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Archive of entries posted on June 2010
“Protecting Cars with The Club”
I’ve never had a car that invites theft, so I’ve never even considered buying The Club. It turns out that that’s a good thing… it’s not just useless against professional thieves, it can actually attract them. (My preferred theft-deterrent? Drive a decent-looking older car. It has worked for me for a long time. )
“Ubuntu Lucid Lynx: free OS that Just Works”
I started using Ubuntu three years ago, pushed to it by the advent of Windows Vista and Microsoft’s stated intention to force all Windows users to it. It was quite an effort to switch at that point, but it was a lot easier than it had been even a year earlier. And with every new [...]
Our Nocturnal Visitor, Part II
A few weeks ago I posted that we had a raccoon raiding our trash. We’ve named him Ralph, and he and at least one of his relatives have been visiting our trash cans so regularly that we now refer to them as “Ralph’s buffet.” As I mentioned then, so long as the worst they could [...]
“Darth, Interrupted: Does Vader have Borderline Personality Disorder?”
Well, something is definitely wrong with him, and I don’t think Palpatine is completely to blame for it. George Lucas might be though.
“I’m Under Arrest for What? Fifty Bizarre U.S. Laws”
To go along with my last entry on weird laws, here are another fifty. Sometimes you have to wonder what universe lawmakers actually come from. Apparently many of these are misinterpretations at the very least, and probably deliberate, but they’re funny anyway. I love a bit from BB’s comments: “Michigan: a slice of the deep [...]
“How to Start Using Procedure Checklists for Flawless Task Execution”
I stand behind this idea 100%. I’ve been using checklists for certain procedures (like software releases) for a number of years now, ever since I discovered that I was forgetting to do one or two things in each release. They were small things, but they made those releases look less professional. I just wish that [...]
“Hurricane Katrina reduced levels of lead in New Orleans soil/children”
Apparently every cloud does have a silver lining. I don’t know what it might be for the Gulf oil spill though.
“Firefox tool erases Justin Bieber from Web”
Official censorship is bad, but people censoring what they’ll see on their own systems… I can live with that. I love the name too.