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2020-03-21 02:33
“Impact from what?” is obvious to anyone who resides outside Antarctica. Womply, a small-business CRM etc. company, has assembled a presentation on what the economic impact is t… Read More
2019-12-23 22:19
This is a Highly Addictive Substance Alert, brought to you by the World Health Organization … The Centers for Disease Control … some cat who thinks about these things every tim… Read More
2019-09-08 01:25
This will be quick.
You are tooling with phpseclib on macOS. You try generating some hefty, say 4096 bit keypairs and BigInteger times out after 60 seconds. WTF do you do?
Well, BigI… Read More
2019-08-13 16:06
Photo credit: Koji Sasahara/APPossible cavorting in background.
MG signing off (.) Read More
2019-07-03 16:01
Learn To Code is both a meme directed at those complaining about their underemployment, and a semblance of wisdom. The world is increasingly digitized, and unless you’ve got GeekSquad… Read More
2019-05-31 00:02
I first heard that Google was [supposedly, surreptitiously] tracking online purchases via users’ Gmail accounts from one Dagny Taggart. An unbridled screed from a blogger whose pen-na… Read More
2019-05-07 12:59
While mcrypt installation has been the subject of [developer] fits and [yours truly’s] restarts, mcrypt is in fact going away. libsodium is the new player in town, a point I anticipat… Read More
2019-05-03 19:03
Back by popular demand i.e. someone was struggling with AES256 in PHP and doing so on my dime. This will be quicker than prior implementations as we are going to dispense with building libm… Read More
2019-03-25 19:41
While relatively inactive, this website is now tracker-less.
No ads, beacons, or surreptitious pixelsNo embedded analytics, nor external measurement artifices in useNo externally served f… Read More
2018-05-13 23:06
For those loath to run an established (read: huge) blockchain full node because they don’t want to reserve double digit percentages of their laptop’s soldered (additional read: n… Read More
2018-03-31 11:39
Here is a concoction to grab National Vulnerability Database feeds, specifically the Modified JSON and related metadata, then validate the reported sha256 hashes:
import urllib.request
impo… Read More
2018-02-20 20:17
… if author Annie Duke’s interview is any measure:
Made me go looking for Ms. Duke’s work. After checking Barnes & Noble stock, I was going for my keys when I realiz… Read More
2017-10-12 23:25
Since Apple’s desktop operating system was called OS X Leopard, I’ve been concocting little ditties on how to plug mcrypt functionality into PHP without complete recompilation an… Read More
2017-09-08 16:41
en·tro·py
/ˈentrəpē/noun1. a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system’s thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often… Read More
2017-09-01 01:04
According to the Houston Food Bank …
“Right now, one in five people in southeast Texas don’t have enough to eat.”
Probably more like one in three right now, so pleas… Read More
2017-08-22 18:52
Peak shadow, if not peak chatter …
MG signing off (to struggle with 5 WPM) Read More
2017-08-07 13:53
INTREPID PHOTOG (WITH THREE CAMERAS, FOUR RIGGED RODS, FIVE LENS, AND A SIX PACK OF MODELO IN TOW): This looks like a good spot for closing out this trip. I need a really good shot, so don… Read More
2017-06-27 18:24
In a word, easy.
The quad-band Yaesu VX-8DR is a nifty little radio, but in many respects it also suffers from feature overload. Hence menu pain. Even after several sessions of RTFM, one can… Read More
2017-02-13 22:11
You migrate from Blogger to self-hosted WordPress. Your posts move over just fine, but for some reason (or another) your images forget their bus pass. Those pornographic stupid cat, hastil… Read More
2016-11-23 15:08
FACTS: People all over will travel all over this holiday season; they will stuff themselves with holiday joy; they will feign appreciation for useless gifts; they will complain about service… Read More
2016-09-28 21:20
We climbed up then down El Capitan, yet little changed. We’re still in the Sierras, and there’s still work to do.
The following instructions are for peeps a) developing on macOS… Read More
2016-07-31 15:45
Could be considered trophies most anywhere else, but quite average as Naknek River, Alaska rainbow trout are concerned. The fact they are taken sight casting into smolt feeding frenzies put… Read More
2016-07-11 21:25
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein
Grant Williams does a heck of a job explaining the situation &hellip&hell…Read More
2016-06-13 18:58
A long while back I deleted my Facebook account. Yes it was a large pain in the ass, but not nearly as bothersome as the potential risk of having such a thoroughly untrustworthy – dow… Read More
2016-05-21 23:05
In early 2013 I got a package. The note said “play casually with the contents within, and if you find the time drop us a few words summarizing your thoughts”. So yours truly de… Read More
2016-05-06 17:31
Presented without further comment …
MG signing off (as promised) Read More
2016-04-13 02:03
No shot against AT&T here, but the reception in my home office sucks. It’s probably just the combination of zombie-proof glass, the custom kevlar/copper mesh in the walls, and the… Read More
2016-04-03 20:16
When someone dockside hands you a five-weight, you smile and give thanks. Then turn and hand it to the guide, while rolling your eyes.
But the wind hovered under 8 kts, and the initial gest… Read More
2016-04-01 18:18
Plenty of places to hide, but nowhere to run …
Bonefish (and snappers) were caught here
20 pound tippet, nearly fully tightened drag, and quick reflexes. With a six-weight.
MG signin… Read More
2016-03-28 03:25
Another Easter, another day on the water …
MG signing off (until the next religious holiday) Read More
2016-03-24 12:22
Six nine-hour runs. Plus a few satellites and CPU cycles.
Click for full size view
MG signing off (for a few more hours) Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
“The skeleton which at first sight excites only a shudder in all mortals becomes at last not only a pure but suggestive and pleasing object to science. The more we know of it, the less… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Kept my fingers crossed all weekend. Not for the Gators to beat Dayton, nor for settlement in the Arizona/Wisconsin matchup, but for UConn (7 seed) and Kentucky (8 seed) victories. And it wo… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
For those just joining, didymo (or “rock snot”), is an organism that spreads in coldwater environments, choking insect life and in turn, fish populations. A couple of studies, re… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Via the Sports Illustrated Vault, July 15, 1968 … Today, in the still-simon-pure world of angling for trout with a fly, there are some who would like to see another fly, the Rio Grand… Read More
2016-02-28 16:41
Winter is supposed to be the time when you relax on the couch, well-tended fire and warming cocktail close by, and spiral into a state of severe depression over your “friends” so… Read More
2016-01-26 22:57
Here is was my network …
There are many like it but this one is was mine.
At the time this network was in service, the following applied:
The monthly service cost was $92.95 excludin… Read More
2015-12-15 02:04
If you don’t know what a junk bond is or what’s happening to them right now, please run along. For the rest, this went to a trader friend this morning at 9:13am MST …
YOU… Read More
2015-12-09 02:46
Bitcoin is like cold fusion: It’s had a difficult childhood. Those few in the field are orphans, bastards at best.1
I’ve often wondered if Bitcoin would shed its thick glasses an… Read More
2015-11-30 06:51
Too much time spent in the office … on the driving range … brushing up on classical Tibetan results in a shorter list than previous.
The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratula… Read More
2015-10-06 02:58
We made our way into the park. Now we do some climbing.
The following instructions are for those a) developing on OS X El Capitan 10.11.X, b) need mcrypt for their PHP development (think PH… Read More
2015-09-21 15:48
Our plan was …
Walk through a particular state wildlife area chock full of unharvested (i.e. now splitting) corn. Collect an ample supply of dove meat, which when combined with fresh… Read More
2015-08-24 18:45
The funny thing about the ultimate head game golf is you will never admit the source of failure lies within. And if you are even an alternate on Team Thick Wallet you will occasionally infe… Read More
2015-08-06 13:48
Not the “other” porn fishing blogs, Pravda the New York Times, or product catalogs disguised as instructional material Golf Digest, just books (without “spare change”… Read More
2015-07-09 20:07
I wouldn’t call it the “future of the web” – resistance from entrenched intermediaries will likely remain strong for some time – but the video sure does a good… Read More
2015-07-01 19:44
For anyone still struggling with NMAP on Mac OS X, including but not limited to while following these instructions, please be advised that the latest package, nmap-6.49BETA3, works. And wor… Read More
2015-05-09 15:01
What should have been a spring float with private water access turned into flash flood warnings and work:
20+ year old coffee cup as a reminder that Bloomberg terminals are very expensive a… Read More
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