Heightened Security Measures
Note to self: September 10th is not a good time to mail a parcel with Bohemian packaging, even if it is under 16 ounces.
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Card pwn3d
After an extended weekend of camping, I came home to an ominous message on the answering machine: This is [credit card company] Fraud Department trying to reach [my legal name]. Please contact us at your earliest convenience regarding suspicious activity on your card. I called and punched in the credit card number, my zip code,
Emissions check
Because my car is the mechanical-equivalent of a teenager, I have to start the biannual emissions check before renewing my license plate tabs. I knew Subarus had a blanket waiver from the dynamometer test because it effs with the all wheel drive, but I expected an exhaust probe while it idled. Instead, the test consisted
Airline pricing
I’m in Ohio this week for a technical conference. Planning itineraries for trips like this reminds me why I loathe the airline industry. For example, Cincinnati’s airport is dominated by one carrier, Delta airlines. The lack of competition means airfares in and out of Cincinnati are much more expensive. Fare quotes were around $900 for
How’s that project coming?
Ever have one of these weeks at work? (Illustration by Ken Wong)
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Movable Type 4 beta 1
This morning I received over a dozen digest messages from Six Apart’s “ProNet” mailing list. Digests are once a day. Well, they should be. (Unfortunately, everyone uses the same python-based list manager, and it gets excited when subscribers get excited.) The big news is Movable Type 4.0 is in beta. I installed it this morning
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Heisenberg Uncertainty Dialogs
MegaPatch Tuesday greets many with Windows XP’s auto-reboot nag-o-matic. You know it by this: Clicking “Later” means “Ask again in five minutes.” Whoever designed this had the philosophy that fixing their mistake is far more important than you’re getting work done. It’s also obvious they’ve never actually needed to do a presentation for important people.
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Terra Bite
This was my non-biking day, and everything about the commute sucked. After dropping my bike off in Kirkland for its free “200 mile tuneup,” I found there were no parking spots available at work. I left again around 4:30 to pick up the bike. Unfortunately, the vendor hadn’t actually started the work but promised it