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Brian Bilbrey July 10, 2011

Here and There

Here. A busy week for school, two big assignments due tonight, both turned in Friday evening. I probably should have spent some time on the upcoming week's work, but whacked myself working in the sun most of the day yesterday. On the good news front, the coffee from yesterday wasn't burnt, but another 15 seconds of roasting and it would have been. Pretty yummy, actually. Google+: How to find me, if you need to, in that venue: brian {dot} bilbrey {at} gmail {dot} com is the right place. My Orb Designs identity is tied up with Google Apps, and I…

Brian Bilbrey July 6, 2011

Miles Per Gallon

I may like summer least among all the seasons (except for the output of the garden), but my car loves summer. As long as I can keep the windows down and the air conditioning off, I'm doing nearly 53 miles per gallon in the Prius, according to the data from my Sunday fill-up. A week of driving without side trips costs about 10 bucks. That would have run me 25 to 30 dollars in the 4 Runner. * * * Tonight was the monthly LOPSA meeting - the speaker was a former (he claims to be former, anyway) penetration tester…

Brian Bilbrey July 1, 2011

Wild and Crazy Guy

Some of you may remember the Festrunk brothers, from the gilded age of Saturday Night Live. This is not my life. I've just spend my Friday evening leading into a three day weekend on What-If analysis and Pivot Tables in Excel. While I'm studying, Lexi spends a lot of time either watching the world or sleeping on the ottoman/storage bench I made for Lucy a few years back. But every once in a while I turn my head to find her sitting up and staring into a relatively blank corner of my office. I sure hope she doesn't see dead…

Brian Bilbrey June 30, 2011

Prior Art on Censorship

/. pointed me at Google Patents Censorship Of ‘Annoying’ Content I point at my email killfile as Prior Art. I point at my BIND configuration that has doubleclick and other fine purveyors of flickering content resolve to 127.0.0.1 as Prior Art. I can block annoying content. Blocking annoying content "with a computer" isn't patent-worthy, IMO.

Brian Bilbrey June 28, 2011

Registration not required

We'll see how comments go when registration isn't required. I'm getting registrations from Poland, which frankly feels like a spamming setup to me, so wait and see. Oh, I've deleted those Polish registrations, and I'm going to setup registration moderation. Logins make it easier for posting for registered users, and I still recommend that for people that care to comment. Be well, as Syroid used to say.