I bit the bullet and upgraded to TXP 4.7.3 from my modified 4.0->4.2.x->4.6.x code bases, and.. it didn’t take all that much effort to get back basic functionality- most of the plugins I relied upon have been taken in by the TXP community and rebuilt, or integrated similar functionality has been int...
“Why would I care about running KernelCare on an unsupported distribution”, you might ask me. “What are you talking about? Why are you here?! Get off my lawn!” might be another.
KernelCare is a great idea which sometimes breaks, but usually keeps you well within your SLA. It lets you do nearly-rea...
Welcome, one, and all to 2019. Kicking, screaming, and otherwise- we’re all here.
Well, I wanted to bring you something from the archives of “Wait, that happened?”
Here’s an Atari ST demo song by Mad Max. It was so good that I encoded it to MP3 20 some years ago so I could save it to play on my...
We’ve entered an interesting time on the internet.
I’ve always been a proponent of free speech- whether I agree with you, or not. I’ve never tried to do more than ridicule people who have a differing opinion.
We’ve entered another era.
People are no longer content making fun of, teasing, or ot...
I manage many services for others on the internet, as well as my own.
Most people are happy with fairly basic security, but I prefer to tiedown my own servers- I only like to leave the ports open that I have to, and now that I’m back on a static network, I can start to block things more effectivel...
Every so often, you find a cute thing on the internet. One of my favorite unknown reseller non-vendor registrars started supporting .su.
On a whim..
[shawn@latty ~]$ whois aboynamed.su
Well, guess what!?
% By submitting a query to RIPN’s Whois Service
% you agree to abide by the following...