Suspicious email from “pulse <root@overlinux.com>”: malicious or just dumb?
The person who sent this email is either extremely clueless or up to no good. It’s hard to say for certain which.
Category Archives: Computers
Some Comics Aggregator internals changed, let me know if you run into issues
I’ve had to rewrite a bit of the Comics Aggregator code to be able to add Alexandra Petri to it. Because this involved switching from one third-party library to another in code that doesn’t just impact Alexandra Petri, I may have broken something. I did some testing and everything seems to be working, but I… Read More »
Alexandra Petri added to comics aggregator
I’ve added the humor columnist Alexandra Petri, who previously wrote for The Washington Post and now writes for The Atlantic, to the comics aggregator. If you don’t feel the need to read her stuff Right Away When It Comes Out, then I would encourage you to use the “1-day delay” variant of her entry in… Read More »
How I lost my family’s email, recovered most of it, and made sure it wouldn’t happen again
I made some mistakes, it cost me some time and a bit of lost data, and I’ve taken steps to make sure if it happens again I’ll lose less time and less data.
Today’s example of “everything is shit and there’s nothing we can do about it”
We encounter bits and pieces of micro-shittiness all day, every day, because people don’t care about the quality of their work, people don’t take responsibility for fixing things that are broken, and people don’t think any of it matters, even though it does, very much, actually.
Finally built my own PC, should have done it years ago!
I got a much faster computer for much less than it would have cost if I had bought something pre-assembled.
City of Boston electronic poll books: they DO know what they’re doing!
Boston has robust plans in place to ensure that Poll Pad failures will not compromise an election, but I still have some concerns.
Don’t abuse open-source software maintainers or this might happen
If you abuse me privately, I will name and shame you publicly.
Why software product support is (sometimes) a terrible job
Software maintainers can’t help people who can’t or won’t read and answer straightforward questions, and some people who need help with software are incapable of reading and answering straightforward questions.
Boston Election Department switching over fully to electronic poll-books; I hope they know what they’re doing!
Using electronic poll-books at 275 precincts on election day is a much heavier lift than using them at ten early-voting locations. I hope they’ve covered all their bases!