fighting the lack of good ideas
I recently came across “The Two Things“, a somewhat old, but possibly still accurate (or at least humorous look) at a variety of topics. You know, the Two Things. For every subject, there are really only two things you really need to know. Everything else is the application of those two things, or just not…
A few months ago one of the Groupons available in Lexington was for the first hour of flight along with an initial ground school lesson at the private pilot training company next to the airport. This Saturday from 1300-1500 I’ll be taking ground school. Woot! I’ve known a lot of pilots in my life, and…
I’ve had a domain sitting [basically] unused for several years, but have finally found a purpose. Along the lines of freshnews, I have launched an rss aggregator/launch service at datente.com. There are several categories of feeds (imperfectly broken-up, but it’s what makes sense to me) that display in quasi random order. And on the front…
…and in with the new. On the 31st of December of last year (boy that sounds weird to say “last year” and it only be 4 weeks ago), I traded-in my 2004 Ford Escape which had served me well for 4.5 years (including racking-up nearly 90k miles in the time I had it (and for…
If the Mayans are right, in 11 months (give or take), all our debts disappear. But since they’re not (more accurately, it’s merely the next roll point on their calendar like 2000 was for us), we have a host of things to look forward to this year and beyond: a presidential election, graduations, births, new…
Most Unix/Linux users, and – hopefully – all admins are familiar with the standard 9 bits of permissions typically supported on various *nix file systems: ——— rwxrwxrwx uuugggooo Where “u”, “g”, and “o” indicate “user”, “group”, and “other” while “rwx” indicates whether the item can be read, written, or executed. Also of note are file…
At various stages in my career, I have traveled extensively – yet never even thought of “gaming” the expense reporting system the way it has been recently reported by CNN. Being terminated for charging a movie to your room? Seems harsh (getting the $9.95 back from the employee would seem to be easier) – but…