Archives 2005
Up at some ungodly hour tomorrow (Today went well, though still no movement on presentation...)
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Vindaloo.
Today's work was ~1/2 prep for a meeting on Monday about a time-critical, but fairly small project for ACI, and 1/2 cleanup of the Cinemon codebase. I dropped 60+ files from the project that were basically just old-code relics hanging around. There's still a few sub-packages that I didn't remove because I figure I may ...
Why don't I just find some university somewhere that'll give room, board and computer for teaching? (To need only think, teach, and grow... with occasional faculty meetings)
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So I wound up spending the whole work-day on PySNMP and TwistedSNMP (after I finally got home from the long meeting and getting a haircut). Turns out I broke compatibility with the official PySNMP when I released the last TwistedSNMP version. Oops, fixed that, also put out a snapshot of the patched PySNMP so people ...
Oh, and a second cousin once removed? (I lose track of how it works after second cousin...)
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Our cousin's sister-in-law had a baby last month, so we will be heading off to the christening-like ceremony this Sunday, probably take grams along if she feels up for it. Unfortunately, the new mother also had a stroke last month. She's out of hospital now, but apparently it was not a minor stroke (she's a ...
Very long first day back at work (Tomorrow likely a write-off...)
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Did more work on the last "major feature" for Cinemon on the 1.0 list. Of course, compared to some things on the "minor feature" list, this one has been fairly straightforward (once I remembered to KISS). Along the way I fixed a few bugs, had a few laughs (oh, wait, no, no I didn't), drank ...
What about a "we're ignoring this person, so you may as well block them" service (DDOS protection?)
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Was just struck by this idea. Imagine for a moment that you publish a key in your DNS records which holds a "banning key" (a public-key certificate). Now, when you are writing software to deal with a DDOS, you record the IP addresses which are unambiguously participating in the attack (that's the annoying part with ...
Oops, seem to have lost consciousness there (Luckily I made it to bed first...)
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Vindaloo.
Apparently still a little wasted energy-wise, did a few hours of work and then just couldn't stay awake, so went back to bed. Don't actually feel any more rested now, but I'm semi-vertical again, and that's the important thing.
Had this nagging itch to call Natasha yesterday. Finally around 3 or 4 in the morning ...
Alive: take 2 (When headaches recede...)
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I think I can tentatively declare myself healthy again. The coffee is even reasonable tasting (yesterday it tasted like dishwater). There's still a bit of a throbbing behind one temple, and every few minutes I have the urge to lie down, but all in all I seem to be human again.
Had a flash a ...
It's surprising how often I look down at the keyboard, desk or tablet (Touch typing not-withstanding)
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Was maybe a bit hasty in declaring myself alive. Fever came back with a headache from heck. Think I'll just have to write off the day's work.
Interestingly (I hope, given that the last 3 or 4 posts have been really dull for just about all of my readers) I realised something as I was ...
Yay! I'm alive! (And the fever brings clarity about a recurring dream...)
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Vindaloo.
I'm only running the slightest of fevers now. Yay! Bit of a killer headache, and some diziness still, but I can work. It's taken me since 7 in the morning to drag myself around getting shaved, showered, fed, and coffeed. Mostly because I'd get dizzy and lie down.
Anyway, the cool thing is that I ...
Still non-functional (And now Rosey's machine is infected...)
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Fever is back up again, and I feel like I'm mentally underwater. Just lying in bed is getting painful, so I'm trying sitting up, but then dizziness hits. Rosey says I'm "burning up", but it's really much less intense than yesterday. Sick sucks.
To make my life perfect, Rosey's Windows machine has been infected by ...
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Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.