Monthly Archives: May 2009

Quick hits

Posted on 27 May, 2009 by Mike

There’s new 365 content up at Flickr. It pains me to say this, but using Flickr for this project is about 900,000,000 easier than maintaining it locally. So Flickr is where things will stay. Facebook, however, is not in the … Continue reading →

Posted in 365, Grim Meathook World | Comments Off

Giving up

Posted on 23 May, 2009 by Mike

So let’s give this a go, shall we? I’m caving in. From brief experimentation, I think this is a much better idea than trying to cram everything together locally. I hate that it has come to this, but… why solve … Continue reading →

Posted in Riot Nrrd, Site Admin | Comments Off

Learn to suffer

Posted on 21 May, 2009 by Mike

I would really appreciate it if someone could explain to me why I shouldn’t just say “screw it” and spend $24.95 on a Flickr account instead of fighting with locally installed software. Because it’s the manly thing to do? Because … Continue reading →

Posted in Riot Nrrd, Site Admin | Tagged , | Comments Off

365: Uplink complete

Posted on 19 May, 2009 by Mike

I’ve finally managed to get the first batch of 365 photos up and on-line. It’s over here. I can’t promise that we’re going to stick with this strategy — I’m not very happy with Piwigo at the moment, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in 365 | Comments Off

Placing bets now

Posted on 15 May, 2009 by Mike

It’s not a DVD of the show, nor is it a Torrent with a whole whack of episodes, but it is better than has been available in this part of the world for a long time: Banzai on YouTube.

Posted in I Like To Watch | Comments Off

Oh, snap!

Posted on 14 May, 2009 by Mike

CADORS 2009C1111: User Name: Ridley, Rod Date: 2009/05/11 Further Action Required: Yes O.P.I.: Aerodrome Safety Narrative: Whitehorse FIC reported that the drivers of two Air North vehicles positioned a HS 748 onto Taxiway Echo without contacting Whitehorse Radio for authorization. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation | Tagged | Comments Off

When no one is looking

Posted on 7 May, 2009 by Mike

I have been reading the CADORS database on a semi-regular basis lately, mostly because I’m a big geek and, um, I’m a big geek — much in the same way that I read the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s incident summaries. Why? … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation | Tagged | Comments Off

Philosophical technology

Posted on 7 May, 2009 by Mike

So there’s been this really interesting thread on nanog of late, about address allocation in IPv6 address space, which hinges on a very strange question: can you be too wasteful with something that seems like it shouldn’t run out? The … Continue reading →

Posted in Riot Nrrd | Tagged | Comments Off

Fair credit

Posted on 3 May, 2009 by Mike

Compare and contrast two candidate Web sites: Jessica Van Der Veen and Ida Chong. Clearly, we’re getting better at designing campaign Web sites, and candidates are using the Web more intelligently now than they used to. It’s not so much … Continue reading →

Posted in Riot Nrrd | Tagged , | Comments Off

Use it, lose it, watch it fade

Posted on 2 May, 2009 by Mike

Part of my motivation for re-starting 365 (along with my motivation for re-starting the blahg) was to re-train myself to take pictures. I’ve taken a lot of pictures over the past few years, but almost none of them have been … Continue reading →

Posted in 365 | Comments Off