Linode Security Breach
There has been a recent Linode security breach. Check if you’re affected!
Various books on random topics up for grabs
I’m getting rid of books. Let me know if you want any of these.
Limitations on the U.S. Postal Service “Prohibitory Order” for junk-mail prevention
If you’re anti-junk-mail (the paper stuff, not email spam) like I am, then you may have seen people recommend using a a U.S. Postal Service Prohibitory Order to stop junk mail from a particular sender when nothing else works. In a nutshell, you fill out a form telling the Postal Service that you consider the… Read More »
Seven years later, Micro Center is still in the Junk Mail Hall of Shame
After seven years, Micro Center still can’t handle, “Don’t send me junk mail,” or putting valid URLs in their mailings.
On restricting access to Boston’s exam schools
Dear Mayor Walsh, My wife and I have lived in Boston, in a house we own, since 1997. We have five kids, the oldest of whom was just graduated from Boston Arts Academy and has been admitted to Boston University as a Menino Scholar. We expect to stay in Boston until our youngest child is… Read More »
What you can do to prevent the next Orlando
Only one thing will help prevent crazed gunmen from buying weapons whose only purpose is to slaughter people and then using those weapons for their intended purpose: electing a president, governors, and federal and state senators and representatives who aren’t beholden to Big Carnage.
Take back Congress: support these candidates!
Holding onto the presidency isn’t enough. We need to take back Congress. Click through and support these candidates!
Dear Massachusetts RMV: little things make a big difference
The Massachusetts RMV, where, “These are the hours we’re open,” has an implicit, “… unless we feel like it.”
RoR Resque “uninitialized constant” errors: the explanation nobody on the web seems to mention
TL;DR if you suddenly start getting “uninitialized constant” errors and your jobs aren’t running, then check and make sure you haven’t accidentally connected the wrong app to your Resque queue.
Hack of the day: Synology NAS: “semi-public” Photo Station albums
Shell script for giving a list of DSM users access to all the albums in Photo Station.