md index b6951f9b..a387c9ad 100644 --- a/content/posts/2023-02-20-an-external-web-proxy-for-my-tailnet.md +++ b/content/posts/2023-02-20-an-external-web-proxy-for-my-tailnet.md @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ -Title: An External Web Proxy for my Tailnet +--- +title: An External Web Proxy for my Tailnet slug: an-external-web-proxy-for-my-tailnet -date: 2023-02-20T09:34:18.354245 +date: 2023-02-20 09:34:18.354245 category: homelab -tags: internet, letsencrypt, tailscale, terraform, bookwyrm +tags: + - internet + - letsencrypt + - tailscale + - terraform + - bookwyrm author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net -status: published summary: Exposing web APIs on my tailnet to the world -toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/109898670642861642 - +status: published +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/109898670642861642" +--- I've become a huge fan of [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/) as a VPN / software-defined network for my homelab. They've even introduced a really fantastic new alpha feature "Funnels" that lets you expose a service to the internet at `https://.`. It's really cool\... **but** the URL you get is forever tied to Tailscale, instead of being on your own domain. Now, there are ways around this; I could, for example, have a `CNAME` that points to the tailnet address. That'd be the *easy* way. Instead, what I built (and it's not super complicated!) is a reverse proxy living in a cloud provider, with a dedicated public IP, that acts as a bridge to my tailnet. diff --git a/content/posts/2023-03-20-updating-your-nexus-enrollment-after-naturalizing-as-a-us-citizen.md b/content/posts/2023-03-20-updating-your-nexus-enrollment-after-naturalizing-as-a-us-citizen.md index a345aeb9..ffe3300d 100644 --- a/content/posts/2023-03-20-updating-your-nexus-enrollment-after-naturalizing-as-a-us-citizen.md +++ b/content/posts/2023-03-20-updating-your-nexus-enrollment-after-naturalizing-as-a-us-citizen.md @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ -Title: Updating your NEXUS enrollment after naturalizing as a US citizen -Slug: updating-your-nexus-enrollment-after-naturalizing-as-a-us-citizen -Date: 2023-03-20T16:13:27.502692 -Category: immigration -Tags: howto, immigration, uscis, canada, united states -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Summary: I recently naturalized as a US citizen and I had a hell of a time identifying exactly which steps I needed to take to get my Nexus card updated to reflect my new citizenship status. Here, I list out the steps that were needed in practice to update my card to reflect my dual citizenship. -Status: published -Toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/110058483223840031 - +--- +title: Updating your NEXUS enrollment after naturalizing as a US citizen +slug: updating-your-nexus-enrollment-after-naturalizing-as-a-us-citizen +date: 2023-03-20 16:13:27.502692 +category: immigration +tags: + - howto + - immigration + - uscis + - canada + - united states +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: I recently naturalized as a US citizen and I had a hell of a time identifying exactly which steps I needed to take to get my Nexus card updated to reflect my new citizenship status. Here, I list out the steps that were needed in practice to update my card to reflect my dual citizenship. +status: published +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/110058483223840031" +--- I recently naturalized as a US citizen and I had a hell of a time identifying exactly which steps I needed to take to get my Nexus card updated to reflect my new citizenship status. Thanks to a tip from [Adam Harvey](https://tldr.nettime.org/@adam_harvey) while socializing at PyCascades in Vancouver, though, I believe I have it sorted. My goal, which is probably pretty normal for US/Canadian dual citizens, is to have both my Canadian and US passports associated with my Nexus card. I want to enter Canada as a _Canadian_ -- it matters to me, which is a surprise, but ... -- but to have smooth entry into the USA as well, as a US citizen. diff --git a/content/posts/2023-06-09-putting-a-dockerized-service-on-your-tailnet.md b/content/posts/2023-06-09-putting-a-dockerized-service-on-your-tailnet.md index 79f3d0ae..2e0845a7 100644 --- a/content/posts/2023-06-09-putting-a-dockerized-service-on-your-tailnet.md +++ b/content/posts/2023-06-09-putting-a-dockerized-service-on-your-tailnet.md @@ -1,14 +1,18 @@ -Title: Putting a dockerized service on your tailnet +--- +title: Putting a dockerized service on your tailnet slug: putting-a-dockerized-service-on-your-tailnet -date: 2023-06-09T16:14:16.627566 +date: 2023-06-09 16:14:16.627566 category: homelab -tags: internet, tailscale, docker +tags: + - internet + - tailscale + - docker author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: Putting a single, secured webserver status: published -toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/110518421975881346 - +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/110518421975881346" +--- I got an itch to stop having my homelab services running at `https://some-tailscale.my-tailnet/service`, and instead be able to reasonably cheaply have `https://service.my-tailnet/` be the order of the day. You may not have this desire, and if that's the case congratulations; you're probably in a healthier mental space than I am. *If*, however, you find yourself wishing you could just have infinite hostnames for your services, and never deal with a webroot configuration again, then maybe this post is for you. diff --git a/content/posts/2023-06-13-how-to-remotely-update-the-host-certificates-on-a-udm.md b/content/posts/2023-06-13-how-to-remotely-update-the-host-certificates-on-a-udm.md index 48af446d..fd05a243 100644 --- a/content/posts/2023-06-13-how-to-remotely-update-the-host-certificates-on-a-udm.md +++ b/content/posts/2023-06-13-how-to-remotely-update-the-host-certificates-on-a-udm.md @@ -1,14 +1,18 @@ -Title: How to remotely update the host certificates on a UDM +--- +title: How to remotely update the host certificates on a UDM slug: how-to-remotely-update-the-host-certificates-on-a-udm -date: 2023-06-13T22:25:37.301572 +date: 2023-06-13 22:25:37.301572 category: homelab -tags: letsencrypt, iot, automation +tags: + - letsencrypt + - iot + - automation author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: I combined a few tools -- lego and some helpers -- to get my UDM Pro's SSL certificate to renew automatically status: published -toot: https://wandering.shop/users/offby1/statuses/110541002888289332 - +toot: "https://wandering.shop/users/offby1/statuses/110541002888289332" +--- I struggled with whether this was worth writing up, I upgraded my NAS to DSM7 about 3 months ago, which was a whole thing on its own, but one side effect of that was that it turns out it killed the letsencrypt updater I'd used. 90 days later, I got a certificate error when I used the web interface. And\... apparently at some point, without thinking about it, I'd also set up my Unifi Dream Machine Pro (yep, that's SEO right there!) with something that expired around the same time[ref]I honestly have no recollection of this. I wish I could remember what I did\![/ref]. diff --git a/content/posts/2023-12-09-serve-an-s3-bucket-over-tailscale.md b/content/posts/2023-12-09-serve-an-s3-bucket-over-tailscale.md index 696f9eb9..217e9aaa 100644 --- a/content/posts/2023-12-09-serve-an-s3-bucket-over-tailscale.md +++ b/content/posts/2023-12-09-serve-an-s3-bucket-over-tailscale.md @@ -1,14 +1,18 @@ -Title: Serve an S3 bucket over tailscale +--- +title: Serve an S3 bucket over tailscale slug: serve-an-s3-bucket-over-tailscale -date: 2023-12-09T22:24:21.463022 +date: 2023-12-09 22:24:21.463022 category: homelab -tags: tailscale, s3, +tags: + - tailscale + - s3 + - None author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: A short intro to the idea of serving an S3 bucket on your tailnet -toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/111555217869127815 status: published - +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/111555217869127815" +--- I found myself wanting to host a private website that I could reliably update, but only serve it to users on my tailnet. I didn't find anything obvious that could do the job, but I *did* realize that between the existence of [s3fs](https://github.com/jszwec/s3fs), [tsnet](https://pkg.go.dev/tailscale.com/tsnet), and the batteries that come with Go, I could probably bodge together something that does the job for me. diff --git a/content/posts/2024-10-02-uv-direnv-and-simple-envrc-files.md b/content/posts/2024-10-02-uv-direnv-and-simple-envrc-files.md index 3d30fc54..89877b35 100644 --- a/content/posts/2024-10-02-uv-direnv-and-simple-envrc-files.md +++ b/content/posts/2024-10-02-uv-direnv-and-simple-envrc-files.md @@ -1,14 +1,19 @@ -Title: uv, direnv, and simple .envrc files -Slug: uv-direnv-and-simple-envrc-files -Date: 2024-10-02T00:05:01.102701 -Tags: uv, python, direnv, tool-sharpening -Category: tools -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/113236646362747524 -Status: published -Summary: Easily using uv, direnv, and minimal, consistent .envrc files - +--- +title: uv, direnv, and simple .envrc files +slug: uv-direnv-and-simple-envrc-files +date: 2024-10-02 00:05:01.102701 +category: tools +tags: + - uv + - python + - direnv + - tool-sharpening +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: Easily using uv, direnv, and minimal, consistent .envrc files +status: published +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/113236646362747524" +--- I have adopted [`uv`](https://astral.sh/uv/) for a lot of Python development. I'm also a heavy user of [`direnv`](https://direnv.net/), which I like as a tool for setting up project-specific environments. Much like [Hynek describes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UuW8o4bHbw), I've found `uv sync` to be fast enough to put into the chdir path for new directories. Here's how I'm doing it. diff --git a/content/posts/2024-12-20-dad.md b/content/posts/2024-12-20-dad.md index 1f77783c..e2e70ad7 100644 --- a/content/posts/2024-12-20-dad.md +++ b/content/posts/2024-12-20-dad.md @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ -Title: Dad -Slug: dad -Date: 2024-12-20T08:53:26.743698 -Tags: life, family -Category: life -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Status: published -Toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/113686067796818875 -Summary: My Dad died last week. - +--- +title: Dad +slug: dad +date: 2024-12-20 08:53:26.743698 +category: life +tags: + - life + - family +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: My Dad died last week. +status: published +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/113686067796818875" +--- These are facts. My dad died last week. It was sudden, unexpected, a heart attack at 5 AM that took him before my sister could get to the hospital at 7. I had early warning when she texted me that she was on the way to the hospital. I got up, made my coffee, sat down at my desk to work, and before I could even come to grips with the start of my day... he was gone. diff --git a/content/posts/2025-01-19-masculine-energy-and-aggression-in-the-workplace.md b/content/posts/2025-01-19-masculine-energy-and-aggression-in-the-workplace.md index a3e1a583..4065f5ce 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025-01-19-masculine-energy-and-aggression-in-the-workplace.md +++ b/content/posts/2025-01-19-masculine-energy-and-aggression-in-the-workplace.md @@ -1,14 +1,23 @@ -Title: Masculine Energy and Aggression in the Workplace -Slug: masculine-energy-and-aggression-in-the-workplace -Date: 2025-01-19T10:35:44.451961 -Tags: thoughts, AWS, culture, feminism, character, culture, career, misanthropy -Category: work -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Status: published -Toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/113856615279060547 -Summary: My thoughts on how aggression and "Masculine Energy" have played out in my career, with references to recent bullshit from Meta and Zuckerberg - +--- +title: Masculine Energy and Aggression in the Workplace +slug: masculine-energy-and-aggression-in-the-workplace +date: 2025-01-19 10:35:44.451961 +category: work +tags: + - thoughts + - AWS + - culture + - feminism + - character + - culture + - career + - misanthropy +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: My thoughts on how aggression and "Masculine Energy" have played out in my career, with references to recent bullshit from Meta and Zuckerberg +status: published +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/113856615279060547" +--- A lot of recent digital ink has been spilled about the implications of Mark Zuckerberg's recent changes to Meta's corporate culture, to reflect a more "Masculine Energy" that he believes is necessary to succeed[ref][USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/01/17/mark-zuckerberg-meta-workforce-masculine-energy/77755286007/), [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/18/mark-zuckerberg-masculine-energy), [The Cut](https://www.thecut.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-thinks-companies-need-masculine-energy.html), [CBC](https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mark-zuckerberg-masculinity-future-of-meta-1.7430950), etc...[/ref]. The article that spurred this post, though, is [this one by Kelley Greene](https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-worked-tech-industry-15-214617926.html)[ref]Find her at [https://kelleygreene.pizza/](https://kelleygreene.pizza/) for more[/ref] on how aggression in the workplace plays out in practice. It's worth reading. I spent a lot of years at AWS, joining in my early 30s. AWS's culture is famously combative; it's one of the defining traits, to such an extent that being argumentative (up to a point, which is a nuance often ignored or elided) is one of the core leadership principles of the company. I fit in _really_ well there; I am, naturally, inclined to react intensely with aggressive language when challenged, and to approach disagreements with maximum intensity to steamroll opposition. 12 years in that culture, though, actually softened me in ways that I never expected. diff --git a/content/posts/2025-06-01-tailnet-hosts-as-ansible-facts.md b/content/posts/2025-06-01-tailnet-hosts-as-ansible-facts.md index e8e52bd7..04b00e77 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025-06-01-tailnet-hosts-as-ansible-facts.md +++ b/content/posts/2025-06-01-tailnet-hosts-as-ansible-facts.md @@ -1,14 +1,22 @@ -Title: Expose Your Tailnet Hosts as Ansible Facts -Slug: tailnet-hosts-as-ansible-facts -Date: 2025-06-01T08:02:42.139266 -Tags: tailscale, ansible, software, mastodon, infrastructure, wandering.shop, homelab -Category: internet -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Status: published -Toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/114608855854673274 -Summary: Expose your Tailscale hosts as Ansible facts. Make peer node IPs and tags available in your playbooks - +--- +title: Expose Your Tailnet Hosts as Ansible Facts +slug: tailnet-hosts-as-ansible-facts +date: 2025-06-01 08:02:42.139266 +category: internet +tags: + - tailscale + - ansible + - software + - mastodon + - infrastructure + - wandering.shop + - homelab +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: Expose your Tailscale hosts as Ansible facts. Make peer node IPs and tags available in your playbooks +status: published +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/114608855854673274" +--- [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com) is an encrypted overlay network that "just works", so well that I have adopted it both for my homelab and for the infrastructure of [wandering.shop](https://wandering.shop). In the latter case, I've heavily used [Ansible](https://ansible.com) to make the infrastructure easy to replicate and manage. Ansible makes information about your hosts available as ["facts"](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_vars_facts.html), which are expressed as a dictionary you can reference alongside other variables in your playbooks and roles. When building wandering.shop, I've often wanted to have access to information about other hosts in the tailent to craft configuration. To that end, I built a local tailnet facter. It does not depend on the Tailscale API, relying entirely on local information about nodes[ref]That has a consequence I'll explain below[/ref]. @@ -96,15 +104,15 @@ In another case, I've used it to identify all peer nodes that are tagged with th ### The fact code -```shell-script +```bash #!/bin/bash read -r -d '' peer_json_script <<-'EOF' [.Self] + [.Peer | to_entries[] | .value] | map( - select(has("DNSName") and .DNSName != "") + select(has("DNSName") and .DNSName !=) | { - (.DNSName | sub("[.]$"; "")): { + (.DNSName | sub("[.]$";)): { "ip": .TailscaleIPs[0], "ip_v4": .TailscaleIPs[0], "ip_v6": (if .TailscaleIPs[1] then .TailscaleIPs[1] else null end), diff --git a/content/posts/2025-06-26-suppressing-use-flake-in-nix-fan-envrc-files.md b/content/posts/2025-06-26-suppressing-use-flake-in-nix-fan-envrc-files.md index ee7f0881..575fe75e 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025-06-26-suppressing-use-flake-in-nix-fan-envrc-files.md +++ b/content/posts/2025-06-26-suppressing-use-flake-in-nix-fan-envrc-files.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ -Title: Suppressing "use flake" in nix fan .envrc files -Slug: suppressing-use-flake-in-nix-fan-envrc-files -Date: 2025-06-26T20:51:14.762573 -Tags: petpeeve, direnv, nix -Category: tools -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Status: published -Summary: Are you annoyed by direnv-using nix fans committing .envrc files with "use flake" in them? Is this an overly specific complaint turned into a blog post? Is there a solution to your very specific problem within? - +--- +title: Suppressing "use flake" in nix fan .envrc files +slug: suppressing-use-flake-in-nix-fan-envrc-files +date: 2025-06-26 20:51:14.762573 +category: tools +tags: + - petpeeve + - direnv + - nix +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: Are you annoyed by direnv-using nix fans committing .envrc files with "use flake" in them? Is this an overly specific complaint turned into a blog post? Is there a solution to your very specific problem within? +status: published +--- This'll be short, but sweet[ref]Actually, pretty salty[/ref]: 1. I often check out open source projects with the intent to read their code or sometimes contribute small changes. @@ -18,14 +22,14 @@ This'll be short, but sweet[ref]Actually, pretty salty[/ref]: It's that last bit that really chafes me; I don't use nix, and I'm not likely ever to -- it's really invasive to install on macOS, and never really clicked for me. When these `.envrc` files are present, I get the lovely experience of seeing one of these two outputs every time I chdir to a package written by one of these nix fans: -```shellsession +```shell-session $ cd some-project direnv: error /Users/offby1/projects/some-project/.envrc is blocked. Run `direnv allow` to approve its content ``` Or, if I allow it: -```shellsession +```shell-session $ cd some-project $ direnv allow direnv: loading ~/projects/some-project/.envrc @@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ So, first up, if you do that, [*stop*](https://wandering.shop/@offby1/1147532695 But, since they likely won't do so, here's something as a direnv user you can do to mitigate it; create your own `use_flake()` function in `~/.config/direnv/direnvrc`: -```shell +```bash use_flake() { log_status "No, I don't think I will 'use flake', thank you!" diff --git a/content/posts/2025-07-03-disconnection-resistant-github-codespaces-with-tmux-and-iterm2.md b/content/posts/2025-07-03-disconnection-resistant-github-codespaces-with-tmux-and-iterm2.md index 977d9149..d313bece 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025-07-03-disconnection-resistant-github-codespaces-with-tmux-and-iterm2.md +++ b/content/posts/2025-07-03-disconnection-resistant-github-codespaces-with-tmux-and-iterm2.md @@ -1,19 +1,25 @@ -Title: Disconnection-resistant GitHub codespaces with tmux and iTerm2 -Slug: disconnection-resistant-github-codespaces-with-tmux-and-iterm2 -Date: 2025-07-03T13:45:24.461789 -Tags: github, codespaces, frustration, tmux, iterm2 -Category: tools -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Status: published -Toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/114791312807855334 -Summary: GitHub codespaces' ssh client is prone to frequent, frustrating disconnections. If you're actively working remotely, that means that you often lose state in the codespace, which is especially frustrating if what you are doing takes a long time to set up, or should stay running. This post describes how I mitigate that with a script that ensures I always have a session in my codespace. - +--- +title: Disconnection-resistant GitHub codespaces with tmux and iTerm2 +slug: disconnection-resistant-github-codespaces-with-tmux-and-iterm2 +date: 2025-07-03 13:45:24.461789 +category: tools +tags: + - github + - codespaces + - frustration + - tmux + - iterm2 +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: GitHub codespaces' ssh client is prone to frequent, frustrating disconnections. If you're actively working remotely, that means that you often lose state in the codespace, which is especially frustrating if what you are doing takes a long time to set up, or should stay running. This post describes how I mitigate that with a script that ensures I always have a session in my codespace. +status: published +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/114791312807855334" +--- I find GitHub Codespaces a true mixed blessing. The uniform development environment is super democratizing, but a lot of the polish hinges on the use of VSCode as a development environment, with the terminal-based development approach feeling like an afterthought a lot of the time. Nowhere, to me, is this more apparent than in the ssh connection approach. `gh codespace ssh` is the way you open an ssh connection to the Codespace terminal, and boy _howdy_ is it unstable. I estimate I lose my connection to a codespace at least once per hour, when actively working on it. If my laptop screen locks, it disconnects every time. If I never had terminal state, that would be fine, but that's not the case most of the time; most days, I've got a server running, possibly multiple. Those terminate in whatever state when the connection is dropped. Of course, we can all guess what the solution is: "use tmux"; it's the solution to a lot of problems of this shape. However, what I really want is to be able to use tmux and _not have to think about it_, and that's what I'm going to show you here. I put this code in `~/.local/bin/,ghcs-iterm2` so that it is on my `PATH`[ref]I name all my custom commands starting with a comma[/ref]. -```shell +```bash #!/usr/bin/env bash set -eu @@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ If you don't use iTerm2, this still works, you just drop the `-CC` from the tmux ### Usage -```shellsession +```shell-session $ ,gcsh-iterm2 ``` diff --git a/content/posts/2025-07-07-jujutsu.md b/content/posts/2025-07-07-jujutsu.md index a4f4d04f..e4514a45 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025-07-07-jujutsu.md +++ b/content/posts/2025-07-07-jujutsu.md @@ -1,15 +1,20 @@ -Title: Jujutsu as an Experienced Git User -Slug: jututus-as-an-experienced-git-user -Date: 2025-07-07T09:05:38.566927 -Modified: 2025-07-29T08:15:57.000000 -Tags: direnv, jujutsu, git, programming -Category: tools -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Status: published -Toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/114812786965367777 -Summary: As an experiment I'm trying to use Jujutsu instead of Git as my local version control interface. This is how that's going for me. - +--- +title: Jujutsu as an Experienced Git User +slug: jututus-as-an-experienced-git-user +date: 2025-07-07 09:05:38.566927 +category: tools +tags: + - direnv + - jujutsu + - git + - programming +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: As an experiment I'm trying to use Jujutsu instead of Git as my local version control interface. This is how that's going for me. +status: published +modified: 2025-07-29 08:15:57 +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/114812786965367777" +--- I was inspired to try [Jujutsu](https://github.com/martinvonz/jj) when I saw a link to Steve Klabnik's [Jujutsu tutorial](https://steveklabnik.github.io/jujutsu-tutorial/); I'd heard about the tool a few times, but hadn't made the jump. Note: unlike some of my other posts, this one will be updated as I notice things. diff --git a/content/posts/2025-07-07-stop-putting-nix-setup-in-your-checked-in-envrc-files.md b/content/posts/2025-07-07-stop-putting-nix-setup-in-your-checked-in-envrc-files.md index c60ae724..f7b370bb 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025-07-07-stop-putting-nix-setup-in-your-checked-in-envrc-files.md +++ b/content/posts/2025-07-07-stop-putting-nix-setup-in-your-checked-in-envrc-files.md @@ -1,15 +1,19 @@ -Title: Stop putting nix setup in your checked-in .envrc files -Slug: stop-putting-nix-setup-in-your-checked-in-envrc-files -Date: 2025-07-07T11:05:38.566927 -Tags: petpeeve, nix, direnv -Category: programming -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Status: published -Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/nm5lho/stop_putting_nix_setup_your_checked_envrc -Toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/114753269522469030 -Summary: Nix-using developers who use direnv, please stop checking in your .envrc files; they break your project for other contributors. - +--- +title: Stop putting nix setup in your checked-in .envrc files +slug: stop-putting-nix-setup-in-your-checked-in-envrc-files +date: 2025-07-07 11:05:38.566927 +category: programming +tags: + - petpeeve + - nix + - direnv +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: Nix-using developers who use direnv, please stop checking in your .envrc files; they break your project for other contributors. +status: published +lobsters: "https://lobste.rs/s/nm5lho/stop_putting_nix_setup_your_checked_envrc" +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/114753269522469030" +--- This is, as [glyph pointed out a while back](https://mastodon.social/@glyph/114753285581802594), an "extremely specific complaint", but here's the short version: If you use nix and direnv, it is natural to have a `.envrc` that contains `use flake`; it sets up your local development environment in a friendly way for your tools. You might be tempted to include that `.envrc` file in your repository, so that you don't have to enter that single line of text in any new clone. diff --git a/content/posts/2025-07-25-habits-in-the-shell-shared.md b/content/posts/2025-07-25-habits-in-the-shell-shared.md index fdc49821..91f22281 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025-07-25-habits-in-the-shell-shared.md +++ b/content/posts/2025-07-25-habits-in-the-shell-shared.md @@ -1,14 +1,19 @@ -Title: Habits in the Shell, shared -Slug: habits-in-the-shell-shared -Date: 2025-07-25T09:26:31.883943 -Tags: shell, chezmoi, habits, til -Category: tools -Author: Chris Rose -Email: offline@offby1.net -Status: published -Toot: https://wandering.shop/@offby1/114915020091223294 -Summary: Sharing shell tools habits between all of my hosts using chezmoi, building on a fantastic post by Mark - +--- +title: Habits in the Shell, shared +slug: habits-in-the-shell-shared +date: 2025-07-25 09:26:31.883943 +category: tools +tags: + - shell + - chezmoi + - habits + - til +author: Chris Rose +email: offline@offby1.net +summary: Sharing shell tools habits between all of my hosts using chezmoi, building on a fantastic post by Mark +status: published +toot: "https://wandering.shop/@offby1/114915020091223294" +--- [A post I saw today](https://www.judy.co.uk/blog/using-fortune-to-reinforce-habits/) about "using `fortune` to remind me of the shell tools I have installed, instead of the old ones I use by reflex" got me really excited by the idea of the reminders. I adopted the basic idea immediately -- putting the habits in `~/.local/share/habits/` and adding the fortune to my [fish shell](https://fishshell.com/) greeting. It was great! @@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ $ ll The only interesting thing in there is the onchange script: -```{ .shell } +```bash #!/bin/bash set -eu -o pipefail @@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ I had to work around chezmoi's ordering, which wouldn't write the `habits` file I also added a script to add new habits, so I could do so easily; it renders as `,add-habit`[ref]Naturally, you also [start all of your commands with a comma](https://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2009/commands-with-comma/), right?[/ref] on my `PATH`: -```{ .shell } +```bash #!/bin/bash HABIT_DIR=$HOME/.local/share/habits @@ -61,7 +66,8 @@ just compile-habits
If you're curious, this is the full diff I applied to my dotfiles to enable this functionality, including the shell integrations[ref]and a bootstrap set of habits from Hynek. Thanks![/ref]: -```{ .patch } + +```diff diff --git a/dot_bashrc.tmpl b/dot_bashrc.tmpl index f6e9b806a2..c3d545c02d 100644 --- a/dot_bashrc.tmpl @@ -171,4 +177,5 @@ index 0000000000..4ad17ea927 +# find it +mv 0_habits habits ``` +
diff --git a/content/posts/42.md b/content/posts/42.md index 17b0a923..46e77f23 100644 --- a/content/posts/42.md +++ b/content/posts/42.md @@ -1,13 +1,14 @@ -Title: 42 +--- +title: "42" slug: the-answer -date: 2020-04-25 23:45 PST +date: "2020-04-25 23:45 PST" category: life tags: life author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: The last day of my 43rd year was... status: published - +--- The last day of my 43rd year was about as close to a good birthday party as I could ask for under the circumstances. It included hours of socializing remotely with the friends I would have seen this week in a better timeline. We talked life, whisky, coding, work, and family, enjoying the simple pleasure of hearing each others' voices in what had become an echoing silence in the absence of the PyCon that never was. I knew I needed it, but I had never quite grokked just how *much* I did. diff --git a/content/posts/declaration_of_independence.md b/content/posts/declaration_of_independence.md index 392ff964..dd610aa4 100644 --- a/content/posts/declaration_of_independence.md +++ b/content/posts/declaration_of_independence.md @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ -Title: Twenty Years Later +--- +title: Twenty Years Later slug: declaration-of-independence-of-cyberspace -date: 2016-02-08 23:18 PST +date: "2016-02-08 23:18 PST" category: internet -tags: society, internet, cyberspace, culture +tags: + - society + - internet + - cyberspace + - culture author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: We didn't build a better world, we just automated the excesses of the old one. status: published - +--- First, read this: [It's not Cyberspace anymore](https://points.datasociety.net/it-s-not-cyberspace-anymore-55c659025e97). John Perry Barlow wrote the original Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace twenty years ago. Like this author, who is apparently precisely my age, I was young and \-- nosing around the edges of hacker culture, taking baby steps into this gargantuan world outside the tiny city of my upbringing \-- in a position to absorb the unbridled optimism of the message into my personality. diff --git a/content/posts/misanthropy.md b/content/posts/misanthropy.md index 8f168fda..5fdc9bff 100644 --- a/content/posts/misanthropy.md +++ b/content/posts/misanthropy.md @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ -Title: I'm Not a Misanthrope +--- +title: I'm Not a Misanthrope slug: misanthropy -date: 2020-02-07T12:30:00-0800 +date: "2020-02-07T12:30:00-0800" category: society -tags: attitude, misanthropy, feminism, bigotry +tags: + - attitude + - misanthropy + - feminism + - bigotry author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: I used to think I was a misanthrope, and then I met the real ones. status: published - +--- (from a conversation at work) I used to think I was a misanthrope. I was an angry teenager and an angry young adult. I looked around me at a world that seemed to reward people who didn't seem all that different from me, but all out of proportion with the value I perceived in them. The athletes at my school. The lucky people who got into industries earlier than me. I walked the walk of the tough young man, wearing my "FIST FUCK" NIN shirt, listening to angry music and projecting it into the world. diff --git a/content/posts/moving_the_needle.md b/content/posts/moving_the_needle.md index 17416613..4a9da1f3 100644 --- a/content/posts/moving_the_needle.md +++ b/content/posts/moving_the_needle.md @@ -1,13 +1,14 @@ -Title: Changing Horses Midstream +--- +title: Changing Horses Midstream slug: changing-horses-midstream -date: 2014-10-25 09:52 +date: "2014-10-25 09:52" category: work tags: impostor syndrome author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: Taking a step into the unknown means giving up the certainty of my ability status: published - +--- I've spent the last three years at work developing a reputation at work for knowing my shit. I was part of a fledgling software team inside the vast machine of my employer's networking organization, and as part of that process I ended up either learning or building vast swathes of the infrastructure that enables us to grow the way we continue to do. Needless to say, it's kind of gratifying to be the guy that my colleagues come to when they have questions, be they technical, architectural, or informational. Giving that up -- as I'm about to do -- will be one of the hardest things I do at work. diff --git a/content/posts/sjw_and_gamergate.md b/content/posts/sjw_and_gamergate.md index d011deff..b49fae5e 100644 --- a/content/posts/sjw_and_gamergate.md +++ b/content/posts/sjw_and_gamergate.md @@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ -Title: Why I stand with the SJW crowd, even though they get it wrong sometimes. +--- +title: Why I stand with the SJW crowd, even though they get it wrong sometimes. slug: on-gamergate-and-sjw -date: 2014-10-11 08:30 +date: "2014-10-11 08:30" category: society -tags: gamers, feminism +tags: + - gamers + - feminism author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: Too late; you stand with rape apologists, literal nazis, threateners of murder. The burden of proof is on you. status: published - +--- Disclaimer: I have always had a bit of reflexive distaste for the SJW movement. Complaint as performance irritates me, and there is a thread \-- maybe a real one, maybe one I perceive \-- of that running through much of the SJW movement on the social media where the very most recent SJW movement took its roots. I have even fairly recently been more inclined to laugh at the antics of /r/tumblrinaction or to nod along in vague agreement with parts of the MRA manifestos, or to observe the circular firing squad of the left line up more violently against its nearest allies instead of focusing on what I thought were common enemies. I can't do that any more. diff --git a/content/posts/tox_testing_with_docker.md b/content/posts/tox_testing_with_docker.md index ef5aa26d..76fd9db7 100644 --- a/content/posts/tox_testing_with_docker.md +++ b/content/posts/tox_testing_with_docker.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ -Title: Using Docker to run tox without adding Pythons to your system +--- +title: Using Docker to run tox without adding Pythons to your system slug: docker-runner-for-tox -date: 2015-03-07 12:38 +date: "2015-03-07 12:38" category: programming -tags: python, tox, docker +tags: + - python + - tox + - docker author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: Build a Docker image that can run tox for you status: published - +--- If you would like to test python applications in a repeatable way, especially if for interpreters beyond the ones you keep on your development system, there are some ways to pull that off \-- I've usually fallen back on [pyenv](https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv), personally \-- but they're all a bit less than optimal. One of the worst things about them is trying to get them to play nicely with [tox](http://tox.readthedocs.org/), which is an amazing way to run cross-python tests. Naturally, it occurred to me that using Docker might be a good way to do this, and so I put together a Dockerfile that sets up basically the omni-interpreter runtime, and configured it to run tox on a mounted /src directory. diff --git a/content/posts/worldcon.md b/content/posts/worldcon.md index 62a0d0da..dfee91b1 100644 --- a/content/posts/worldcon.md +++ b/content/posts/worldcon.md @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ -Title: Worldcon +--- +title: Worldcon slug: worldcon-2015 -date: 2015-08-23 08:39 PST +date: "2015-08-23 08:39 PST" category: life -tags: scifi, hugos, books, conferences +tags: + - scifi + - hugos + - books + - conferences author: Chris Rose email: offline@offby1.net summary: Fandom turns out to be pretty nifty status: published - +--- My first Worldcon was quite the experience, given that it occurred in conjunction with the rise of the [barking-mad puppy brigade](http://file770.com/?page_id=22881) trying to torpedo the Hugo awards. As a result, I was paying a bit more attention to the awards than otherwise I might have, instead of just roaming the convention and enjoying the experience. 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