Infrastructure note

July 4th, 2011 · No Comments

You fix one thing you break another. So it goes. A month or two ago I updated the very old SQL database on my host to a newer version that would actually let me update wordpress (thus making it less prone to hacking). The process didn’t go as smoothly as I might have hoped and [...]

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Tags: blogging

Independence

July 4th, 2011 · No Comments

The fourth of July, Independence Day, is not my favorite holiday (ok fine, I’m a curmudgeon who doesn’t care much for holidays in general, but I have more problems with July fourth than most). At a certain level I understand patriotism. Loving the place you’re from, or the place you’ve chosen to live, makes some [...]

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Tags: culture · personal